Not exact matches
For more on
efficient water use in agriculture in dry regions, click back to my post on the pioneering work on
drip irrigation by Daniel Hillel and read about how solar - powered pumping
systems and
drip irrigation are improving incomes and lives in sub-Saharan Africa.
Drip irrigation, or micro-
irrigation, is the most
efficient way to get the maximum crop yield from a unit of water, the report says; flood
irrigation — still the most common form --- is the least
efficient; sprinkler
systems are somewhere in between.
Raising
irrigation efficiency typically means shifting from the less
efficient flood or furrow
systems to overhead sprinklers or
drip irrigation, the gold standard of
irrigation efficiency.
Sprinkler
irrigation, using the center - pivot
systems that are widely seen in the crop circles in the western U.S. Great Plains, and
drip irrigation are far more
efficient.
The most
efficient watering
system is
drip irrigation because no water is lost through evaporation.
Drip irrigation systems that apply water only to the roots are the most
efficient — and the most inexpensive — alternative.