ISSN : 0975-3710
EISSN : 0975-9107
K. QUDSIYA JAMAL1*, P.P. MURUGAN2, REXLIN SELVIN3, K. PRABAKARAN4, T. RAGAVAN5
1Department of Agricultural Extension and Rural Sociology, Agricultural College and Research Institute, Madurai, 625104, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, 641003, Tamil Nadu, India
2Department of Agricultural Extension and Rural Sociology, Agricultural College and Research Institute, Madurai, 625104, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, 641003, Tamil Nadu, India
3Department of Agricultural Extension and Rural Sociology, Agricultural College and Research Institute, Madurai, 625104, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, 641003, Tamil Nadu, India
4Department of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural College and Research Institute. Madurai, 625104, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, 641003, India
5Department of Agronomy, Agricultural College and Research Institute, Madurai, 625104, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, 641003, Tamil Nadu, India
* Corresponding Author : qudsiya.jamal@gmail.com
Received : 27-07-2018 Accepted : 11-08-2018 Published : 15-08-2018
Volume : 10 Issue : 15 Pages : 6849 - 6852
Int J Agr Sci 10.15 (2018):6849-6852
Keywords : Constraints, Wetland, Garden-land, Rain-fed, Stakeholders
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Author thankful to the University Grants Commission (UGC) for financial support provided through “Maulana Azad National Fellowship for Minority Students†for the period of this research work. Author also thankful to Agricultural College and Research Institute, Madurai, 625104, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, 641003, Tamil Nadu, India
Author Contribution : All author equally contributed
The Irrigation water management measures are various technologies and practices developed for specific crops pertaining to different farming systems. These measures are developed and disseminated after cautious research to farmers through nodal institutions in Tamil Nadu. Even though the state is extensively concentrating on adoption and dissemination of water management measures through various schemes. Still the concern for judicious use of irrigation water cannot be seen among the users of the state, creating a threat to future availability of water resource. In This Paper, the curtailing issues (constraints) perceived by the users as well as the stakeholders has been documented. The present study is conducted in four districts of Tamilnadu state (Thiruvarur, Sivagangai, Villupuram and Thoothukudi) intensively covering the major farming systems of the state. A total of 278 respondents were interviewed which comprises of 120 wetland paddy growing farmers, 60 garden land sugarcane growing farmers, 60 rain-fed pulses growing farmers along with 38 stakeholders. The basic instrument used for the study was the pre- designed and pre-tested interview schedule. The study categorically revealed that Inadequate water supply during the cropping period, Sub-standard quality of drip materials supplied, Given farm pond specification are not sufficient to retain water for supplementary irrigation and Higher work load coupled with more target and less manpower as the prime constraints in adoption and dissemination of recommended water management measures.
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