| Irrigation is a basic input for agricultural development. It provides insurance against inadequate, irregular and failure of rainfall. The use of irrigation water along with other inputs like high yielding varieties of seeds, chemical fertilizers, pesticides etc. ensures the process of modernization of agriculture. Consequently, irrigation envisages change in cropping pattern land use efficiency, increases in productivity and also change in the behaviour of the farmers as decision makers. Thus, we can say that, irrigation alone can provide fillip to produce more and there by it brings the green revolution at the doorsteps of the farmers. The irrigation water comes from three sources, wells, tanks, canals and lift irrigation of surface water of the rivers through the construction of major, medium, and minor irrigation projects. |