why the use of sprinkler irrigation is less in india
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Sprinkler Irrigation System. Sprinkler irrigation system allows application of water under high pressure with the help of a pump. It releases water similar to rainfall through a small diameter nozzle placed in the pipes. ... Suitable for irrigation where the plant population per unit area is very high.
Both Sprinkler and Drip irrigation system have been used and promoted in India. Nearly 50% of the coverage under micro irrigation is also under sprinkler irrigation system. However crops in the spacing below 1.2 X .6 and between 1X1 up to 5X5 have more closed spacing hence people have been using drip ( inline) system under govt. schemes / programmes. However, crop spacings, rotations and area under irrigation etc need to be looked at while selecting a particular irrigation system.
In India nearly 60 percent of the farmers do Dryland Agriculture which means they don't have any source of Irrigation hence they totally depend on rain which shows that Sprinkler Irrigation is of no use for them even the farmers have small land holdings and are poor so they don't prefer Sprinkler Irrigation.
In India most of the large scale farmers they do Sprinkler irrigation as well as they use Drip irrigation.
As you know... water is scares in India.
Most part of India has high temperature records, hence by using sprinklers, water gets evacuated faster and the effect of water that we spend if not received.