in which equipment rotates around a pivot and crops are watered with springlers. Multipurpose River Valley Projects It is a scientific management of water resources in our country. Construction of dam across rivers is aimed to serve many purposes. Hence, it is termed as multipurpose river valley projects.
The dam serves various purposes including irrigation, hydro-power generation, water supply for drinking and industrial purpose, controlling floods, development of fisheries, navigation, etc. Generally, majority of multipurpose projects are combination of irrigation and hydro-power, which are the major aims of the projects. Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY) This has been implemented to get more production by using water saving and conservation technologies. India - Agriculture India - Agriculture Name of projects River Benefit States Damodar Valley project Damodar Jharkhand, West Bengal Bhakra-Nangal Project (highest gravity dam in the world) Sutlej Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan Hirakud Project (the longest dam in the world) Mahanadi Orissa Kosi Project Kosi Bihar & Nepal Tungabhadra Project Tungabhadra Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka Tehri Dam: Bhagirathi Uttarakhand Chambal Valley Project Chambal Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh Nagarjuna Sagar Project Krishna Andhra Pradesh Sardar Sarover Project Narmada Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan Indira Gandhi Canal Project Sutlej Rajasthan, Punjab and Haryana Mettur Dam Cauveri Tamil Nadu cleared, crops are grown for two to three years and the land will get abandoned as the fertility of the soil decreases.
The farmers then move to new areas and the process will be repeated. They cultivate some grains and vegetable crops using the manual labour. It is also called as “Slash and burn” cultivation. Different names of shifting agriculture in different regions in India Name Place Jhum Assam Poonam Kerela Podu Andhra Pradesh, Odisha Beewar, Mashan, Penda, Beera Madhya Pradesh c) Intensive Farming Intensive farming is an agricultural intensification and mechanization system that aims to maximize yields from available land through various means, such as heavy use of pesticides and chemical fertilizers.
d) Dry Farming This type of farming is practiced