Identify the correct statements with reference to the objective of irrigation.

A. Protective irrigation is for protecting the crops
B. Productive irrigation is for providing sufficient moisture to soil for cropping
C. Providing irrigation to bajra, Moong and gram come under productive irrigation
D. In productive irrigation, water utilization per unit area is higher than protective irrigation

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

A, B, D only

The correct answer is Option (3) → A, B, D only

• The objective of protective irrigation is to protect the crops from adverse effects of soil. (A)
• Productive irrigation is meant to provide sufficient soil moisture in the cropping season to achieve high productivity (B). In productive irrigation the water input per unit area of cultivated land is higher than protective irrigation. (D)
• Rainfed farming is further classified on the basis of adequacy of soil moisture during cropping season into dryland and wetland farming. In India, the dryland farming is largely confined to the regions having annual rainfall less than 75 cm. These regions grow hardy and drought resistant crops such as ragi, bajra, moong, gram and guar (fodder crops) and practise various measures of soil moisture conservation and rain water harvesting.
• C. Providing irrigation to bajra, Moong and gram come under protective irrigation (not productive irrigation)