Advantages of irrigation
- Increase in food production
- Generation of hydropower
- Elimination of mixed cropping
- Flood control
- General Development of country
- Inland navigation
- Increased value of land
- Water supply for domestic and industry use.
Disadvantages of Irrigation
- Water pollution
- Creation of breeding place for mosquitoes
- Over irrigation causes water logging
- Expensive to construct irrigation structures
- Damp climate