Adhoc research schemes /projects undertaken

Sr. No.	Title of Research Project	Sponsored by	Amount Rs in lakhs	Name of P.I and Co. P.I	Period Years From - To
1	Utilization of improved kharif water management technology under Maharashtra Irrigation technology and management project (MIT&M.USAID)	USAID	1.92	Dr. M.N.Pawade Dr. S.B. Wadatkar	1985-1988
2	Agricultural water management studies under Maharashtra Irrigation technology and management project (MIT&M.USAID)	USAID	3.60	Dr. M.N.Pawade Dr. S.B. Wadatkar	1985-1988
3	USAID Assisted water management project at Borjawala Dist. Buldana	USAID	1.50	Dr. M.N.Pawade Dr. V.B. Dalvi Dr. T.H. Rathod	1990-1991
4	Study of drip irrigation system on some fruit crops and vegetables	ICAR, New Delhi	3.58	Dr. V.B. Dalvi	1991-1995
5	Scaling up of water productivity in agriculture for livelihood through teaching cum demonstration, Training of Trainers and Farmers	ICAR, New Delhi	124	Er.S.B Jajoo Dr. S.B. Wadatkar	2007-2012

The research work in this deptt. is concentrated on theme areas like rain water management systems, in situ rain water conservation, analysis of climatologically data, runoff and soil loss estimations, controlling losses in farm pond, soil moisture modeling drought characterization etc.

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From the analysis of climatologically data of the region; the information is generated on,

Rainfall Runoff relationship in the form of SCS curve numbers are established.

Soil erodibility values K for shallow and medium deep soils are determined.

Drought characterization in Amravati & Nagpur division.

Rain water harvesting systems for in situ moisture conservation in rainfed farming.

Cropping factor of various crops in Vidharba region.

Roof top rain water harvesting systems.

The rainfall-intensity duration frequency relationship developed for Akola.

Published a book on drip irrigation with financial support by Govt. of Maharashtra.

Published a book on drought in Vidarbha by Dr P.D.K.V , Akola.

Published Sixty research article by different staff members of this discipline.

Number of students of M.Tech in Soil Water Conservation Engg. Discipline completed- 36

For runoff estimation from the land use of field crop with practices of along the slope cultivation and contour cultivation along vegetative keylines in the watershed having hydrologic soil group ‘B’ (with initial abstraction, a as 0.3 S), the following curve numbers are recommended:

Sr. No.	Practices	Storm group*	Antecedent Moisture Conditions
			I	II	III
1	Along the slope cultivation	Small medium Large	84 81 66	89 82 81	91 88 86
2	Contour cultivation along leucaena key lines	Small Medium Large	81 80 63	86 81 74	87 86 81

* Small storms (2.5 to 30 mm), Medium storms (30 to 60 mm) and Large storms
(above 60 mm).

Agricultural drought characterization study in 32 talukas of six drought affected districts of Vidarbha indicate the occurrence of high intensity agricultural drought once in four years in the talukas mentioned below. It is suggested that the development agency should plan and execute for water harvesting during normal and drought years to mitigate the impact of agricultural drought.

District	Talukas
Buldhana	Khamgaon, Shegaon, Malkapur, Buldhana, Jalgaon- Jamod.
Akola	Akot, Telhara, Akola
Washim	Mangrulpir, Washim
Amravati	Anjangaon, Daryapur, Achalpur, Amravati, Morshi, Warud, Chandur-Bazar, Chandur-Railway
Yeotmal	Digras, Yeotmal, Wani, Umarkhed
Wardha	Wardha, Arvi, Hinganghat