Name: Agricultural Practices
Uploaded: 2019-07-19
Duration: 3 min 26 s
Description: Agricultural practices are procedures that make farming easier. Watch this video to learn how agriculture practices increase productivity.

Question

Differentiate between drip irrigation system and sprinkler irrigation system.

Accepted Answer

The process of supplying water to crop plants in the fields at different intervals is called irrigation. Drip irrigation and sprinkler irrigation are the modern methods of irrigation that helps in using the water economically. The differences between the drip irrigation system and sprinkler irrigation system are listed below:

Characteristic feature Drip irrigation system Sprinkler irrigation system

Application of water In this method of irrigation system, the water falls drop by drop at a slow pace in the position of the roots of the plants. In this method of irrigation system, water is applied or sprinkled on the crop plants in the form of a spray or artificial rain.

Water loss The loss of water is less. The loss of water is high when compared with drip irrigation.

Water runoff Water runoff is low as compared to sprinkler irrigation. Water runoff is high as compared to drip irrigation.

Differentiate between drip irrigation system and sprinkler irrigation system.

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