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Download Solution PDFIrrigation is -
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Download Solution PDF- Irrigation is essentially a method of providing water to crops and plants artificially, typically used in agricultural regions where rainfall is insufficient or unpredictable.
- It involves techniques, equipment, and systems designed to deliver water to soil so as to assist in the cultivation of crops.
Methods of irrigation are as follows:
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Irrigation Methods |
Where to Use |
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Free Flooding |
Sloppy land and crops like pastures |
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Border flooding |
Used when area is levelled in perpendicular direction of low of water. |
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Check flooding |
More as well as less permeable soils |
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Basin flooding |
Suitable for crops that are unaffected by standing water like Orchard trees |
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Furrow Irrigation |
Lands of irregular topography, crops are grown on ridges |
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Drip Irrigation |
Suitable when availability of water is very less and soil is erodible. |
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