<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <article key="pdf/2316" mdate="2012-09-25 00:00:00"> <author>A. Tagar and F. A. Chandio and I. A. Mari and B. Wagan</author> <title>Comparative Study of Drip and Furrow Irrigation Methods at Farmers Field in Umarkot</title> <pages>788 - 792</pages> <year>2012</year> <volume>6</volume> <number>9</number> <journal>International Journal of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering</journal> <ee>https://publications.waset.org/pdf/2316</ee> <url>https://publications.waset.org/vol/69</url> <publisher>World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology</publisher> <abstract>An experiment was conducted on the comparative study of drip and furrow irrigation methods at the farmers field in Umar Kot. The total area under experiment about 4000m2 was divided into two equal portions. One portion about 40m X 50m was occupied by drip and the other portion about 40m X 50m by furrow irrigation method. Soil at the experimental site was clay loam in texture for 060cm depth; average dry bulk density and field capacity was 1.16gcm3 and 28.5 respectively. The results reveal that the drip irrigation method saved 56.4 water and gave 22 more yield as compared to that of furrow irrigation method. Higher water use efficiency about 4.87 was obtained in drip irrigation method; whereas lower water used efficiency about 1.66 was obtained in furrow irrigation method. The present study suggests farming community to adopt drip irrigation method instead of old traditional flooding methods.</abstract> <index>Open Science Index 69, 2012</index> </article>