**6. Advanced technologies adoption**

#### **6.1 Drip fertigation**

Water is the most vital natural resource on the planet. Without water on the globe, no life form can survive. It is required for all major activities such as food production, as well as sectors such as energy, production, and manufacturing. Although we are aware that soil water content and quality are dwindling, this could be due to inefficient water usage, drastic climatic change, or the use of more chemicals to boost productivity. With the rapid expansion of the area under micro-irrigation, fertigation is gaining traction in several countries. The notion of fertigation is new to the Indian subcontinent, but it is gaining popularity and making 'Fertigation' easy to adopt. Drip fertigation, which is defined as the injection of fertilizers, additives, or water-soluble compounds into the irrigation system, is a significant technology in this case. Furthermore, fertigation is linked to chemigation, which is injecting chemicals into an irrigation system. In a drip fertigation system, water is dispensed at a slower pace through the drippers, and nutrients from the fertilizers are carried along with the water.
