Energy Efficiency of Micro-Irrigation: Case study of Banana crop - Softcover

Malunjkar, Vaibhav; Deshmukh, Santosh; Balakrishnan, P.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3659454842 ISBN 13: 9783659454844

Verlag: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2013

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Global warming is the most dreaded problem of new millennium. Greenhouse gases (GHGs) are mainly responsible for global warming. Electricity generation based on fossil fuel is major source of emission of GHGs. In India about 52% of total electricity is generated using coal. Indian agriculture consumes about 30% of its total electricity. There is vast scope in minimizing the GHG emissions caused by power consumption in agriculture by adopting energy efficiency tool like micro irrigation. India is the world’s largest producer of banana having about 27% share of the global output. Banana is one of the major consumers of water and energy. Hence, a pilot study was conducted on banana crop in Jalgaon, Maharashtra for evaluating energy efficiency micro irrigation system (MIS) and flood irrigation (FI). The study revealed water and electricity saving in micro irrigation against the flood irrigation. Also, potential of gaining carbon credits by switching from FI to MIS for 5,000 ha area under banana crop was 11,750 tCO2e or carbon credits. Thus, micro irrigation has a definite role in minimising impacts of climate change on Indian agriculture by reducing consumption of water and energy.

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He is a DST-INSPIRE Fellow, Government of India. He completed B.Tech (Agril. Engg.) from MPKV Rahuri and M.Tech (Agril. Engg.) from UAS Raichur. He pursued masters degree in Soil and Water Engineering and awarded with University Gold Medals. His areas of interest are research, conservation, environment, sustainability, carbon and water footprints.

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• Verlag: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2013
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 3659454842
• ISBN 13: 9783659454844
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 136
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