The benefits of Drip Irrigation Method are as follows:
- Saves water and improves water use efficiency.
- Reduces weeding cost.
- Reduces cost of cultivation.
- Fewer fertilizers are required, so it reduces cost of fertilizers.
- Reduces pesticides cost.
- Water distribution is highly uniform. Plants do not suffer from stress or strain of less or over watering.
- Each and every plant gets fertilizers in equal proportion.
- Ensures equal growth of each and every plant.
- Crops get ready earlier.
- There is a remarkable increase in the agricultural production.
- Ensures good quality of crop.
- The farmer doesn’t need to go to his farm at night.
- Permits harvesting to continue while irrigation is going on.
- Reduces the use of energy.
- Controls salinity of the soil.
- There is little water loss due to runoff or evaporation.
- Saves a large quantity of water so farmers can face one drought without suffering loss.
- Crop failure due to irregular rain doesn’t take place.
- Ensures maximum crop yield.
If Drip Irrigation method is adopted extensively, our country can experience a great revolution in the field of agriculture. It has benefits galore.
