Explanation:

Of the total geographical area of 4.42 million ha in the Haryana state, 80% is under cultivation, and the irrigated area constitutes 84% of the cultivated area. The cropping intensity of the state is 181% and the total foodgrains production is 13.1 million tonnes. The dominant cropping systems are rice-wheat, cotton-wheat and pearlmillet-wheat. About 62% area of the state is underlain with poor quality water. The state is facing problems of declining as well as rising water tables, soil salinity/alkalinity (0.23 million ha), declining soil health and stagnating crop productivity.