1            Garlic

In a drip irrigation system, it is recommended to use
venturi manifold device as the fertilizer injector with pressure compensating
emitter (discharge rate at 2 lph) in sandy loam soil for higher fertigation
uniformity and higher crop yield in garlic.              2023

2            Rice
(autumn)-green gram-broccoli

Drip Irrigation at 1.0 ETc and NPK fertigation through 75%
RDF is suitable for rice (autumn)-green gram-broccoli cropping system in Assam            2022

3           Onion

            It is
recommended to use irrigation water at 1.20 ETc (3.84 litres /sq m per day)
through drip irrigation system in onion.      2021

4            Autumn
rice

Application of 5 cm irrigation at 15cm depletion of water
from soil surface is recommended for autumn rice. For measurement of irrigation
depth, equally perforated open plastic pipe as described under New IRRI
technique of alternate wetting and drying may be installed in crop field.            2019

 5            Broccoli

Broccoli crop can be grown under drip fertigation with
irrigation scheduling at 1.00 EpR and fertilizer level  either @ 100-80-60 kg N- P2O5-K2O/ha or 75
-60-45 kg N-P2O5-K2O/ha + FYM (5 t/ha) + Panchagavya (50 lit/ha) for obtaining
maximum head yield (88.97 -99.03q/ha), economic 
return (Rs 1.64 -2.01 lakh/ha) and B:C (3.36- 6.25).      2019

 6            Makhana

Makhana crop (Gorgon nut; nikori ) can be grown under field
method  in wetland/Hullah/low land
situation of Assam. Transplanting time 15 March to 15 April and spacing 125cm x
120cm are optimum with respects to seed yield (22.35-25.27q/ha), economic  return (Rs 48,860.00-59,535.00/ha) , B:C
(2.69- 3.05) and water productivity (0.804 – 0.870kg/m3)  and can be recommended for the state.              2019

 7            Rape and
Mustard

Rapeseed crop intensification with improved irrigation
management

Apply two irrigations of 4 cm depth at pre-flowering (20
DAS) and flowering (40 DAS) stages along with a spacing of 25 cm x 25 cm in
toria           2019

 8            Winter
rice

In rainfed kharif rice, a bund height of 30 cm is optimum to
retain rain water (upto 97.2 %) for higher yield (53.49q/ha) of rice as well as
to conserve residual moisture for better yield of succeeding relay crops with
net economic benefit Rs 60,824.00/ha . 2018

9            Potato

Partial root drying i.e. irrigating the furrow in irrigation
event and keeping the same furrow 
un-irrigated in the next irrigation and vice versa  for the succeeding irrigation is beneficial
for potato crop under water scarce situation in terms of  its tuber yield ( 16.45 q/ha), water use (450
mm) and economic returns ( Rs 76260.00/ha)    2018

 10          Late sown
yellow sarson

Two irrigations of 6 cm depth, one each at pre-flowering (25
DAS) and siliqua formation stage (50 DAS) recorded significantly higher seed
yield than one irrigation (flowering/siliqua formation) and rainfed crop. 75-50-50
being at par with 60-40-40.   2018

 11          Arsenic
contaminated Ground water management        

 Low   cost arsenic removal technology exploring
the use of biochars prepared from locally available bio-wastes (rice straw and
toria stover) and pyrolysed in a newly fabricated kiln has been developed for
irrigated rice which resulted in reducing the arsenic entry in rice.           2018

 12          Groundwater
quality mapping for Jorhat district

Most of the quality parameters other than arsenic (As), iron
(Fe),  manganese (Mn) and copper (Cu)
were found within WHO permissible limits. Both arsenic and iron were extremely
high and will need treatment for making it potable.               2018

1.     1. In rainfed kharif
rice, height of bunds should be 30 cm to retain rain water for higher yield of
rice as well as to conserve residual moisture for better yield of succeeding
relay crops.         -Included in PoP for
kharif crop of Assam, 2021

2. Apply 5 cm
irrigation at 15 cm depletion of water from soil surface        -Included in PoP for rabi crop of Assam,
2021

3. Two irrigations of 4
cm depth should be applied at flowering (40 DAS) and at siliqua formation (60
DAS) stages      -Included in PoP for rabi
crop of Assam, 2021

4. Apply two
irrigations of 4 cm depth at pre-flowering (20 DAS) and flowering (40 DAS)
stages along with a spacing of 25 cm x 25 cm in toria -Included in PoP, 2023 for rabi crop of Assam

