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Farmers in Govindapuram village, a small hamlet in Dharapuram, Tirupur district have proved that three crops (including rice) can be raised in a year under limited water conditions using drip irrigation.
One among them – M Parthasarathy was recently identified for the Innovative Rice Farmer Award, conferred by the Indian Institute of Rice Research, Hyderabad.
He was among the 30 farmers from 16 States across the country to be nominated for the award.
Incidentally, Parthasarathy’s guide BJ Pandian, Director, Water Technology Centre, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, said: “growing rice under drip irrigation is a new concept, tested and promoted for adoption by WTC.”
Parthasarathy introduced the drip irrigation for rice in a cropping system approach.
He raised onion between April – June using drip system, followed by maize between July – September and cultivated rice using the same system in October – February.
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