Accelerating Adoption of Drip Irrigation in India Need for Reform inSubsidy Regime

摘要

Rising demand for irrigation water in the face of its inefficient use amid concerns of growing water scarcity and increasing inter-sectoral competition for available water has brought in to renewed focus the need for improving water use efficiency andraising crop water productivity. Large scale emphasis is being laidon water conservation through improvements in water use efficiency and increased water productivity.Given the difficulties and political compulsions associated with bringing about effective policy reforms, such as through water pricing, to achieve the objective of water conservation, the emphasis has generally focused on technological solutions backed by soft policy interventions to aid and facilitate adoption by farmers of such technological solutions.