Theme-1: Development and Management of
Surface Water Resources and Soil Moisture in Different Agro-ecological Regions
of India using Geoinformatics. Lead Institute: ICAR-IIWM, Bhubaneswar
(PI); Cooperating Centres: IIT, Kharagpur, Krishna University, Andhra
Pradesh; & M/s. Forech M&C LLP, New Delhi.
Major objectives and
activities are: to create geo-spatial database on water harvesting potential
and design rainwater harvesting (RWH) structures along with surface water
management action plan suitable for Mahanadi and upper Krishna basin; to
develop automation in ICAR Flexi-check dam (rubber dam) operation; and
development and impact evaluation of eco-friendly rubber material for lining of
water harvesting structures.
Theme-2: Automated Canal Irrigation System
for Efficient and Smart Irrigation Water Management. Lead Institute:
ICAR-IIWM, Bhubaneswar (PI); Cooperating Centres: MPKV, Rahuri &
M/s. RTI International India, New Delhi.
Major objectives and activities are: to develop the decision support system for
real-time canal operation under rotational water supply; to develop a flow monitoring, water delivery/release, control, and
feedback mechanism for modulating canal flow for canal automation system; to design an improved irrigation delivery
mechanism for improved crop production and economic water productivity; and to assess the impact of the automated canal
irrigation system with the improved delivery mechanism.
Theme-3: Improving Groundwater Sustainability
through Analyzing Groundwater-energy Nexus. Lead Institute: ICAR-NIAP,
New Delhi (PI); Cooperating Centre: ICAR-IIWM, Bhubaneswar
Major objectives and activities are: to analyze spatio-temporal dynamics of groundwater
extraction and energy use mechanisms for irrigation in India; to analyze economic access to groundwater
resources under different energy regimes and draw its implications for farm
economy and groundwater sustainability; to simulate likely effect of change in energy
price policy on groundwater use for                 irrigation; and to evaluate the prospects of altering existing energy
policies followed by selected states for sustainable groundwater resources
management.
Theme-4: IoT Enabled Sensor Based Smart
Irrigation Management System. Lead Institute:Â MPKV, Rahuri (PI); Cooperating Centres:
ICAR-IIWM, Bhubaneswar; ICAR-IIHR, Bengaluru; ICAR-NRC Grapes, Pune; and M/s.
Parth Infotech, Pune.
Major objectives and activities are: to test the current technologies of precision,
automatic and real-time irrigation scheduling; investigate the gaps and
identify the measures for improvement; to develop
the multi-depth soil moisture sensors for precision irrigation scheduling; to develop the IoT enabled smart irrigation
management system for precision, automatic and real-time irrigation scheduling
at farm and cluster levels; and to test
and validate the developed systems for different agro-climatic conditions.
