About The Book "The present volume brings together sixteen research paper which were contributed to 17 I.R.E.D. National seminar on Integrated Land and water mangement for food security in India organized by Department of Geography Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gorakhpur University Gorakhpur on February 8 9.2009. The initiative taken by the editor of this volume for inviting papers from a group of Geographers and researchers of other diciplines having interest on problem of land and water management as well as challenges of food security and to bring them together for duscussions on this theme fills an important gap in the field of Indian studies on integrated land and water management. In my survey of studies on land use and water management researches are in plenty but studies on integrated land and water management are rare. It is noticeable that with growing problem of water resource there is challenge to planners and policy makers to introduce cropping pattern according to availability of water resource. The present volume is a significant attempt to fullfil the present gap in geographical studies. We hope that this volume will stimulate many geograhphers as well as young reseachers to contribute studies on planning for integrated land and water management as well as food security which fill up adequately the serious gaps and difficiencies in the studies by agricultural scientists and Geographers.
About The Author Prof. K. N. Singh is a professor, Department of Geography, Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gorakhpur University Gorakhpur. He has been DAAD fellow at Institute of Geography, Ruhr University Bochum Germany. He has been teaching, conducting and guiding research in Rural development, transport and population geography. Prof. Singh has to his credit a dozen of books and more than 50 articles. The two major research projects one are ongoing under his principal investigatorship sponsored by council of science and technology U.P. and Second by university Grant commission. He is general secretary of Institute for Rural eco development Gorakhpur and association of North indian Geographers. He is convenor of I.R.E.D. Annual national seminar organized every year at different places on eve of Vasant Pachami Prithvi Parva. Dr. S.K. Singh is a Reader deptt. of Geography Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gorakhpur University Gorakhpur He completed P.G. and Ph.D. in Geography from Sagar University M.P. He has been organizing secretary of National seminars and contributed more thant one dozen research papers in field of population and urban geography. Dr. S.N. Singh is senior lecturer in Geography at M.L.K.P.G. college Balarampur affiliated from Dr. R. M.L. Avadh University, Faizabad. He completed P.G. in Geography from Kanpur University and Ph.D. from Banaras Hindu University. He is writer of three books and contributed one dozen research papers in field of population geography. He has credit to complete one minor research project financed by U.G..C. A major research project is ongoing under his principal investigatorship financed by University Grants Commission.
Foreword The present volume brings together sixteen research paper which were contributed to 17% 1.R.E.D. National seminar on Integrated Land and water mangement for food security in India organized by Department of Geograhphy Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gorakhpur University Gorakhpur on February 8-9.2009. The initiative taken by the editor of this volume for inviting papers from a group of Geographers and researchers of other diciplines having interest on problem of land and water management as well as challenges of food security and to bring them together for duscussions on this theme fills an important gap in the field of Indian studies on integrated land and water management. In my survey of studies on land use and water management researches are in plenty but studies on integrated land and water management are rare. It is noticeable that with growing problem of water resource there is challenge to planners and policy makers to introduce cropping pattern according to availability of water resource. The present volume is a significant attempt to fullfil the present gap in geographical studies.
Preface The world's thirst for water is likely to become the most pressing resouce issues for the 21st century. Global water consumption rose ten fold between 1900 and 2008 more than double the rate of population growth and continues to grow rapidly as agricultural, or industrial and domestic demands increase. Globally water supplies are abundant but there are unevenly distributed among and within countries. In some areas water withdrawals are so high relative to supply, that surface water supplies are literally shrinking and ground water reserves are being depleted faster than they can be replenished by rainfall. This situation has already caused serious water shortages to develop in some areas and damagic aquatic ecosystem. It is worth remembering that Eastern U.P. often faces acute drought situations which retard the productivity and income coverage is a must not only for insulating the agriculture against drought but for introducing the much needed diversification in agricultural system to make it commercially more productive in order to get national food security.
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