International Journal of Innovative Horticulture
  • Year: 2021
  • Volume: 10
  • Issue: 2

Innovations and advances in micro irrigation technologies

1Emeritus Scientist, Indian Agricultural research Institute, New Delhi

2Senior Advisor, NITI Aayog, New Delhi

*Corresponding author: tbsraj@yahoo.com

Online Published on 30 April, 2022.

Abstract

The innovations and developments in the field of mcroirrigation have kept pace with time. Consequently the adoption of micro-irrigation technologies has steadily grown over the years. These innovations and advancements made the adoption of micro-irrigation starting only from widely spaced orchard crops to close growing row crops and even for water guzzling crops like sugarcane and rice. Some new concepts were also introduced such as abjection and pulse irrigation etc. for precise irrigation for further enhancement of water productivity in agriculture.

Keywords

Automation, Fertigation, Precision agriculture, Pulse irrigation