Mitigating Climate Change Impacts on Indian Agriculture
through Improved Irrigation Water Management (MICCI)
Partners
Funding
The project proposes to investigate the effects of climate change and variability on
irrigation water security in India and to evaluate the effectiveness of better irrigation
water management strategies to de-synchronize the timings of peak irrigation demand
and minimum water availability and so maximise the productivity of the available
water. India is an intensely agrarian economy with more than 70% of the population
relying on rain-fed agriculture for employment and livelihoods. However, there has
recently been a considerable change in both the spatial and temporal patterns of the
monsoon rainfall, resulting in reduced crop yields and increasing uncertainty in the
livelihoods of the rural poor. To combat this problem, farmers engage in supplemental
irrigation using direct canal/river abstraction, on-farm reservoirs, or tubewells. To
achieve the anticipated improvement in use efficiency, however, the irrigation water
must be applied at the right amount and time but climate change will affect both
irrigation demand and the quantity and timing of water availability (runoff and
recharge), with consequences for the performance of reservoirs, direct river
abstractions, tube-wells and other on-farm irrigation infrastructures.
The specific objectives are to:
1. assess the impacts, and uncertainty, of climate change on water resources
availability for agriculture within a range of climatically and hydrologically
diverse areas across India;
2. assess the impacts of climate-induced shifting patterns in monsoon rainfall
on crop-soil moisture regimes and potential irrigation demand;
3. develop and evaluate the effectiveness of robust irrigation water management
approaches (scheduling, on-farm reservoir operational practices, artificial
recharge etc) to achieve stakeholder-relevant outcomes under uncertain
impacts on water resources and soil moisture changes;
4. Implement relevant impact plan activities which will ensure that
stakeholders- farmers, policy makers, irrigation advisers, researchers, etc. derive maximum benefits from the project’s outcome.
The project involves collaboration between internationally-leading scientists at 3
Indian institutions (IIT-Roorkee; NIT-Kurukshetra; NIT, Hamirpur) and 2 UK
Universities: Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh (H-WU), Cranfield University (CU).
Teams is working with stakeholders in India (farmers, regional and regional to national
policymakers) and leading UK irrigation practitioners to deliver outputs that have
lasting positive impacts on irrigation practices and management in India.
Activity: MICCI Stakeholders Workshop June 5th, 2015 at NIT Hamirpur
Coordinator: Dr. Vijay Shankar, Co-PI, Research Project
Prof. Adebayo J. Adeloye
Heriot-Watt University
Edinburgh, UK
[email protected]
Principle Investigators
Partners:
Prof. Ian Holman
Cranfield University
UK
[email protected]
Prof. C. S. P. Ojha
Dept. of Civil Engineering
IIT Roorkee
[email protected]
International Workshop on Mitigating Climate Change
Impacts (MICCI), (A stakeholders Workshop)
June 5th, 2015
About the Organizing Institute
National Institute of Technology Hamirpur is one of the twenty five NITs of the country,
established in 1986 as Regional Engineering College, as a joint and cooperative
enterprise of the Govt. of India and Govt. of Himachal Pradesh. The goals of the
institute as embodied in the logo are truly remarkable in their scope of vision. The
Institute provides Undergraduate, Postgraduate and Doctorate Education in Engineering,
Sciences & Humanities; fostering the spirit of national integration among the students, a
close interaction with industry and a strong emphasis on research, both basic and
applied. It has been given the status of Deemed University.
About Workshop
MICCI stakeholder’s workshop is proposed to develop series of stakeholder relevant
project summary documents on Beas river basin and Pong dam from the MICCI
research work, which has been carried out under MoES-NERC funded research project
“Mitigating Climate Change Impacts on India Agriculture through Improved
Irrigation Water Management”.
Patron:
Shri Senapathy (Kris) Gopalakrishnan, Chairman, BOG
Chairpersons: Prof. Rajnish Shrivastava, Director, NIT Hamirpur, India
Prof. CSP Ojha, IIT Roorkee, India
Prof. Adebayo J. Adeloye, Heriot-Watt University,
Edinburgh, UK
Co-Chairperson: Dr. Pardeep Kumar, Head, DCE, NIT Hamirpur, HP
Coordinator:
Dr. Vijay Shankar, Associate Professor & Co-PI MoES
NERC funded research project
National Institute of Technology, Hamirpur (HP)
Department of Civil Engineering
REGISTRATION FORM
International Workshop
On
Mitigating Climate Change Impacts (MICCI)
(A stakeholders Workshop)
Under
MoES-NERC funded Research Project
Mitigating Climate Change Impacts on India Agriculture through
Improved Irrigation Water Management
(June 5th, 2015)
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Department/Institute______________________________________
Specialization___________________________________________
Contact no: ____________________________________________
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Attending the workshop as: Invited speaker/guest/participant/stakeholder
Signature (Participant)
Co-PI
MoES-NERC funded Research Project
Department of Civil Engineering
Head of Department
Objective
Participants from the Beas catchment and command area (i.e. Pong,
Pondoh & Bhakra) reservoir operators/managers, authorities from
BBMB, farmers from Bhakra-Beas command area/Himachal Pradesh,
other relevant participants from Himachal Pradesh/Punjab/Haryana,
MICCI team from UK and India will interact on issues of irrigation,
water availability, climate change and reservoir operations. The
workshop will give recommendations based on the discussion.
Participation
The participation in the workshop is limited. Predominantly the
participation will be through invitation. However, interested participants
from the Beas catchment and command area (i.e. Pong, Pondoh &
Bhakra) reservoir operators/managers, researchers working in relate
field, authorities from BBMB, and farmers from Bhakra-Beas command
area/Himachal Pradesh, other relevant participants from Himachal
Pradesh/Punjab/Haryana can apply.
Presentations:
1. Hydrological modelling / sedimentation due to land use
change/effect on crop yield – due to climate change – by Prof.
Ian Holman, Cranfield University, UK
2. Reservoir operation/rule curves/performance/effect of sediment
on reservoir water security – by Prof. Adeloye Adebayo, HeriotWatt University, Edinburgh, UK
3. Impact of On-farm Reservoir on agriculture and irrigation – by
Prof. K.K. Singh, NIT Kurukshetra, India
4. Root water uptake modelling – Prof. CSP Ojha, IIT Roorkee
5. Field crop experiments, irrigation scheduling and associated
works in Beas basin – Dr. Vijay Shankar, NIT Hamirpur, HP,
India
6. Reservoir Operation studies on Pong Dam – Er. Ramesh C.
Chaudhary, S.E., Pong Dam, BBMB.