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    The document outlines a "Save Water Campaign" organized by the Department of Agriculture in Kerala, India in 2004. It describes why the campaign is needed due to declining water resources from groundwater depletion and lack of rainfall. It provides details on when the campaign will take place, where it will be implemented, and how it can be achieved through soil conservation, water conservation, water management, and crop management measures like check dams, contour bunding, efficient irrigation, and drought-resistant crops.

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    The document outlines a "Save Water Campaign" organized by the Department of Agriculture in Kerala, India in 2004. It describes why the campaign is needed due to declining water resources from groundwater depletion and lack of rainfall. It provides details on when the campaign will take place, where it will be implemented, and how it can be achieved through soil conservation, water conservation, water management, and crop management measures like check dams, contour bunding, efficient irrigation, and drought-resistant crops.

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    The document outlines a "Save Water Campaign" organized by the Department of Agriculture in Kerala, India in 2004. It describes why the campaign is needed due to declining water resources from groundwater depletion and lack of rainfall. It provides details on when the campaign will take place, where it will be implemented, and how it can be achieved through soil conservation, water conservation, water management, and crop management measures like check dams, contour bunding, efficient irrigation, and drought-resistant crops.

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    SAVE WATER CAMPAIGN

    2004
    DEPARTMENT OF AGRI CULTURE
    KERALA
    SAVE WATER CAMPAIGN

    • WHY?
    • WHEN?
    • WHERE?
    • HOW?
    SAVE WATER CAMPAIGN -WHY?

    • ONLY SOURCE OF CLEAN WATER IS RAIN WATER


    • IRRIGATION IS A CRITICAL FACTOR IN CROP
    PRODUCTION
    • DRINKING WATER BECAME SCARCE
    • RAIN IS A NATURAL SOURCE OF IRRIGATION
    • RAIN FALL IS RESTRICTED TO MERE 100 DAYS
    • RAIN WATER REACHES SEA WITHIN 48 HOURS
    • GROUND WATER STATUS IS FAST DEPLETING
    • CATCHMENT AREAS HAD BECOME UNCOVERED
    • CHANGING LIFE STYLE DOES’NT ALLOW WATER TO
    PERCOLATE
    • THIRD WORLD WAR WILL BE FOR WATER
    SAVE WATER CMPAIGN-WHEN?

    • DURING PRE MONSOON


    • DURING MONSOON
    • DURING RECEDENCE OF
    MONSOON
    SAVE WATER CAMPAIGN- WHERE ?

    • IN THE
    CATCHMENT
    AREAS
    • IN THE AYACUT
    AREAS
    • IN EDUCATIONAL
    INSTITUTIONS TO
    ATTAIN WATER
    LITTERARACY
    HOW ?
    SAVE WATER CAMPAIGN-HOW?

    • SOIL CONSERVATION MEASURES


    • WATER CONSERVATION MEASURES
    • WATER MANAGEMENT MEASURES
    • CROP MANAGEMENT MEASURES
    SOIL CONSERVATION MEASURES

    • DIGGING OF PITS IN CATCHMENT AREA AND FARM


    • CONSTRUCTION OF CHECK DAMS AND/SUB-SURFACE
    DAMS
    • ADOPTION OF TERRACE CULTIVATION IN SLOPY LANDS
    • CONTOUR BUNDING
    • CONTOUR TRENCHING
    • ANY OTHER METHOD WHICH WILL HELP SOIL
    CONSERVATION
    WATER CONSERVATION MEASURES

    • CONSERVE FOREST
    • CONSERVE WATER CONSERVING
    STRUCTURES LIKE PONDS,PADDDY
    FIELD ETC;
    • ANY OTHER MEASURES WHICH WILL
    LEAD TO WATER CONSERVATION
    WATER MANAGEMENT MEASURES

    • INCREASING WATER USE EFFICIENCY


    • IRRIGATE DURING CRITICAL PERIODS
    ONLY
    • UTILISE NON-TOXIC WASTE WATER FOR
    IRRIGATION (SEWAGE MANAGEMENT)
    • PARTICIPATORY IRRIGATION
    MANAGEMENT (PIM)
    CROP MANAGEMENT MEASURES

    • CULTIVATION OF CROPS/VARIETIES
    ACCORDING TO THE MINIMUM WATER
    AVAILABILITY EXPECTED
    • ADDITION OF K TO WITHSTAND
    DROUGHT
    • SUMMER PLOUHING
    • MULCHING
    • ADOPTING HI-TECH PRACTICES

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