Optimal Use of Agricultural Land and Water Resources through Reconfiguring Crop Plan for different Agro-Climatic Zones of Bihar (India) (original) (raw)

Water scarcity has emerged as a common issue in many areas of the world due to ever growing population and leaping economic development. Soaring population has led to increased demand for food and farmland expansion, which are hard to be supported by physically limited natural resources. This has resulted into the emergence of various issues for their efficient uses, management and sustainability. Only 2.7 percent of the global water is available as fresh water, out of which only 30 percent can be used for meeting