Agricultural sector consumes 80% of the ground water. Smart Irrigation can reduce this.
The Problem & Need: Efficient utilization of available water resources is crucial for a country like, India, which shares 17% of the global population with only 2.4% of land and 4% of the water resources . Further, per capita availability in terms of average utilizable water resources, which was 5247 m3 in 1951 (presently 1453 m3) is expected to dwindle down to 1170 m3 by 2050 (CWC, 2015). Agricultural sector alone consumes 80% of the ground water (Harsha, 2017).
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