Drip Irrigation in Fruit Cultivation for Sustainable Production

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Vinod Kumari, Subhash Chander, Kushagra Prasad, and Bas Kaur
(Department of Sociology, CCS, Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Haryana)

The shift from traditional agriculture towards horticulture, floriculture, fisheries, etc. hasn’t gone unnoticed. Fresh fruits and vegetables of every kind are readily available in India due to the country’s varied environment. Drip irrigation not only saves water and electricity but also reduces the amount of fertilizers and is an efficient method of watering that slowly delivers water directly to the plant root system. The present paper reviews and discusses extensive research conducted by the authors and other academics on drip irrigation technology in fruit crops in order to provide farmers and future researchers with a clear understanding of the knowledge, adoption and impact of drip irrigation. It was found that the majority of farmers had high levels of knowledge about drip irrigation systems, followed by moderate levels of knowledge. It was shown that the implementation of drip irrigation was positively correlated with landholding size. An overwhelming majority of the farmers (85%) had moderate as well as high levels of cumulative socio-economic impact of Drip Irrigation in Fruit crops. It was concluded that this water-saving technology must be extended to all regions to elucidate the benefit of drip irrigation through proper extension services.