5. Planting of
sugarcane setts in furrows and subsequently mulching the ridges with 50 micron
plastic film. Furrows may be mulched with trash.     -Included in PoP, 2019 for kharif crop of Assam

6. In aerobic
rice,  need to apply desired amount of
irrigation water (about 5cm) at 75-80% available soil moisture (10-13 days
interval)          -Included in PoP, 2019
for kharif crop of Assam

7. Three irrigations of
6 cm depth during April, October and November with alternate furrow is
recommended for sugarcane. Irrigation Method: Furrow            -Included in PoP, 2019 for kharif crop of Assam

Year: 2018

 i.       
Hazarika, P.P., Medhi, B.
K., Thakuria. R.K.; Patgiri. D.K. and Deka. K. (2018). Characterization of grey
water to assess its feasibility for irrigation. International Journal of Current Microbiology and applied sciences. 7 (10): 1056-1064

ii.       
Hazarika, P.P., Medhi, B.K.,
Thakuria. R.K., Patgiri. D.K. and Deka, K. (2018). Qualitative characterization
for suitability assessment of residential grey water in terms of water quality
index. 
International Journal of Chemical Studies. 6 (6): 284-292

iii.       
Hazarika, P.P., Medhi,
B.K.,  Thakuria, R.K., Deka, K and Borah,
R. (2018). Characterization of grey water to assess its feasibility for
irrigation under different soil types and depths.  Journal of Pharmacognosy and
Phytochemistry. 8 (1): 587-592

 Year: 2019

i.        
Hazrika, P.P., Medhi , B. K., Deka, K., Thakuria, R .K.
and Bora, R. (2019). Characterization of grey water to assess its feasibility
for irrigation under different soil types and depth. Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phyto-chemistry, 8 (1): 587-592.

ii.        
Thakuria, I., Hazarika, P. P., Deka, K., Medhi, B.K.,
Rahman,N.,  Baruah, N and Baruah. S.
(2019). GIS Aided Groundwater Quality Mapping of Central Brahmaputra Valley
Zone of Assam, India. Current Journal of
Applied Science and Technology, 34
(6): 1-14

Year: 2020:

i.        
Basumatary, D., Dutta, M., Karmaker,
R.M., Deka, B and Kalita, P.(2020) Soil Site Suitability Assessment of
Bumnoi-Mornoi Watershed of Kokrajhar district using RS and GIS techniques. Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry. 9 (4): 155 -161

Year:
2021

 i.       
B. Deka, B., Bharteey, P.K., Dutta, M.,
Patgiri, D. K. and Saikia, R (2021) Morphometric analysis of Moridhal watershed
in Dhemaji District of Assam, India using remote sensing and Geographic
Information System techniques. Desalination
and Water Treatment, 242: 235–242.

ii.       
Borgohain, S., Deka, B.,  Dutta, M., 
Thakuria, R. K. and Patgiri, D. K. (2021) Geospatial assessment of water
induced soil and nutrient erosion in Pabho watershed of Assam, India using USLE
model. Journal of Environmental Biology,
42 (2): 406-413. 

iii.       
Medhi, B.K., Hazarika,
I. H.,  Hazarika, P. P., Thakuria, R. K.
and Sanjay-Swami. (2021) Assessment
of groundwater arsenic vulnerable zones using Geographic Information System for
employing bio-char as soil amendment in irrigated rice ecosystem – A case study
from Central Assam. Journal of
Environmental Biology, 42 (2):
462-472. 

iv.       
Deka, B., Dutta, M. and Patgiri, D.
K.  (2021) Productivity, potentiality and
soil-site suitability evaluation for rice crop in the Ghiladhari watershed of
Assam. Journal of Soil and Water
Conservation, 20 (4).

Year: 2022

 i.       
Dutta, M., Deka, B., Karmakar, R. M. and
Kalita, P. (2022). Fertility Potential Classification of Soils of Tipukjan
Watershed of Assam, India Using Principal Component Analysis. Scientist, 1 (3): 4913-4924. DOI: https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo. 7527702.

ii.       
Bharteey, P. K., Deka, B., Dutta, M. and
Patgiri, D. K. (2022) Productivity, potentiality and soil-site suitability
evaluation for rice crop in the Moridhal watershed of Dhemaji district of
Assam. Agricultural Mechanization in Asia, 53 (7) 8979-8994.

