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    1. Drip irrigation provides significant increases in crop yields compared to surface irrigation, often doubling or tripling yields, while significantly reducing the amount of water used, typically by 30-50%. 2. Fertigation, which is the application of fertilizers through drip irrigation systems, allows for precise delivery of nutrients according to crop needs and stages of growth, improving nutrient use efficiency. 3. New irrigation technologies like subsurface drip irrigation and irrigation automation provide even greater water and fertilizer savings compared to traditional surface or drip irrigation methods.

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    1. Drip irrigation provides significant increases in crop yields compared to surface irrigation, often doubling or tripling yields, while significantly reducing the amount of water used, typically by 30-50%. 2. Fertigation, which is the application of fertilizers through drip irrigation systems, allows for precise delivery of nutrients according to crop needs and stages of growth, improving nutrient use efficiency. 3. New irrigation technologies like subsurface drip irrigation and irrigation automation provide even greater water and fertilizer savings compared to traditional surface or drip irrigation methods.

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    1. Drip irrigation provides significant increases in crop yields compared to surface irrigation, often doubling or tripling yields, while significantly reducing the amount of water used, typically by 30-50%. 2. Fertigation, which is the application of fertilizers through drip irrigation systems, allows for precise delivery of nutrients according to crop needs and stages of growth, improving nutrient use efficiency. 3. New irrigation technologies like subsurface drip irrigation and irrigation automation provide even greater water and fertilizer savings compared to traditional surface or drip irrigation methods.

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    1. Drip irrigation provides significant increases in crop yields compared to surface irrigation, often doubling or tripling yields, while significantly reducing the amount of water used, typically by 30-50%. 2. Fertigation, which is the application of fertilizers through drip irrigation systems, allows for precise delivery of nutrients according to crop needs and stages of growth, improving nutrient use efficiency. 3. New irrigation technologies like subsurface drip irrigation and irrigation automation provide even greater water and fertilizer savings compared to traditional surface or drip irrigation methods.

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    Water Saving Technologies &

    Fertigation
    A.S.SUBBARAO
    [email protected]
    Ph : 8142244704
    Drivers For Crop Production With Less
    Water

    Growing population Food security Unpredictable rains

    Groundwater mining Alternative demands


    Water Scarcity
    Worlds Water
    Total Water : 1,400 million km3
    Fresh Water : 2.53% (35 million km3)

    Usage in (%) World Europe Africa India


    Agriculture 69 33 88 83
    Industry 23 54 5 12
    Domestic use 8 13 7 5
    3
    Kg of rice: 3000 – 5000 liter
    If water is priced at 1 paise a liter, it costs
    Rs. 1,20,000 for growing paddy in one hectare land
    Virtual water for some important products

    Commodity Virtual water


    1 cup of coffee 140 litres
    1 litre of milk 800 litres
    1 kg maize 900 litres
    1 kg of wheat 1100 litres
    1 kg of rice 5000 litres
    1 kg sugar 3200 litres
    Different Technologies - Grow More With Less Water
    Irrigation Systems – Response option to level of
    water scarcity

    Irrigating the Soil?


    Irrigating the Plant?
    Irrigating soil Vs Irrigating plant
    What Farmer Needs?

    Higher Profits!

    Reduced risk

    Simple and adoptable technology


    Tools to achieve more WUE
    Drip Irrigation
    Is a production tool which delivers water,
    plant nutrients and chemicals:

     in the right place


     in correct amounts DRIP
     at the right time
     frequently
     with highest efficiency Higher Input Value
    Yield saving addition
    & uniformity

    Drip enables the grower to help crops achieve higher crop yield and
    premium quality, and hence greater profits!

    14
    Impact of Drip Irrigation
    Saving in Water – Saving in Fertilizer – Saving in Power –
    48 % 34 % 33 %

    Saving in Labour –
    40 %

    Source : Agriculture Finance Corporation


    MORE CROP PER DROP
    (Source: Netafim India)
    MORE CROP PER DROP
    COTTON WITH DRIP
    IRRIGATION
    Sub SUBSURFACE
    Surface Drip (SDI) for More Crop Per Drop
    DRIP IRRIGATION

     High Water Use Efficiency

     High Nutrient Use Efficiency

     Possibility of Mechanized cane cultivation & Automation

    Triple advantageous technology

    A production tool which delivers water, plant nutrients & plant protection
    chemicals:
    Theoretical Irrigation Scheduling
    for drip irrigation in Orchards
    Back Menu Next
    SDI Installation Depth

    21
    MORE CROP PER DROP - SUGARCANE
    250

    200 2360
    Cane Yield (Tons/ha) &
    Applied water (mm/ha)

    150 185
    120

    100 1120

    Furrow

    Furrow
    SSDI

    SSDI
    50

    0
    Yield Applied water
    Joint R&D Trail Netafim & Shakti Sugar - India: Furrow Vs SSDI
    Cane Yield And Water Requirement
    MORE CROP PER DROP
    SUB SURFACE DRIP IN SUGARCANE
    SUB SURFACE DRIP IRRIGATION

    • Water Use Efficiency

    • Nutrient Use Efficiency

    • Mechanized cultivation
    MORE CROP PER DROP

    Drip irrigated Maize


    Grain Yield
    Variety :
    Surface: 7 tons/ha
    Drip: 12.9 tons/ha

    Water saving
    Surface: 450 mm
    Drip : 257 mm
    Water saving: 57%

    (Source: Praveen Rao & Chandrasekhar, 2012)


