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Irrigation potential of an area can be benefitted if we thrust on maximizing crop production by suitable allocation of limited resources to get optimal productivity. The Kulsi River Basin, located in the Southern bank of the Brahmaputra River, is the area of study. The gross command area and net irrigated area in the basin are 37,908 Ha and 23,882 Ha, respectively. The river basin is deficit of regular irrigation facilities, and only traditional cropping pattern (rain-fed conditions only) has been followed by the cultivators of the area. Hence, to promote the areas potential, the Kulsi Multipurpose Project Authority of Brahmaputra Board has proposed a multipurpose reservoir for the generation of hydropower, flood control, and irrigation. The capacity of the reservoir is 525.64 MCM, plant capacity is 55 MW, tail water level is 63 m, and dead storage of the reservoir is 85.86 MCM. Keeping in mind the benefits to be received by the proposed reservoir, the objective of the paper is mainly emphasized to compute the crop water requirement of the Kulsi Basin and to formulate a simulation and linear programming (LP) model to find the best possible cropping arrangement in order to maximize the net benefit of the crops.
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Taye, J., Sarma, B., Lade, A.D. (2021). Optimal Cropping Pattern of Kulsi River Basin, Assam, India Using Simulation and Linear Programming Model. In: Jha, R., Singh, V.P., Singh, V., Roy, L., Thendiyath, R. (eds) Water Resources Management and Reservoir Operation . Water Science and Technology Library, vol 107. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-79400-2_7
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