International Journal of Agriculture Extension and Social Development

author(s)
Asokhan M, A Abinaya and TN Sujeetha

abstract
Drip irrigation is an efficient method of delivering water directly to plant roots, minimizing evaporation and runoff. It enhances water use efficiency, reduces weed growth, and improves crop yield. This system is particularly beneficial in arid regions and for high-value crops. Fayed (2020). This study investigates the relationship and contribution made by the independent variables towards the impact of drip irrigation system of Onion growers using simple correlation and multiple regression analysis. The analysis was made using Pearson’s correlation co-efficient analysis and multiple linear regression analysis. The survey was conducted to collect primary data from 119 cotton growing farmers in Thondamuthur block of Coimbatore district. Findings reveal that Correlation co-efficient of procurement of irrigated area showed positive significant correlation at five per cent level of probability. The R2 value was 0.649. The R2 value has shown that all the variables contributed 64.90% variation in the impact of drip irrigation system among the respondents. The variables effect of drip irrigation on production (X10) and satisfaction with drip irrigation system (X15) showed positive significant contribution at one per cent level of probability. Further, one-unit increase in the following independent variables viz., educational status (X2), effect of drip irrigation on production (X10), maintenance of system (X11), economic motivation (X12), scientific orientation (X13) and satisfaction with drip irrigation system (X15) would increase the impact of drip irrigation system by 0.281, 1.179, 0.741, 0.799, 0.617 and 0.584 units respectively. This study recommends that the interventions should be created to embrace appropriate communication technology and the use of contemporary ICTs in order to spread farm information at a rapid rate drip irrigation using Onion farmers.