Karnataka Neeravari Nigam officials felicitated 10 drip farmers of Singatalur Lift Irrigation and Drip Irrigation Package -1 (10080 Ha) for outstanding performance in crop production at an event organised by Netafim India and Megha Engineering & Infrastructures JV. The farmers from Dambal, Kalkeri, Harogeri, and Hirevaddatti villages have obtained higher yields using drip irrigation technology during the Kharif season of 2021-22. The event was organised at Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Hulkoti, Gadag in Karnataka.
During the felicitation, Ramesh H, Assistant Executive Engineer, Neeravari Nigam, Govt. of Karnataka, stressed that “farmers should cooperate with irrigation projects and boost their crop yield through scientifically proven drip irrigation. Each farmer’s success will encourage other farmers in the neighbourhood to adopt drip technology, thus helping the farming community with their financial growth and making the project successful.
Addressing the farmers, Basavaraja Bandivaddar, Professor, WALMI, Dharwad, said, ”Drip irrigation is very beneficial as it offers higher yield and income with less water.” Encouraging farmers to adopt drip irrigation, he emphasised that “the strengthening of water user cooperative societies and the cooperation of farmers is critical for successful projects. With this project, farmers can protect their crops through drip irrigation in case of lack of timely rain for the growing crops .“
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Singataluru Lift Irrigation Project endeavours to bring the entire farming community together through Community Drip Irrigation Project – to establish systematic and sustainable irrigation practices. The ongoing phase-1 of the project plans to bring 10,080 hectares of agricultural land and thousands of farmers from 12 villages under drip irrigation to offer maximum crop yield. Karnataka Neeravari Nigam provides the drip system. Netafim India provides agronomy services to educate farmers on sustainable agriculture practices.
The felicitation programme of Singatalur drip farmers also witnessed the participation of Girish Deshpande, Sr. Manager – Project Management, Netafim India; Umesha MC, Sr. Manager – Agronomy, Netafim India; Parimalarangan, Project Manager – Singataluru-1 Project, Netafim India; and Sanjay Shirgurkar, CGM, Megha Engineering & Infrastructure.
