Jagadish Chandra Paul

• Orissa University of Agriculture & Technology

Evapotranspiration (ET) has considerable significance in the water cycle, especially in farming areas where it determines crop water needs, irrigation plans, and sustainable management of water resources. This study stresses the need for accurate ET estimation in paddy fields where rice is grown because of its high-water sensitivity and consumption...

The demand for water in agriculture sector is increasing due to the need for higher crop production to feed the growing population. The east and south-eastern coastal plain agro-climatic zone (ACZ) of Odisha is one of the fertile zones that demands sustainable water resource management in agriculture. A study was carried out during 2023 at College...

Climate change is now considered as a newly added threat for natural resource management, which has significant impact on agriculture and allied sectors. Climate change studies play a pivotal role in developing sustainable natural resource management strategies. The present study assesses the effect of climate change on hydro-climatic fluxes in Kan...

Watershed management is widely acknowledged as an effective approach for mitigating soil erosion, facilitating water resource development, enhancing productivity, and promoting economic benefits. In this context, the present study employed Remote Sensing (RS) and Geographical Information System (GIS) techniques to conduct micro-level land and water...

Soil moisture is recognized as most essential climatic variable and it has a great impact on many environmental processes such as hydrological, ecological climatological, geomorphological, and other natural processes. Its spatiotemporal dynamics are controlled by many factors such as soil properties, topography, vegetation types, management, solar...

Remote Sensing and GIS techniques were applied for the integrated watershed planning of Bajpur watershed in Khurda sadar block of Khurda district (Orissa). IRS ID, LISS III F.c.c. satellite images and toposheet number 73H/12 together with verification were used as the data source. Thematic maps like land use/ land cover map, hydrogeomorphology map,...

Accurate prediction of monthly runoff is critical for effective water resource management and flood forecasting in river basins. In this study, we developed a hybrid deep learning (DL) model, Fourier transform long short-term memory (FT-LSTM), to improve the prediction accuracy of monthly discharge time series in the Brahmani river basin at Jenapur...

Accurate prediction of monthly runoff is critical for effective water resource management and flood forecasting in river basins. In this study, we developed a hybrid deep learning (DL) model, Fourier transform long short-term memory (FT-LSTM), to improve the prediction accuracy of monthly discharge time series in the Brahmani river basin at Jenapur...

The article provides a long-term trend analysis of the Kesinga catchment daily gridded rainfall at a (0.25° × 0.25°) high spatial resolution from 1901 to 2020 (120 years). The trend in seasonal and annual rainfall was detected using rank-based nonparametric statistical tests, namely Spearman’s rho and Mann-Kendall test, which are used for detecting...

The scientific community has dedicated significant attention to climate change and climate variability in the past two decades, with numerous investigations focused on these topics. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's third and fourth assessment reports have provided clear evidence that the planet's climate has undergone significant cha...

Hydrological models are becoming a fundamental tool for natural resource planning and management; however, their application is hampered by a lack of data for calibration and validation. Therefore, the aim of this study is to calibrate and validate the SWAT model in the Lower Mahanadi River basin. The SWATCUP was used for sensitivity analysis, cali...

The present study was carried out to create a land suitability map and location of suitable sites for different types of soil and water conservation structures of the Salebhata watershed which lies in the middle reach of the Mahanadi River basin in Odisha, India. The classification of excellent, good, moderate and poor area for establishment of soi...

Climate change has significantly affected the hydrological cycle and future climate projections. Understanding the impacts of climate change on streamflow necessitates the examination of various climate scenarios using hydrological models. The present study used the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) model to predict and project streamflow in a...

The article provides a long-term trend analysis of the Kesinga catchment daily gridded rainfall at a (0.25°*0.25°) high spatial resolution from the years 1901 to 2020 (120 years). The trend in seasonal and annual rainfall was therefore detected using nonparametric statistical tests spearman’s rho and Mann-Kendall, smoothing curve, Sen’s slope test,...

Statistical analysis of hydrological event like rainfall was carried out for 23 years (1993-2015) for prediction of other hydrological events such as occurrence of effective monsoon (OEM), critical dry spell (CDS) and withdrawal of monsoon (WM). All events predicted by FLOOD software developed by IIT Kharagpur, West Bengal, India for different prob...

The aim of this study is to prepare an integrated water resource action plan for conjunctive use of available water resource in a sub-humid tropical watershed of East India. This paper describes the quantification and delineation of potential zones of groundwater of a micro-watershed Ghumuda of Odisha along with an integrated plan for sustainable d...

The world is facing a water crisis due to unexpected transformations in the hydrologic cycle, which is the primary reason for any natural disaster. This happens due to the growing population and fast urbanization, which hampers the organisation and administration of water resources sustainably. Climate change adversely affects an area's ecosystem,...

Rainfed rice in eastern India suffers from frequent moisture stress leading to severe yield reduction due to uncertainty of rainfall coupled with inadequate field level rainwater conservation structures. Construction of RRIP (Runoff Recycling Irrigation Pond) is an alternative for the storage of excess rainwater during monsoon and reuse it as suppl...

A popular semi-distributed model for watershed hydrological study is the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT). The SWAT-CUP model's uncertainty analysis capability now has the ability to integrate ParaSol, Sequential Uncertainty Fitting (SUFI-2), Generalized Likelihood Uncertainty Estimation (GLUE), Particle Swarm Optimisation, and Markov Chain Mo...

Soil erosion is one of the major natural hazards worldwide. Approximately 53% of India’s total area suffers from severe soil erosion and other forms of depletion. Water-borne soil erosion is the biggest cause of land depletion. The assessment of soil erosion, identifying areas vulnerable to erosion, and locating suitable conservation structures are...