iii.       
Kalita, P.,
Thakuria, R. K., Deka, B. and Choudhary, H. (2022) Effect of varying drip irrigation levels and
NPK fertigation on nutrient uptake, root characteristics, physiological
behaiour and head quality of broccoli (Brassica oleracea var. hysic)
in warm humid climatic condition of Assam. The
Pharma Innovation Journal, 11 (12): 563-569. 4913- 4924.

iv.       
Bharteey, P. K., Deka, B., Dutta, M.,
Saikia, R., Goswami, J.,  Yadav, R.,
Sarvajeet, Chejara,, S., Bahuguna, A. and Luthra, N. (2022) Soil – site suitability assessment of
Moridhal watershed in Dhemaji district of Assam, India using remote sensing and
GIS techniques. International
Journal of Environment and Climate Change, 12: 95-104. Doi: 10.9734/IJECC/2022/v12i630692.

Year:
2023

i.       
Deka, B., Bhagawati, M., and
Dutta, M. (2023). Effect of
drip, fertigation and plastic mulching on growth and yield of cauliflower. Scientist 4 (4): 238-244. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7816669.

ii.     
 Bharteey, P. K., Deka, B., Dutta, M., Goswami, J. and Saikia, R. (2023). Geospatial variability of soil physico-chemical
properties of Moridhal watershed in Dhemaji district of Assam, India using
Remote sensing and GIS. Annals of Plant and Soil Research 25
(1): 99-109.

Year:
2019

i.        
Bharteey, P. K., Deka, B, and Dutta, M.
(2019) Soil loss estimation using universal soil loss equation model in Modern
Approaches in crop Improvement (ISBN 978-3-96492-111-6) edited by J. Singh, R.
Nigam., A. Kumar., N. Kapoor and P. Tiwari and published by Weser Book, Germany

Year:
2021

i.        
B. Deka (2021). Prospects of Using Drip
and Fertigation in Tea crop, In ‘Seuj
Soopan’, published by Assam Tea Corporation, pp 42-48.

ii.        
B. Deka and S. Saikia (2021) Enhancing
Farmers Income through off Season Vegetable Cultivation, In Managing Land Degradation for Enhancing Farm Productivity (ISBN
978-81-94783-59-6) edited by P.R. Bhatnagar, D. Dinesh, Vijaysinha Kakade, V.C.
Pande and Omprakash Meena and published by International Books & amp;
Periodical Supply Service, Delhi pp 273-282.

iii.        
M. Dutta, R. M. Karmakar and B. Deka
(2021) Soil-site Suitability Evaluation for Rainfed Crops in Tipukjan Watershed
of Assam Using Remote Sensing & GIS Techniques, In Managing Land Degradation for Enhancing Farm Productivity (ISBN
978-81-94783- 59-6) edited by P.R. Bhatnagar, D. Dinesh, Vijaysinha Kakade,
V.C. Pande and Omprakash Meena and published by International Books & amp;
Periodical Supply Service, Delhi pp 29-48.

Year:
2022

i.          
Kalita, P., Dutta, M., Dutta, S. and
Deka, B. (2022) Microbes mediated mineral weathering and associated nutrient
release. In Insight of Agricultural
Sciences edt. By Singh, A., Patel, V. K., Ghosh, S., Das, A. and published
by Bhumi Publishing India, Rajasthan.

Year:
2023

i.        
Sarma, C. K. (2023) Pulse production in
Rice fallow areas of Assam. In Sustainable
Use of Bio-resources in North East India published by College of
Agriculture, Jorhat, AAU, Jorhat-785013, Assam in April, 2023; page: 293-306.

ii.        
Deka, B. and Dutta, M. (2023) Soil
Resources of North East India. In Sustainable
Use of Bio-resources in North East India published by College of
Agriculture, Jorhat, AAU, Jorhat-785013, Assam in April, 2023; page: 88-108.

iii.        
Baruah, B. J., Begum, M. Sarmah, B.,
Deka, B. Bhagawati, R., Paul, S. and Dutta, M., (2023) Precision irrigation
management: A step toward sustainable agriculture. In Remote Sensing in Precision Agriculture: Transforming Scientific
Advancement Into Innovationedt. By Lamine, S. Srivastava, P. K., Kayad, A.,
Mun˜oz-Arriola, F. and Pandey, P. C. published by Academic Press., Elsevier,
125 London Wall, London EC2Y 5AS, UK pp 189-204.

