With the depletion of aquifers and no serious concerns on the recharging them poses a serious concern on the future of agriculture in India. As rightly said the scheme for using drip irrigation as a system for improving the water use efficiency is confined to the well of section of the farming community. How do we address the larger lot of small and marginal farmers to adopt the technology? Do we have cost effective and efficient systems that could bring in the efficiency. Are the policies intended to address these issues? The indiscriminate use of ground water for flood irrigation poses a question on the sustainability of the resource.
With the depletion of aquifers and no serious concerns on the recharging them poses a serious concern on the future of agriculture in India. As rightly said the scheme for using drip irrigation as a system for improving the water use efficiency is confined to the well of section of the farming community. How do we address the larger lot of small and marginal farmers to adopt the technology? Do we have cost effective and efficient systems that could bring in the efficiency. Are the policies intended to address these issues? The indiscriminate use of ground water for flood irrigation poses a question on the sustainability of the resource.