An assessment of water consumption patterns and land productivity and water productivity using WA+ framework and satellite data inputs

The Water Accounting Plus (WA+) framework uses open access remote sensing and GIS data hydrological model output. This Budyko hypothesis thus makes use of ‘green’ water ‘blue’ accounting. We applied the WA+ to Subarnarekha basin, India, assess total consumptions land productivity (LP) (WP) for a period 12 years from 2003 2014 by using satellite sources. in basin 2013–14 (wet year) 2010–11 (dry are 27.1 BCM/year 23.1 BCM/year, respectively. LP is found vary 1575 2141 kg/ha/year (with an average 1921 kg/ha/year) 1315–2325 1948 during 2003-04 2013–14, respectively rainfed irrigated cereals. Similarly, WP 0.34 0.49 kg/m 3 0.42 ) 0.38–0.69 0.59 study shows that can be successfully analyzing consumption patterns, crops individually. results available map form, it easy identify places/farmers with low work them improves these. Such efforts will ultimately lead efficient management resources poverty alleviation. • Remote coupled address issues decision making agriculture. Total (ET) four different LULC classes estimated partitioning into E, T I. Spatial temporal variations estimated. maps benchmark irrigation practices adopted farmers. agriculture should consider both