Abstract

The study was conducted with 240 drip irrigation to identify the reasons for discontinuance of drip irrigation system, reasons for continued adoption, the area of modification is needed in the drip irrigation system as perceived by farmers and finalization of an area of modification of needed in discussion with scientists. The results clearly showed that cent percent of farmers were expressed that salt deposition in the lateral, rat & rodents damage, majority of them not able to replace the laterals after the damage, lack of knowledge about the drip system maintenance, not able to monitor the drippers continuously, lack of follow up activities or service from the drip company, Inferior lateral quality and not able to get spare parts to change the affected part of drip system from the drip company are the important reasons for discontinuing the drip irrigation system. The farmers are adopting the drip irrigation system continuously due to their interest in repairing the problem, installed the good quality laterals by giving additional money in addition to allotted scheme money and able the replace the laterals after two years. Lateral tolerant to rat and rodent damage, low-cost water treating method, implements or machinery to roll out and spread the laterals are the areas of modification is needed in the drip irrigation system as perceived by farmers.

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