Surface irrigation techniques can improve developing crop field layouts and efficient surface irrigation methods such as bed planting technology which helps save water to increase cropping intensity.
Irrigation is a common agricultural/horticultural practice that uses a number of methods to add water to the soil in times of insufficient rain. Choosing the ...
LOS ANGELES (CN) – Irrigation techniques promoted to farmers around the world as water-saving are actually increasing water usage, according to a new study. “The Paradox of Irrigation Efficiency,” ...
One saves more water than the other.
The sight is not uncommon in California: water moving slowly across farm fields, in broad sheets or through a grid of ditches, propelled only by the pull of gravity. Flood irrigation is a tried and ...
SEVENTY per cent of the fresh water resources are being used for agricultural production while the rest for drinking, municipal, industrial uses etc. The increasing demand for food and fibre calls for ...
DESPITE advancement in irrigation technologies, vast areas are still lying barren due to insufficient rainfall and saline groundwater. High-tech irrigation methods, such as sprinkler and drip, no ...