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Part - 2 CH - 3 Land Resources and Agriculture — Geography STD 12 Humanities — Question

CBSE BoardEnglish MediumSTD 12 HumanitiesGeographyPart - 2 CH - 3 Land Resources and Agriculture3 Marks
Question
Compare the features of productive and protective irrigation.
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Answer

Protective Irrigation:
  • To protect crops from adverse effects of soil moisture deficiency.
  • To provide soil moisture to maximum possible area.
  • To supplement rain fed irrigation.
Productive Irrigation:
  • To provide sufficient soil moisture in the cropping season to achieve high productivity.
  • The water input in per unit area of cultivated land is higher than protective irrigation.
  • To grow various water intensive crops such as rice, sugarcane etc.

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