1Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural Chemistry & Soil Science, CUTM, Odisha
2Associate Professor & HOD, Department of Agricultural Chemistry & Soil Science, CUTM, Odisha
3Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural Chemistry & Soil Science, CUTM, Odisha
4Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural Chemistry & Soil Science, CUTM, Odisha
* Author correspondence: Dr. Arunabha Pal Associate Professor Department of Agricultural Chemistry & Soil Science, Centurion University of Technology and Management, Gajapati, Odisha-761211, India
Online published on 4 January, 2021.
Pitcher irrigation is an ancient and very effectual irrigation system employed in many arid and semiarid counties. Among traditional irrigation systems, pitcher irrigation is b one among the foremost efficient and compatible for little farmers in many areas of the planet. Well-organized water supervision using pitcher irrigation offers an answer to looming water disaster and would help bring more and more of the un-irrigated area under the irrigation within the country. Pitcher irrigation entails burying an unglazed, porous clay pot with in soil before seedling. Water poured into pot seeps slowly into the soil, feeding the seedling's roots with a gentle supply of moisture. Pitcher irrigation uses water more efficiently than other systems since it delivers water to plant root zones, rather than to broader areas of the sector.
Pitcher irrigation, Irrigation management, Cost effective, Arid region cultivation