iv.        
Sarmah, B., Baruah, B. J., Dutta,
M.,Begum, M. and Deka, B. (2023) Precision nutrient management for field and
horticultural crops. In Remote Sensing in
Precision Agriculture:   Transforming
Scientific Advancement Into Innovationedt. By Lamine, S. Srivastava, P. K.
Kayad, A., Mun˜oz-Arriola, F. and Pandey, P. C. published by Academic Press.,
Elsevier, 125 London Wall, London EC2Y 5AS, UK pp 317-334.

v.        
Deka, B.
(2023) Water management in Assam with special reference to crop production. In Sustainable Interventions for Resource
Conservation and Natural Farming Edt. byMahanta, K., Kohli, A., Sharma, V.,
Arora, S. and Singh, A. K. published by Academy of Natural Resource Conservation and
Management, Lucknow,pp 25-36.

vi.        
Book
Chapter “Farmers’ income and agricultural practices” by C. K.
Sarma in the book ‘Field crops of Assam” published by Dept. of Agronomy, AAU, Jorhat-785013
in 2023; page: 177-183

1.     Popular articles in English: 18

Year:
2022

i.        
“Use of Remote Sensing & GIS in
population census” by Dr. B. Deka, Principal Scientist published in Souvenir of
International Workshop on “Skill Development through Agricultural Technology in
population Sciences” on 17^th March, 2022.

ii.        
“Agriculture in Assam: At a Glance”
by Dr. B. Deka, Principal Scientist published in Souvenir (‘Grantha Subhash’)
of 2^nd International Conference of Agricultural Librarian’s and
Users Community on 28^th April, 2022.

iii.        
 “Making Farming Remunerative” by Dr. C. K.
Sarma, Chief Scientist, AICRPIWM, AAU, Jorhat centre,  published in English daily ‘The Assam
Tribune’ on 15^th  November,
2022

iv.        
 “Healthy Soil for Healthy Food” by Dr. C. K.
Sarma, Chief Scientist, AICRPIWM, AAU, Jorhat centre,  published in English daily ‘The Assam
Tribune’ on 5^th December, 2022

v.        
 “Rain can be the gain” Er. K. Choudhury, Jr.
Scientist, AICRPIWM, AAU, Jorhat centre, published in English daily ‘The Assam
Tribune’ on 9^th December, 2022.

Year: 2023

i.        
Utilizing rice fallow for pulses” by Dr. C.
K. Sarma, published in English daily ‘The Assam Tribune’ on 17^th
January, 2023.

ii.       
“Use of Artificial Intelligence in agriculture” by Dr. B.
Deka, published in the Souvenir cum Technical Volume of 19^th
Foundation Day of Senior Engineers Forum-NER, Guwahati, February 20, 2023.

iii.        
“Drip Irrigation: Need of the hour in Assam” by Er.
KabyasreeChoudhury, published in English daily ‘The Assam Tribune’ on 17^th
March, 2023.

iv.        
 “How to attract youth towards agriculture” by
Dr. C. K. Sarma, published in English daily ‘The Assam Tribune’ on 11^thApril,
2023.

v.        
 “Building climate resilience in agriculture”
by Dr. C. K. Sarma, published in English daily ‘The Assam Tribune’ on 25^th
May, 2023

vi.        
‘Drawing farmers towards micro irrigation’ by
Dr. C. K. Sarma, published in English daily ‘The Assam Tribune’ on 23 August, 2023

vii.        
‘A drop harvested is a crop harvested’ by
Dr. C. K. Sarma, published in English daily ‘The Assam Tribune’ on 6 November, 2023.

viii.        
 ‘Soil and Water:
sustaining life’ by Dr. C. K. Sarma, published in English daily
‘The Assam Tribune’ on 5 December, 2023

ix.        
“Up-scaling micro-irrigation in Assam” by Dr. C. K. Sarma, published
in the Centenary Souvenir , AAU- Assam Rice Research Institute, Assam
Agricultural University, Titabor, Assam, 2023; page: 88.

x.        
“Use of Remote Sensing & GIS in Land suitability
evaluation of Rice crop” by Dr. B. Deka, published in the Centenary
Souvenir, AAU- Assam Rice Research Institute, Assam Agricultural University,
Titabor, Assam, 2023.

xi.        
“Water smart climate resilient
technology” by
Dr. C. K. Sarma, published in the Souvenir, 8^th
International Agri-Horti Show-2023 organized by Dept. of Agriculture, Govt. of
Assam held from December 16-18, 2023.

xii.        
“Glimpses of Assam Agriculture” by
Dr. B. Deka, published in the Souvenir, 8^th International Agri-Horti
Show 2023 organized by Dept. of Agriculture, Govt. of Assam held from December
16-18, 2023.

xiii.        
“Problem and prospects of water management
in natural farming systems” by Dr. B. Deka, published in the “Compendium of lectures” of 10 days training programme on “Problems
and prospects of natural farming for sustainable ecological balance”
organized by AAU, Jorhat during December, 2023.

