Question

What are the advantages and disadvantages of irrigation methods?

Answer 1

Advantages of Irrigation

Some of the advantages of irrigation are as follows.

Increase of food production.Modify soil or climate environment – leaching.Lessen risk of catastrophic damage caused by drought.Increase income & national cash flow.Increase labor employment.Increase standard of living.Increase value of land.National security thus self sufficiency.Improve communication and navigation facilities.Domestic and industrial water supply.Improve ground water storage.Generation of hydro-electric power.Disadvantages of Irrigation

The following are the disadvantages of irrigation.

Water logging.Salinity and alkalinity of land.Ill aeration of soil.Pollution of underground water.Results in colder and damper climate causing outbreak of diseases like malaria.