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International Conference on Reimagining Rainfed Agro-ecosystems: Challenges &
Opportunities during 22-24, December 2022 at ICAR-CRIDA, Hyderabad
attributing traits. The observations were recorded on plant height, number of fruit/clusters,
number of clusters/plants, Number of branches/plant, fruit girth, fruit length, pericarp
thickness, Total yield, Carbohydrate content, protein content, Vit. C (mg/100g.), Tannin
content (mg/ 100 g.), phenol (mg/100 g), Flavonoid content (mg/100g.). Esterina cultivar
exhibited the highest value for plant height (370 cm), number of fruit/ cluster (22), number of
cluster/plant (18.66), Total yield (4680.00g/plant), Tannin (7.49 mg/ 100 g.), Phenol (394.66
mg/100 g), and Flavonoid content (4.91mg/100g.). Serina cultivar exhibited the highest value
for Number of branch/plant (3.66), fruit girth (3.42 cm), fruit length (3.86 cm), pericarp
thickness (4.16 mm), Carbohydrate (6.33 g/100g), protein (1.78 g/100g), Vit. C (18.68
mg/100g.).
T1-52 P-1307
Impact Assessment of Farm Pond on Demand Scheme of Maharashtra
S. Gireesh*, N.V.Kumbhare, R.N.Padaria, R.R. Burman, Pramod Kumar,
Arpan Bhoumik and Shiv Prasad
ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute
* gireeagri@gmail.com
Farm pond is considered as the best alternative for irrigation source for efficient rain water
management to improve productivity and protect the natural resource base in rainfed region.
Maharashtra falls under the medium to high water stress category in terms of water availability.
Considering the situation, Maharashtra govt was launched programme called farm pond on
demand (Magel Tyala Shettale) in 2016 to enhance the irrigation potential for the benefit of the
farming community.
Methodology
The study was conducted in purposively selected Vidarbha and Marathwada region of
Maharashtra, considering major drought affected area. From each region two districts
(Aurangabad & Jalna districts from Marathwada) and (Yavatmal & Buldhana districts from
Vidarbha) were selected purposively. From each district two block and four villages were
selected randomly. Twenty (20) respondents from each village including farm pond
beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries were selected randomly. There were 80 respondents from
one district. Hence, a total of 320 respondents from four districts were constituted the sample
of the study.
Results
The study revealed that 100 per cent beneficiaries had large size farm pond, among only 5 per
cent of the respondents constructed ponds as per govt. guidelines and harvesting water (5 %)
from rain. Most of the respondents (72.50 %) farm ponds were 3 to 5 years old, and 70.63 per
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