Govt encourages drip irrigation under PIPIP.

Byline: Israr Ahmad

Rawalpindi -- Special Secretary (Marketing) Agriculture Punjab Ehsan Bhutta said the government in collaboration with World Bank is encouraging drip irrigation under ongoing Punjab Irrigated-Agriculture Productivity Improvement Project (PIPIP) to overcome scarcity of water.

'Under this project, Agriculture Department is installing drip and sprinkler irrigation system, soil Laser land levelling, water channels, converting barren land into productive land with the help of bulldozers on subsidized basis,' he said while addressing a meeting here on Tuesday.

The meeting was attended by high officials of the project.

Ehsan Bhutta, who is also Project Director PIPIP, said that drip irrigation system is suitable for crop cultivation when irrigation water or rainwater is not enough for conventional farming.

He added this technology, so far, has been adopted by many farmers across Punjab owing to acute shortage of river water and limited rains.

He said keeping in view its high efficiency in conserving water, increasing per acre yield and reducing cost of cultivation, there is a need to create awareness among farmers about the drip irrigation system.

'With this technology, the farmers could save 60 percent electricity and diesel...

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