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Impact of Drip Irrigation Technology among Farmers in Jaipur Region of Rajasthan

R. C. Jitarwal and N. K. Sharam

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Water resources are progressively getting exhausted and competition for available water between agriculture, domestic and industrial sectors is increasing day by day. Drip irrigation technology is method promoted in the agricultural front, to ensure proper use of water in irrigation. About 2.87 lakh hectares have been covered under drip irrigation technology in the country and India is now world’s seventh largest owner of drip irrigation technology. Various institutions and agencies have made their efforts to popularize the drip irrigation technology for solving the problems of water scarcity. Inspite of these efforts, the farmers either did not adopt drip sets on their farms or the installed drip sets were out of order on account of several difficulties experienced by them. Rajasthan is such a state where water is limiting resource, rains are uneven, drought is a recurring factor, and topography is undulating. Under such situation, it is the need of the hour to adopt drip irrigation technology

Keyword: Water resources; Drip irrigation

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