India Review & Analysis

Punjab to promote micro-irrigation

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Aiming for sustainabl­e water management, the Punjab government announced that it would promote microirrig­ation of maize on 1,000 acres this season. Of this, micro-irrigation of maize crop in 1,000 acres would be undertaken. While 900 acres would have surface-based drip system, the remaining sub-surfacebas­ed drip system, Tandrust Punjab Mission Director K.S. Pannu said.

Four micro-irrigation companies would take up drip irrigation projects for maize in 10 acres each, Pannu said.

Dharminder Kumar, Principal Chief Conservato­r of Soil, said drip irrigation would help conserve water and increase yield. The department is ready to launch it on a large scale.

Experts from Punjab Agricultur­al University said they had conducted subsurface drip irrigation experiment­s during the maize-wheat-moong cycle and it should be promoted on a mass scale.

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