    Classical questions of Irrigation
    Management

    • when to irrigate?
    • how much to irrigate?
    • how best to irrigate?
    WR = E + T
    What is
    Evapotranspiration?
    Soil Evaporation (E)
    +
    Plant Transpiration (T)

    Evapotranspiration
    IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT

    ETo x Kc = ETc

    x =
    Reference crop ET Crop coefficient growth Crop Water requirement
    reflecting evaporative Stage-wise under optimal water supply
    demand of the atmosphere and agronomic conditions

    Sugarcane – Determination of Water Requirement


    IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT

    Sugarcane:
    Phenological crop
    growth phases
    Moisture Extraction Pattern - Potato

    Soil
    % Soil moisture
    Depth (cm)
    Extraction

    0 – 15 48.50

    15 – 30 24.20

    30 – 45 16.75

    45 – 60 10.3
    (Source: Sharma et.al., 1993)
    CROP MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY –
    IRRIGATION & FERTIGATION AUTOMATION

    Control

    Management

    Nutrigation Monitoring

    32
    GREEN HOUSE, NET HOUSES,
    TUNNELS

    ➢ An integrated solution that provides an ideal


    environment for cultivation all year round.
    MORE CROP PER DROP

    20 kg / sqmt
    RICE WITH DRIP IRRIGATION – MORE CROP PER DROP

    12 tons/ha
    Rice – Water demand by growing method

    Source – WTC - ANGRAU


    FERTIGATION precisely delivers
    Fertigation

    the plant nutrients via irrigation


    system in the crop root zone
    according to the crop demand
    during crop growing season

    Dripline

    Wetted
    38 bulb N = Nitrogen, K = Potassium
    P = Phosphorus, + = Micro elements
    FERTIGATION VERSUS SOIL FERTILIZATION

    FERTILIZATION FERTIGATION
    Why Fertigation?
    1. To maximize production and income
    2. To maximize fertilizer use efficiency
    3. To minimize production cost
    4. To maximize soil productivity
    5. To decrease the environment pollution

    Nutrient Application According to the Uptake Rate of the Crop


    MORE CROP PER DROP
    VEGETABLES CROPS:DRIP Vs CONVENTIONAL IRRIGATION

    YIELD (Kg/acre) WATER USE (m3/acre)


    CROP surface drip % more Surface drip %
    savi
    ng
    Tomato 9,800 30,000 206.0 1901 1007 47.0
    Capsicum 6,500 35,000 438.0 2041 1161 43.1
    Bhendi 3,100 12,000 287.0 1683 1043 38.0
    Brinjal 6,000 16,000 166.0 2483 1488 40.0
    Beans 2,300 5,000 117.0 1776 1120 36.9
    Baby corn 2,500 3,800 52.0 1462 820 43.9
    Gherkins 5,000 22,000 340.0 1343 856 36.2
    Carrots 6,000 15,000 150.0 1965 1301 33.8
    Cauliflower 7,000 12,000 71.4 1562 1040 33.4
    cabbage 8,550 22,000 157.3 1504 1016 32.4
    MORE CROP PER DROP

    FRUIT CROPS:DRIP Vs CONVENTIONAL IRRIGATION

    YIELD (Kg/acre) WATER USE (m3/acre)


    CROP surface drip % more Surface drip %
    savin
    g
    Banana 23,000 35,000 52.0 7040 3880 44.8
    Grapes 8,000 14,000 75.0 3520 2320 34.0
    Pomegranate 6,000 12,000 100.0 3920 2196 43.9
    Sweet lime 4,000 12,000 200.0 6640 2560 61.4
    Mango 3,000 6,000 100.0 5100 3324 34.8
    Papaya 30,000 80,000 166.6 9120 2920 68.0
    Watermelon 9,000 18,000 100.0 1680 1000 40.5
    Kinnow 8,000 22,000 175.0 884 692 21.7
    Guava/tree 1,60 3,00 87.5 6.4 5.2 18.7
    MORE CROP PER DROP

    FIELD CROPS:DRIP Vs CONVENTIONAL IRRIGATION

    YIELD (Kg/acre) WATER USE (m3/acre)


    CROP surface drip % more Surface drip % saving
    Sugarcane 30,000 75,000 150.0 9800 4960 49.3
    Cotton 1,000 2,500 150.0 3600 1680 46.6
    Onion (big) 10,000 18,000 80.0 2080 1120 46.1
    potato 6,000 20,000 233.3 2400 1100 54.1
    Chilli (dry) 1,200 3,500 191.6 1708 980 42.6
    Grain corn 1,500 3,500 133.3 2304 1500 34.9
    Pop corn 1,000 2,000 100.0 2200 1208 45.1
    Groundnut 1,200 3,000 150.0 2620 1680 35.9
    chickpea 1,200 2,000 66.6 1808 1048 42.0
    100 tons / ha
    Summary
    • Saving in water is equal to saving in investment for creating
    additional water resources
    • The technology is proven in many parts of the world including
    India.
    • Benefit to farmer - Higher crop yields, better utilization of available
    resources such as land, water and fertilizers; savings in cost of
    cultivation
    • Nation will benefits from this technology by fulfilling their vision for
    decreasing non-productive water use (wastage of water under
    conventional irrigation systems) to increase water productive
    efficiency besides conserving water for beneficial uses.

    GROW MORE
    WITH LESS
    THANK
    YOU

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