K.Arulmani
Ph.D. Research Scholar
R.Jayasankar
Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural Extension,
Annamalai University, Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu- 608002
Abstract
: According to the report of FAO, India ranks second in vegetable production with 141.2 million metric tons after china (594.05 million metric tons) in the year 2020. The diverse agro-climatic condition of Tamil Nadu makes it possible to grow a wide variety of vegetable crops. In India, drip irrigation technology was introduced in 1970s to overcome the drastic depletion of ground water in many region of India due to over exploitation of ground water in irrigating crops. Tamil Nadu is one among the key implementing states of Drip Irrigation System in India. Hence a study on the economics of drip adopters with non-adopters cultivation vegetables was found to be important to take the merits of Drip Irrigation System to further extent. The study was conducted with first stage as the state of Tamil Nadu, second stage as the district of Krishnagiri, third stage as the block of Thally and last a sample of 50 adopters and 50 non-adopters of Drip Irrigation System. Appropriate statistical tools were used for empirical analysis of data collected from field survey .It is found that the costs and energy consumptions in tomato cultivation by the adopters with non-adopters of Drip Irrigation System it is found that the adopters were making a profitable cultivation than the non-adopters of Drip Irrigation System. Water efficiency and electricity efficiency were for adopters as the cultivation of tomato by the non-adopters was inefficient in water and energy consumption than the adopters. Adoption of drip has enhanced a higher yield with less input for the farmers while the non-adopters were with lower yields and poor utilization of resources. Bring the farmers to adopt Drip Irrigation System will make a difference in their profits thereby their standard of living. Even there is a need to improve the adopters with better utilization of available resources which will increase the resource use efficiency thereby reduction in cost and increase in profits. The availability of subsidized micro irrigation schemes to the farmers should be timely and extended to higher extent in area coverage by the government will ensures fast adoption of this drip irrigation technology.
Keywords:
:Drip Irrigation System, Water efficiency, Micro Irrigation, Drip irrigation technology, Profit
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