Manisha, Manjari
Verma, Kavita
Narayanaswamy, Ramesh
Marigoudar, Santrupt Raju
Krishna, Sushma
Munivenkatappa, Krishna
Hoysall, Chanakya
Rao, Lakshminarayana
Funding for this research was provided by:
CSIR - Human Resource Development Group, New Delhi, India
Minor Irrigation Department, Government of Karnataka
Article History
Received: 19 August 2025
Accepted: 4 March 2026
First Online: 27 March 2026
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
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