zone having area about 22.77 Lakh ha with the production of 135.64 Million Ton cane whereas Haryana has highest productivity of sugarcane in Sub tropical zone (DSD, GOI, 2013). Brazil is major sugarcane producing country with an area about 90.77 lakh ha and production of about 717.46 Million ton followed by India. Sugarcane productivity is highest in Colombia (101.32 t/ha) followed by Philippines (93.71 t/ha). Amongst 10 major producing country Colombia has the highest yield of sugarcane due to the richest biodiversities in the world and has access to multiple climates. The yield gap of sugarcane in India with respect to 10 major sugarcane producing countries during the last 5 years is ranges 1.33 – 31.22 t/ha. Sugarcane as such is neither exported nor imported, however the sugar which is a main produce of sugarcane crop is exported and imported as per the Government policies. As per Cooperative Sugar (Vol.-44 No.4, Dec. 2012) the total export of sugar during 2010-11 is 32.49 lakh ton value Rs. 10.35 thousand crore and import is 10.00 lakh ton for value Rs. 2.72 crore during the same year. Water scarcity is the major problem in the cultivation of sugarcane. Even though there has been increasing development of water management technologies over the years, the adoption rate by the farmers is comparatively small ranging from only 15–20%. Quite a few studies have analysed the impact of drip method of irrigation on water use efficiency, water saving, cost of cultivation, labour use, productivity of crops etc using both experimental and farm level survey data in India. However studies have not analysed the factors which influence the adoption of drip irrigation in sugarcane. Hence this paper attempts to determine the farm and farmer characteristics and other socio economic characteristics that influence the adoption of drip method of irrigation in sugarcane.