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ABSTRACT
Agriculture resource
planning in
Bangladesh carried
out without adequate
knowledge and
information of the
specific area.
Since, with small
amount of irrigated
land to feed the
overly populated
people of the
country, precise
planning is
necessary. This
leads to step
forward towards a
system with updated
and enlarged data.
The technology,
Geographical
Information System
(GIS) can play an
active role by
ameliorating the
existing system and
finding the required
information.
This paper describes
the application of
GIS in minor
irrigation projects
for assessing the
status of irrigation
equipment and their
irrigated area in
context of arsenic
and ground water
level. Study area
includes division
wise coverage of the
whole Bangladesh. It
presents findings
generated through
the GIS software and
documents-based
research that
indicate arsenic
contamination and
ground water level
has a major impact
on minor irrigation.
Declination of the
Static Water Level
observed due to
extensive use of
mechanized
equipments. This
paper suggests
further
developmental study
detailing the impact
on agricultural
environment in order
to formulate proper
planning and the
development of minor
irrigation.
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