2.      
Popular articles in regional language

Year: 2020

i.        
Biswa Bhumi Divas’- Ganastambha (Weekly paper), on 5^thDec,
2020.

ii.        
Thakuria, R.K (2020), Krishakar Unnayanar Prasangere Farm
Bill 2020 (Farm bill 2020 in the interest of farmers), The Niyamiya Barta, 10^th
Dec , published from Guwahati.

iii.        
Krishi Sanskar Ain: EtiAwalokon’ (An article on Agriculture
Bill)-Ganastambha (Weekly paper), - 1 on 12^thDec, 2020.

Year: 2021

i.        
‘Biswa Jal Divas’- by B. Deka, In ‘Asomiya Pratidin’ on 22^nd
March, 2021. Published from Guwahati.

ii.        
‘Seuj Grihat Pacholir Kheti’ by B. Deka,In ‘Basundhara’ on 23^rd
February, 2021. Published from Jorhat.

iii.        
‘Biswa Bhumi Divas’- by B. Deka, In ‘Asomiya Pratidin’ on 5^th
December, 2021.

iv.        
‘Jalasinchanar
Prayojoniata Aru Prayog Bidhi’ by B. Deka, In ‘Training Manual for Input Dealers’ Published
from Jorhat.

Year: 2022

i.        
 “Udyan Sasyar Babe Drip Jolosinchan” by Dr. B.
Deka, Principal Scientist published in Souvenir (‘Udyan Jeuti’) of Assam
Horticultural Society, on 2^nd November, 2022.

ii.        
 “Matikei Sawati Dhari, Maatikei Sarathi Kori”
by Dr. B. Deka, Principal Scientist published in Souvenir (‘Fasal’) of 7^th
Assam-International Agri-Horti Show-2022 on 17^th December, 2022.

Year: 2023

i.        
 “Jolosongkotor Bipodghonta Aru Kormopontha” by
Dr. B. Deka, published in Assamese daily ‘NiyomiaBarta’ on 21^st
March, 2023.

ii.        
“Nai Koto Pani, Ase Matho Sokupani”
by Dr. B. Deka, published in Assamese daily ‘Asomiya Pratidin’ on the occasion of
World Water Day (22^nd March, 2023).

iii.        
 “Prajuktir Bordan Aru Bharotor Joygan” by Dr.
B. Deka, published in Assamese daily ‘Asomiya Pratidin’ on the occasion of
World Technology Day (11^th 
May, 2023).

iv.        
“Bigyan Prajukti Aru Bharotor
Sapholya” by Dr. B. Deka, published in Assamese daily ‘Niyomia Barta’ on the
occasion of World Technology Day (11^th  May, 2023).

Moreover, this
technology helped in promoting double cropping by utilizing Rice (kharif) –
fallow areas as the effect of irrigation water in Toria crop is very much
visible and double cropping helped in enhancing farmer’s income in the
district. With monocropping of Rice, net income was only Rs. 4292.00 per ha
while with Rice – Toria cropping sequence farmers net income increased to Rs.
21,792 per ha in 2017-18, Rs. 22,369 per ha in 2018-19 and Rs. 23,992.00 per ha
in 2019-20. This technology is now popular in some major Toria growing
districts of Assam where STW facilities are available.

Farmers’
feedback

i.        
Farmers gave positive feedback about the irrigation
management technology in Toria as they realized the need of irrigation water at
critical stage especially, when sowing of Toria is done during last week of
November to 1^st week of December.

ii.        
Farmers also showed positive response in adopting the
technology as it enabled them to promote double cropping through utilization of
Rice – fallow. However, they need some easy method to
quantify the irrigation water as measurement of 6 cm irrigation with the
present method may be difficult for illiterate or less educated people in rural
areas. 

A.    
Published a story of successful
cultivation of autumn rice through diversion based irrigation water during
covid-19 pandemic in Golaghat district of Assam

Media highlighted how a
group of educated people started agricultural project “Lakhimi Juri” in 5.0 ha
area in Bokakhat sub-division of Golaghat district for growing more than one
crop in a year by utilizing the water of a stream “Lakhimi Juri” flowing from
the hill of Karbi Anglong.

