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DRAINAGE

CONTENT
  1. Meaning of Drainage
  2. Types of Drainage
  3. Importance of Drainage/Benefits of Drainage to Agriculture
  4. Problems of Drainage
 

Meaning of Drainage

Drainage is the removal of excess water artificially from a farmland to prevent water logging and promote good farming activities. Excess water may be removed through channels, pipes or funnels either from the surface of land or beneath the soil.

Types of Drainage (Drainage Systems)

There are two major types of drainage. These are:
  • Surface drainage
  • Sub-surface/underground drainage
 

Surface Drainage

This is the removal of excess water from the surface of the farmland using constructed open ditches, field drain, land grading and lateral ditches. This is divided into;
  • Random field surface drainage
  • Parallel field drainage
Random field surface is suitable for areas with pot holes or depressions (rough topography). Parallel field drain is ideal where fields are flat or less than 1 – 2% slope. Drainage - parallel field drainage

Parallel Field Drain

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