Question

What are the reasons that necessitate artificial irrigation?
Or
What is the importance of irrigation?

Answer 1

1. Irrigation is essentially the artificial application of water to overcome deficiencies in rainfall for growing crops (Cantor, 1967). Irrigation is a basic determinant of agriculture because its inadequacies are the most powerful constraints on the increase of agricultural production.
2. Irrigation is essentially the artificial application of water to overcome deficiencies in rainfall for growing crops (Cantor, 1967). Irrigation is a basic determinant of agriculture because its inadequacies are the most powerful constraints on the increase of agricultural production.