A.   
Linkages with
State departments of Agriculture/irrigation/soil conservation

a.    
Collaboration
with Department of Agriculture and Horticulture, Govt. of Assam for
recommendation of technologies and inclusion in Package of Practices for Assam

b.    
Collaboration
with SLNA, Dept. of Soil Conservation, Govt. of Assam for Land Resource
Inventory of Micro-Watershed in three districts

c.    
The
centre developed good linkages with the Department of Irrigation, Govt. of
Assam for Water Quality Analysis.

d.    
Acquired
research project sponsored by Govt. of Assam in 2022.

B.   
Linkages with
other Govt. Agencies

a.    
Collaboration
with NERIWALM (North Eastern Regional Institute of Water and Land Management)
was strengthened by signing MoU between the AAU and NERIWALM.

b.    
Collaboration
with SLNA, Dept. of Agriculture, Govt. of Tripura for Land Resource Inventory
of Micro-Watershed in two districts

c.    
Collaboration
with North East Space Application Centres, Umium, Meghalaya for Remote Sensing
and GIS related activities.

d.    
Collaboration
with College of Horticulture and Forestry, CAU, Pasighat, Arunachal for
capacity building activities

e.    
Collaboration
with Assam Science Technology and Environment Council – Acquired research
project sponsored by ASTEC (Assam Science Technology and Environment Council)
in 2020.

f.     
Collaboration
with Doordarshan Kendra and All India Radio of Guwahati, Jorhat and Dibrugarh
for dissemination of different technologies.

g.    
Linkage
with CGWB and CWC, Dept. of Irrigation, Dept. of
Water Resources, Govt. of Assam for different information for preparation of
water budget for the state of Assam

h.    
Collaboration
with ISRO - Acquired research project sponsored by ISRO (Indian Space
Research   Organisation) in 2019.

C.   
Linkage with
KVKs of Assam

a.      
Collaboration
with Krishi Vigyan Kendras of Assam for technology transfer and organizing
multi-locational trial, On Farm Research as well as Front Line Demonstration

b.      
Collaboration
with Krishi Vigyan Kendras of Assam for capacity building activities

Sustainable agriculture

 i.       
All
the technologies on irrigation water management increase productivity of crops,
and enhance water use efficiency, resulting in rise in farmers’ income as well
as water saving. So it helps in efficient utilization water resources without
endangering water resource base for future generation.

ii.       
Technologies
related to rain water management reduces over dependence on either surface or
ground water because there is also possibility of depletion of ground water
table in future. It helps in conserving our water resources

iii.       
Irrigation water management technologies enhance the use
efficiencies of other inputs of Agriculture, thereby curtailing the use and
cost of nutrients and other inputs. It directly helps in preventing degradation
of soil and aerial environment due to overdose and loss of nutrients and
reduces energy requirement for the production system.

Livelihood
security

 i.       
Technologies generated from the AICRP-IWM project help in
increasing crop productivity and farmers’ income. So many farmers take up
agriculture in commercial scale as a source of livelihood

ii.       
Irrigation water management technologies enhance the input use
efficiency in crops and thereby, reduce cost of production and raise farmers’
profit.

iii.       
With the technological knowledge on drip irrigation, many farmers
started cultivation of high value crops like straw berry etc. in commercial
scale and could earn higher income

iv.       
Commercial vegetable cultivation is started with irrigation
management technologies for livelihood security.

Policy decision

i.        
Government can take policy decision to incorporate water
management technologies as important component of technology demonstration. It
will improve the productivity and water use efficiency of the crop and will
also encourage horizontal expansion of the technology.

ii.        
Assam receives average annual rainfall more than 2000 mm and so, conservation and
sustainable use of rain water should be the motto of all crop production
programmes of the state. Technologies generated from the AICRP-IWM centre for
conservation of rain water in crop production system may be taken for policy
consideration.

iii.        
Govt. has been trying hard to promote micro-irrigation technology
in the state for last few years but the progress is very slow. Technologies
generated by the AICRP-IWM
centre related to drip irrigation may encourage Govt.
agencies to promote new technologies in the farmer’s field.

iv.        
Ground water quality mapping is done for a few districts of Assam.
Based on the findings of the research programme, Govt. can identify the areas
for irrigation water suitability as well as areas for domestic uses and take
policy decision to establish new project.