Rainwater conservation and recycling by optimal size on-farm reservoir |
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Authors: | Balram Panigrahi Sudhindra N Panda Bimal Chandra Mal |
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Institution: | aWater Management Project, R. R. T. T. S., Chiplima, Sambalpur, 768 025 Orissa, India;bDepartment of Agricultural and Food Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, 721 302 West Bengal, India |
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Abstract: | Hydrologic and economic analysis of the on-farm reservoir (OFR) was carried out in rainfed rice–mustard cropping systems in Eastern India followed by 2 years of field experiments in 1999 and 2000. The average contribution (average of 2 years) of direct rainfall and surface runoff from the diked crop fields contributed, respectively, about 79.5 and 20.5% to the total OFR inflow. The average contribution of evaporation loss, seepage and percolation loss and supplemental irrigation from the OFR contributed, respectively, about 10.0, 31.2 and 58.8% to the total OFR outflow. There was an average increase of rice yield of 44.0% over the rainfed rice because of application of 8.4 cm supplemental irrigation from the OFR. Thus, with an application of 4.5 cm supplemental irrigation from the OFR, 15.40% increase of mustard yield was recorded in 1999. Economic analysis indicated average net profit of Rs. 700 (US$ 1 = Rupees (Rs.) 44.75 in Indian currency) from a farm area of 800 m2. Average values of benefit–cost ratio, internal rate of return and pay back period of the OFR irrigation system were evaluated as 1.17, 14.8%, and 16 years, respectively. The study reveals that the OFR irrigation in small landholders is economically feasible system for rainwater harvesting and providing supplemental irrigation in rainfed farming system. |
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Keywords: | Economic analysis On-farm reservoir Rainfed farming Rainwater harvesting Supplemental irrigation |
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