Impact of Adoption of Drip Irrigation in Vegetable Crops among Farmers of Haryana

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

Drip Irrigation System has become a game changer in the field of agriculture where the water reaches to the root level of the plant and also enhances the yield and productivity. Drip Irrigation Systems are employed across agriculture strata be it floriculture, horticulture or anything else. The present study was undertaken to assess the impact of drip irrigation in vegetable crop among farmers of Haryana state. Majority of farmers belonged to 36 to 50 years age group, general castes, educated up to senior secondary and above, having no membership of social organization, belonged to nuclear families and high mass media exposure. Two-third majority (63.75%) had moderate adoption level of drip irrigation and 27.50 per cent had high level. Regarding the cumulative impact of drip irrigation it was found that more number of farmers had moderate level of cumulative impact (55.00%). Rest 28.75% and 16.25% had high and low level of cumulative impact of drip irrigation respectively. Factors like age, education, house type, subsidiary occupation, size of landholdings, annual income, milch animal, mass media exposure and socio-economic status were found significantly associated with socio-economic impact of drip irrigation. The conclusion is that in order to see a broader adoption and impact of micro-irrigation technology, more efforts are needed to improve the socio- economic factors responsible for adoption of this technology. Keywords: Drip irrigation, Knowledge, Adoption, Socio-economic factors, Vegetable crop.