Case study on performance evaluation of drip irrigation systems in selected villages of Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh, India

The pressurised (drip) irrigation technology and its adoption to meet the food security with increasing water productivity and decreasing evapotranspiration, assured the release of abundant stress of the limited water resources. To increase the agricultural productivity to meet future food challenges and sustain the ground water resources of Andhra Pradesh, the government has launched APMIP (Andhra Pradesh Micro Irrigation Project).