Short-Term Effects of Irrigation: Enhances soil moisture, boosts crop yields, and ensures food security during dry periods. Long-Term Effects of Irrigation: May lead to soil salinization, waterlogging, and depletion of water resources if not managed sustainably, impacting ecosystem health and agricultural viability.

Field experimental study on irrigation for 3 months is a too short period or one season study.Normally agronomic short term studies are conducted for 2-3 seasons or years depending on the crop.Medium duration studies may be conducted for 5-10 years to know the residual or cumulative effects of treatments.To know the long term effects, say salinity build up or alkalinity build up in soil over years due to salts present in irrigation water, the experiments have to be conducted beyond 10 years.At least 5- 10 years studies are needed know the effects of salts present in water on soil,their depth-wise distribution in soil profile,their effects on plant roots and consequently on crop performance.Even soil properties change with continuous irrigation depending on the quality of irrigation water.

Short Term Irrigation is quite useful for growth and development of cropping plants than that of Long Term Irrigation into the cropping fields.

Se puede hablar de un cambio en la cualidades fisico-quimicas de un suelo despues de un periodo prudencial de 5 a 10 años, si se riegan con aguas de rio, pero si son aguas subterraneas ek cambio serian demasiado pequeño pra esperar cambios sustanciales en el suelo y en los cultivos, por escaso o nulo aporte de materia organica o sedimentos de limo arcilla como si lo hacen las aguas de avenida