Study of Adoption Behaviour of Drip Irrigation System on Chilli Crop in Ahmedabad District of Gujarat India

Drip irrigation system is extremely profitable as it saves 40-70 percent water as compared to surface irrigation method i.e. flood, sprinkler, furrow, asthe drip method reduces labour cost and protects the plants from diseases by minimizing humidity in atmosphere. Besides, soluble fertilizers can also be applied with irrigation water (Anonymous, 2006). Thus, drip irrigation has become a means of hi-tech Agriculture/ Horticulture and precision farming. The efficiency of water is enhanced by 90 -95 percent under drip irrigation system. Bahuguna (1996) stated that by drip system of irrigation, 95 percent of the irrigation water can be used efficiently and the production may be increased by 30-50 percent. The above facts show the importance of drip irrigation system. So for as, in regards to its adoption itis found to be low due to its higher cost with respect to this a study was conducted to analyses the adoption behavior of drip irrigation system in Ahmedabad district with sample of 120 farmers. The study found that higher number (68.34%) of the respondents had medium adoption level of drip irrigation system in study area followed by high (18.33%) and low (13.33%) adoption. It was observed that, cent percentage of respondents expressed the benefit like cultivation of chili by using DIS.