{"title":"Comparative Study of Drip and Furrow Irrigation Methods at Farmer-s Field in Umarkot","authors":"A. Tagar, F. A. Chandio, I. A. Mari, B. Wagan","volume":69,"journal":"International Journal of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering","pagesStart":788,"pagesEnd":793,"ISSN":"1307-6892","URL":"https:\/\/publications.waset.org\/pdf\/2316","abstract":"An experiment was conducted on the comparative\nstudy of drip and furrow irrigation methods at the farmer-s field in\nUmar Kot. The total area under experiment about 4000m2 was\ndivided into two equal portions. One portion about 40m X 50m was\noccupied by drip and the other portion about 40m X 50m by furrow\nirrigation method. Soil at the experimental site was clay loam in\ntexture for 0-60cm depth; average dry bulk density and field capacity\nwas 1.16g\/cm3 and 28.5% respectively. The results reveal that the\ndrip irrigation method saved 56.4% water and gave 22% more yield\nas compared to that of furrow irrigation method. Higher water use\nefficiency about 4.87 was obtained in drip irrigation method; whereas\nlower water used efficiency about 1.66 was obtained in furrow\nirrigation method. The present study suggests farming community to\nadopt drip irrigation method instead of old traditional flooding\nmethods.","references":"[1] Ishfaq, M. 2002. \"Water New Technology\". Global Water Institute,\nLahore, Pakistan.\n[2] Camp, C.R., E. J. Sadler, W. J. Busscher, R. E. Sojlka and D. L. Karrlin\n(2001) \" Experiencing with sprinkler irrigation for agronomic crops in\nthe southeastern USA.\n[3] Sharma, B. R. 2001. Availability, status and development and\nopportunities for augmentation of groundwater resources in India.\nProceeding ICAR-IWMI Policy Dialogue on Ground Water\nManagement, November 6-7, 2001 at CSSRI, Karnal pp. 1-18.\n[4] Michael, A.M. 2008. \"Irrigation Theory and Practice\", Second\nedition (revised and enlarged) Vikas Publishing House PVT. Ltd,\nDelhi, India.\n[5] Yildirim, O. and A. Korukcu, (2000). \"Comparison of Drip, Sprinkler\nand Surface Irrigation Systems in Orchards\". Faculty of Agriculture,\nUniversity of Ankara, Ankara Turkey. 47p.\n[6] Singh, N., Sood M.C. and Lal, S.S. (2005. \"Evaluation of Potato Based\nCropping Sequences under Drip, Sprinkler and Furrow Methods of\nIrrigation\", Potato Journal, Vol. 32, No \u252c\u00a5, pp 175-176.\n[7] Ibragimov, N., Evtt, S.R. Esanbekov, Y., Kamilov, B.S., Mirzaev, L.,\nand Lamers, J.P.A. (2007), \"Water Use Efficiency of Irrigated Cotton\nin Uzbekistan under Drip and Furrow Irrigation\", Agricultural Water\nManagement, Vol. 90, No.1\/2, pp. 335-238.\n[8] ASAE (2002). \"Design and installation of micro irrigation systems\".\nASAE EP 405.1 Dec.01, pp. 903-907.\n[9] Keller, J., and Bliesner, R. D. 1990. Sprinkler and trickle\nirrigation, Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York.\n[10] Sivanappan, R.K. and D. Chandrasekaran. 1976. \"Drip irrigation- A\nNovel method to save the water\". J. of Indian Central Board of\nirrigation and Power, Vol. 33. No. 4.\n[11] Sammis. T.W., (1980), \"Comparison of Sprinkler, trickle and\nFurrow Irrigation Method for Row Crops\", Agron. J., No. 72, pp.\n701-704.\n[12] Bogle, C.R. Hartz. T.K. and Nunez, C. (1989) \"Comparison of\nsubsurface Trickle and furrow irrigation on Plastic Mulched and Bare\nSoil for Tomato Production\", Journal of the American Society for\nHorticulture Science, Vol. 114, No.1 pp. 40-43.\n[13] Yaseen, S.., Rao M. Ishtiaque, and Memon., (1992), \"An Evaluation of\nTrickle Irrigation System under Irrigated Agriculture of Sindh\", Journal\nof Drainage and Reclamation, Vol. 5, No. 1 & 2, Drainage and\nReclamation Institute of Pakistan, Tanodjam, pp. 14-19.\n[14] Nisar. A.M. et al (1995), \"Comparative Study of Trickle and Furrow\nIrrigation Methods on Growth and Water Use Efficiency of Mango\nOrchard\", Mehran University research journal, Vol. 15No.2, pp.\n243-48.","publisher":"World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology","index":"Open Science Index 69, 2012"}