'Irrigation has changed the cropping pattern of the regions'. Explain.

1.	'Irrigation has changed the cropping pattern of the regions'. Explain.
Answer» Irrigation has changed the cropping pattern of many regions, due to the construction of dams in the following ways : (i) The farmers have shifted water-intensive and commercial crops. (ii) It has changed the ecology by salinisation of the soil. (iii) It has increased the social gaps between the rich land owners and the landless poor.

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Irrigation has changed the cropping pattern of many regions, due to the construction of dams in the following ways :

(i) The farmers have shifted water-intensive and commercial crops.

(ii) It has changed the ecology by salinisation of the soil.

(iii) It has increased the social gaps between the rich land owners and the landless poor.

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