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100			_aKalra, B S
245			_aFarmers' Perception on Water Management and Land Degradation Tail Reach of Western Yamuna Canal Command _cKalra, B S.
260			_c2014
300			_a343 - 350
520			_aA study was undertaken in the tail end command of Western Yamuna Canal Command (WYCC) in Jhajjar district, Haryana,to assess the socio-economic status and coping strategies adopted by farmers under waterlogging and saline environments. Perception on water management and control of problem of waterlogging and salinity of 100 selected farmers is reported in this study. About 85 to 100 per cent of the respondents strongly endorsed that the poor maintenance of irrigation channels, canal siltation and weed growth, seepage from the distributaries and minors and irregular supply of canal water were the major factors responsible for waterlogging and subsequent land degradation in the command area. In all, 85 per cent of the respondents opined about non-existence of any scheme by the government agencies for maintenance of field channels. As coping strategies, farmers manage the problem by cleaning field irrigation channels, creation of open ditch drains, controlled irrigation methods and increasing the seed rate besides green manuring with varying degrees of success. Farmers of the study area also expressed the need for knowledge dissemination mechanism with technology details, funding...
650			_aWestern Yamuna Canal Command
650			_aFarmers
650			_aLand Degradation
650			_aWater Management
773			_aJournal of Rural Development _dJuly - September
999			_c41892 _d41892