South Asian Conference on Water in Agriculture

Event

Begins

November 15, 2007

Ends	November 17, 2007

Papers

October 15, 2007

Ab.	SAC-WIA 2007

Country

India

State

Chhattisgarh

City

Raipur

Category

Science: Agriculture

Category 2

Science: Life_Sciences

Category 3

Science: Forestry

Exhibits

Organization

Contact

Krishak Nagar, Labhandi, Raipur 492006, Chhattisgarh, India

URL	http://www.igkvwia.in

Venue

College of Agriculture

Description

Themes and Sub-themes
1. Climate changes and water resources
. Climate variability and changes
. Rainfall modeling and prediction
. Hydrological modeling and forecasting
. Rainfall and runoff availability for collection
. Advances in drought & flood management
2. Water harvesting and recycling
. In-situ rainwater conservation
. Water harvesting structure for efficient collection and reuse of rainwater
. Promoting rainwater harvesting at community level
. Low-cost micro-rainwater harvesting technologies
.Water saving technologies: Myths and realities
. Siltation of reservoirs and catchments management
. Water losses from catchments and water harvesting structures
3. Efficient water management for sustaining agricultural productivity
. Suitable crops and varieties
. Techniques for improving water use efficiency
4. Groundwater recharge
. Advances in field techniques
. Groundwater flow and solute transport modeling
. Groundwater issues in urban, industrial and mining environments
. Groundwater sustainable use and development .Surface water -groundwater interaction
5. Diversified farming and rainwater management
. Crop diversification and diversified rainwater use
. Farming systems
. Biotic stress management
. Farm mechanization
6. Irrigation and water management
.Water logging, salinity and drainage
. Plasticulture in Agriculture
.Command Area Development
. Irrigation methods, practices and equipments
. Participatory irrigation management
. Water budgeting & water balance
7. Natural resource management
. Agro forestry systems § Mining and water resources
. Watershed management and development
8. Applications of frontier technologies
. Use of remote sensing & GIS
. Crop simulation modeling to increase water productivity
9. Economic and rural development
. Social and economic aspects of rainwater management
. Water policy and trading
.Social infrastructure development
. Poverty alleviation through agriculture development
. Trans-boundary water resources management
10. Water security and related issues
. Water for food security
. Capacity building including training

Additional Information

Organizers

Steering Committee

Chief Patron
Dr. M.S. Swaminathan
Chairman, MS Swaminathan Research Foundation, Chennai, India

Patron
Shri Shivraj Singh
Chief Secretary, Government of Chhattisgarh, Raipur, India

Chairman
Dr. C.R. Hazra
Vice-Chancellor, Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur (Chhattisgarh) India

Members
Prof. J.S. Bali
Patron, Soil Conservation Society of India, New Delhi, India

Dr. Suraj Bhan
President, Soil Conservation Society of India, New Delhi, India

Member Secretary
Dr. R. B. Sharma
Director Research, Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur (Chhattisgarh) India

Organizing Secretary
Dr. K.K. Sahu

Head, Department of Land and Water Management, College of Agriculture, Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur 492006 (Chhattisgarh) India
Telephone: +91-771- 2443220 (O) 0091-98261-62940(Mobile), Fax: +91-771- 2443220
e-mail: saarc_wia@yahoo.co.in, saarc_wia@rediff.co.in

LOCAL ORGANIZING Committee
Chairman
Dr. B.S. Thakur
Dean, Faculty of Agriculture, Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur (Chhattisgarh) India

Members
Dr. R.B.S. Sanger
Director Extension, IGKV, Raipur (Chhattisgarh) India

Dr. A.S.R.A.S. Sastri
Dean, RMD CARS, Ambikapur (Chhattisgarh) India

Dr. R.K. Sahu
Dean Faculty of Agril. Engineering., IGKV, Raipur (Chhattisgarh) India

Dr. K.C.P.Singh
Dean, College of Dairy Technology, IGKV, Raipur (Chhattisgarh) India

Dr. Sudhakar Jogi
Dean, Vety. College, Anjora, Durg (Chhattisgarh) India

Dr. V.P. Verma
Dean Student Welfare, IGKV, Raipur (Chhattisgarh) India

Dr. S.S. Kolhe
Director Instructions, IGKV, Raipur (Chhattisgarh) India

Dr. D.A. Sarnaik
Dean TCB CARS, Bilaspur (Chhattisgarh) India

Dr. S.K. Patil
Dean, SGD CARS, Jagdalpur (Chhattisgarh) India

Shri K.C. Painkra
Registrar, IGKV, Raipur (Chhattisgarh) India

Shri A.K. Sinha
Comptroller, IGKV, Raipur (Chhattisgarh) India

Shri D.D. Mishra
Superintendent Physical Plant, IGKV, Raipur (Chhattisgarh) India

Shri S.R. Ratre
Vice-President, SCSI Chhattisgarh State Chapter, Raipur, India

Shri P.C. Baghel
Secretary, SCSI Chhattisgarh State Chapter, Raipur, India

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