Drip irrigation system is versatile management tool that can increase productivity per unit volume of water and also save up to 50 per cent of water in addition to other saving in farm input cost. However, its initial capital cost is high and as such without Governments active financial support and incentives, it is unlikely to become popularly acceptable. Micro irrigation system is not merely a technology. It is an integrated management tool in the hands of the farmers (Drip Trickle, Micro Spray etc). It is a method of irrigation, in which water is applied to the root zone of the crop/plants at slow speed, under low pressure and measured rate. Drip irrigation is an effective technology and efficient method of providing irrigation water directly into the soil at root zone of plant and it limits water requirement to the consumptive use of the plants. Thus, drip irrigation minimizes such conventional losses as deep percolation, run-off and soil evaporation in India.

Keyword: Krishi Vigyan Kendra, DIS and Adoption.