Authors : Sandip Baban Sasane
Page Nos : 105-108
Description :
Last few years climate is changing in Maharashtra, mainly in rainshadow zones. Where the amount of rainfall is low resulting drought condition, agricultural sector collapsed and entire rural economy is disturb due to drought. Thus in present study the tehsil wise drought intensity has been carried out through rainfall departure Index of 14 rain gauge stations during 2012 to 2015 for better future agricultural planning. The result show that the entire district had under drought but Karjat, Jamkhed and Shevgaon tehsils were more affected by severe drought whereas Parner, Nagar, Shrigonda, Pathardi and Kopargaon were affected by moderate drought. While only Akole tehsil in district had normal rainfall. Therefore to tackle drought conditions in future, better irrigation facilities should be provide in severe drought prone areas and also cropping pattern should be change with adopting low water requirement crops.
