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    Trickle/drip irrigation enables efficient water application directly to plant roots without wetting other soil areas. It can achieve 90% irrigation efficiency under arid conditions and reduces problems like weeds, insects and disease. Suitable crops include fruits with high moisture, while not suitable for closely planted crops. Issues include emitter clogging and salt accumulation if not properly drained.

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    Trickle/drip irrigation enables efficient water application directly to plant roots without wetting other soil areas. It can achieve 90% irrigation efficiency under arid conditions and reduces problems like weeds, insects and disease. Suitable crops include fruits with high moisture, while not suitable for closely planted crops. Issues include emitter clogging and salt accumulation if not properly drained.

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    Trickle/drip irrigation enables efficient water application directly to plant roots without wetting other soil areas. It can achieve 90% irrigation efficiency under arid conditions and reduces problems like weeds, insects and disease. Suitable crops include fruits with high moisture, while not suitable for closely planted crops. Issues include emitter clogging and salt accumulation if not properly drained.

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    Trickle/Drip Irrigation

    • Trickle irrigation enables efficient water application in the root


    zone of small trees and widely spaced plants without wetting
    the soil where no roots exist.

    • In arid regions, the irrigation efficiency may be as high as 90


    percent and with very good management it may approach
    the ideal value of 100 per cent.

    • The main reasons for the high efficiency of trickle irrigation


    are its capability to produce and maintain continuously high
    soil moisture content in the root zone and the reduction in the
    growth of weeds (due to limited wet surface area) competing
    with the crop for water and nutrients.

    • Insect, disease, and fungus problems are also reduced by


    minimizing the wetting of the soil surface.
    Trickle/Drip Irrigation
    • Due to its ability to maintain a nearly constant soil moisture
    content in the root zone, trickle irrigation results in
    better quality and greater crop yields

    • Fruits which contain considerable moisture at the time of


    harvesting (such as tomatoes, grapes, berries, etc.) respond
    very well to trickle irrigation

    • However, this method is not at all suitable (from practical


    as well as economic considerations) for closely planted
    crops such as wheat and other cereal grains

    • One of the major problems of trickle irrigation is the


    clogging of small conduits and openings in the emitters due to
    sand and clay particles, debris, chemical precipitates, and
    organic growth.
    Trickle/Drip Irrigation
    • In trickle irrigation, only a part of the soil is wetted and,
    hence it must be ensured that the root growth is not
    restricted
    • Another problem of trickle irrigation is on account of the
    dissolved salt left in the soil as the water is used by the
    plants. If the rain water flushes the salts near the surface
    down into the root zone, severe damage to the crop may
    result. In such situations, application of water by sprinkler or
    surface irrigation may become necessary
    • Drip irrigation has several advantages. It saves water,
    enhances plant growth and crop yield, saves labour and
    energy, controls weed growth, causes no erosion of soil, does
    not require land preparation, and also improves fertilizer
    application efficiency.
    • However, this method of irrigation does have some economic
    and technical limitations as it requires high skill in design,
    installation, and subsequent operation.
    Cost
    • The approx. cost reported for
    2009 is Rs. 75,000 (US$765) per
    acre, Ref: Sindh Agricultural and Forestry
    Workers Coordinating Organisation
    (SAFWCO ), Sanghar.
    http://www.thethirdpole.net/drip-irrigation-makes-slow-
    gains-in-pakistan/

    • Rs 70,000 to Rs 100,000 per acre


    (https://profit.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/07/30/can-
    drip-irrigation-eradicate-pakistans-water-crisis-and-food-
    insecurity/)
    Components of Drip System

    Ref: http://www.thompson-morgan.com/how-to-set-up-a-drip-irrigation-system
    Comparison of Drip & Furrow
    • Nazirbay et al., (2005) compared furrow (conventional) and
    drip irrigated corn yields for two consecutive years.

    • It was found that maize irrigation water use for furrow irrigation
    ranged from 547 to 629 mm per year compared with 371 to 428
    mm per year for drip irrigation

    • Saving of 32% water


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