A STATE-OF-ART REVIEW ON STUDIES AND EFFECTIVENESS OF MICRO-IRRIGATION SYSTEMS

Choosing an irrigation system is not an obvious task and the number of available techniques can induce legitimate doubt about which one would be the best. Still largely dominated by traditional irrigation methods, the agricultural sector is slowly living a turn in water management, to a more controlled and sustainable way of irrigating fields. Microirrigation shows indeed the major benefit of saving water but also of improving yields and crop quality. This paper reviews all the microirrigation systems along with their suitable applications, their installation, their advantages and limitations.