Landslides are one of the most extensive and destructive geological hazards in the globe. Tripura, a north-eastern hilly state of India experiences landslides almost each year during monsoon season causing casualty and huge economic losses. Hence it is required to assess the landslide susceptibility of the area that would support in short and long...

Improper usage of water resource leads to water stress conditions in sub-humid areas of India. For sustainable development, a coordinated and planned utilization of available water resource in these areas should be executed on the micro-watershed level. Thus an attempt has been made in this study for planning of available water resource in a sub-hu...

Drought is a recurring phenomenon in Indian agriculture. Every year, vast amount of crop areas are affected by drought in most parts of India causing heavy economic loss to the country. Drought forecasting and its mitigation measures are very important for boosting agricultural production, especially in rainfed areas. In this paper standardized pre...

Climatological water balance studies have been made for Bhubaneswar taking 35 years (1962-1996) of climatic data. Bhubaneswar has a water need of 1619mm, with a rainfall of 1479.5mm, actual evapotranspiration of 1195.5mm, water surplus of 284mm and a water deficit of 423.5mm. Taking the various components of water balance, aridity index and moistur...

A study has been made in five selected villages of Godbhaga distributory of Ilirakud command to find out the causes of failure of structures lying in different field channels. A total of 247 numbers of structures have been surveyed and per-centage of failure has been 53.84 per cent. Percentage of failure of total structures failed due to hydraulic...

Drought is a recurring phenomenon in Indian agriculture. Every year, vast amount of crop areas are affected by drought in most parts of India causing heavy economic loss to the country. Drought forecasting and its mitigation measures are very important for boosting agricultural production, especially in rainfed areas. In this paper standardized pre...

Abstract Field experiments were conducted during winter seasons of 2014 and 2015 in Jagatsinghpur district of Odisha, India to study the effect of different fertigation levels and emitter types on productivity and quality of tomato. The experiments were laid out in split plot design with twelve treatments which were replicated three times. The thr...

Geospatial Techniques like Remote Sensing (RS) and Geographical Information System (GIS) techniques were used for water resource planning of Aunlajore micro-watershed in Sundergarh block of Sundergarh district, Odisha (India). Satellite imagery, toposheet together with field verification were used as the data source for the water resource planning....

Scientific and reliable quantification of indispensable groundwater is very much essential for sustainable utilization and management. Micro-watershed level groundwater resources planning should be based on its comprehensive analysis. In this study, an attempt has been made to assess the dynamic groundwater resource and annual draft to prepare a co...

An experiment was conducted in the farmer's field to assess the effect of on-farm rainwater management on productivity of rice-wheat cropping system in the rainfed medium land in clay loam soil at Puintala block of Bolangir district, western central tableland zone of Odisha. Weir height of 10, 15, 20 and 25 cm were constructed in the rice fields an...

Remote sensing and geographical information system (GIS) technique have been applied for the investigation of groundwater potentiality of the Kichna nala watershed in Bamara block of Sambalpur District (Odisha), where ground water resources have not been fully exploited. The role of various parameters namely drainage, lineament, land cover, geomorp...

Hirakud command of Odisha is one of the biggest and oldest multi-purpose irrigation projects in India. It caters the irrigation demand to 1.59 lakh ha in kharifand 1.12 lakh ha in rabi. The average groundwater table in the irrigated areas has come up by more than 6.0 m since commensurate of the project. Commensuration of the project has caused abou...

A suitable design of surface drainage system for managing water logging in lowland rice areas in the Mahanadi delta of coastal Odisha is proposed. In order to estimate the appropriate drainage coefficient and runoff, probability analysis was made for 21 years daily rainfall data and used in different methods. Drainage coefficients were computed as...

A field experiments was conducted on the loamy sand soil at Bhubaneswar in eastern coastal of India for two years (2007-08 and 2008-09) to evaluate the yield, water-use-efficiency and economic feasibility of capsicum grown under drip and surface irrigation with non-mulch and black Linear Low Density Poly Ethylene (LLDPE) plastic mulch. Actual evapo...

A three row, power tiller operated planter was developed for planting of maize seeds. The major components were main frame with hitching unit, hopper, metering unit, furrow opener and power transmission unit. The planter was evaluated in the laboratory and in the field for planting of maize. Field performance tests revealed that the average draft r...

An experiment was conducted during winter 2007-08 and 2008-09 in a semi-cylindrical greenhouse 4 m × 25 m each for cultivation of okra at Bhubaneswar in coastal Orissa, India. The greenhouse was effective in raising the temperature inside the greenhouse during cold nights, thereby, creating a better microclimate for production of higher yield and q...

Field experiments were conducted on loamy sand soil in coastal Orissa for two consecutive years (2006-08) to evaluate the economic feasibility of drip irrigation with black LLDPE mulch in banana crop. The net average seasonal water requirement of the crop was estimated to be 997 mm. The effect of three irrigation levels viz. net irrigation volume (...

Taking into account the different fixed and operating cost components of water production, a mathematical model was developed for optimal spacing of shallow tubewells in relation to channel lining and conveyance losses for multicropped tubewell command area. Area allocated to various crops and their depths of irrigation were considered for this pur...

The State of Orissa in India has extensive agricultural and water resources. Only 7% of the groundwater has been tapped to date. Rainfall and agricultural production, existing irrigation projects and river basins for artificial recharge, irrigation potential and future groundwater development are discussed. The importance of efficient use of water...