Sentences with phrase «drip irrigation where»
Methods such as accurate water measurement and soil moisture monitoring, laser - leveling fields, using conservation tillage to retain soil moisture, switching to low energy precision application sprinklers, lining canals, and employing subsurface drip irrigation where possible could save upwards of 40 percent of agriculture's water use while improving crop yields and saving energy.
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He envisioned a «natural plantation,» one near Cumpas where he would plant thousands of chiltepín plants under mesquite nurse trees and provide drip irrigation to them.
We encourage the adoption of drip irrigation, for example, in tomato growing because it delivers the precise amount of water the crop needs, when it needs it, where it needs it, thus minimizing irrigation waste.
The conventional approach — the center - pivot sprinklers that create alienlike green crop circles in the middle of brown deserts (easily visible when flying overhead)-- is extremely wasteful, spraying water into the air where a major fraction evaporates... In a typical drip - irrigation setup, long sections of narrow tubing laid at the bottom of plants sown in a row deliver water directly to the roots.
«Many continue to use flood irrigation rather than sprinklers, drip or micro-drip techniques that are far more precise in terms of putting water right on the plant where it needs it.