Farmers told to adopt scientific methods of irrigation

In the wake of the drought prevailing in the district, the Department of Horticulture has launched a campaign to apprise farmers on the need to adopt scientific practices of making judicious utilisation of available water, precision irrigation technologies and watershed development work to save the arecanut crop. M. Vishwanath, Deputy Director of Department of Horticulture, told The Hindu that farmers were being motivated to adopt drip irrigation, construct...