Sentences with phrase «for increasing irrigation»

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Using a wide array of data from sensors in the soil along with satellite imagery and weather forecasts, the company designed a «personalized» irrigation system for each block of vines, greatly reducing water consumption and increasing output.

For profit impact Increasing yield using an irrigation system will allow smallholders to move away from substistence farming and become truly commercial.

«Harvey Water represents the Collie River Irrigation District farmers and has been working for many years to find a solution to the increasing salinity in the Wellington Dam.

When water is repeatedly used for irrigation it accumulates land salts and its saline content is increased.

Without title to their land, enterprising farmers don't have the collateral to apply for loans for fertilizer, irrigation wells and other equipment that can increase their output.

Water management technologies including micro irrigation, off - grid desalination, sprayable polymers, hydroponics and aeroponics for increasing sustainability in production and building in environmental credentials to a business's brand.

In addition, this year, delayed monsoon rains increased farmers» demand for irrigation - related electricity while reducing the water available for hydroelectricity, which accounts for 20 percent of India's grid, according to Businessweek and Reuters.

Reports blamed the conflict for changes in land use and cover — and for activities like increased military traffic over unpaved surfaces and farmers reducing irrigation or abandoning agricultural land — that created extreme amounts of dust to fuel the storm.

The new crop strains were dependent on mechanization, controlled irrigation, and artificial, petroleum - based fertilizers for their astonishing productivity, making it hard for small farmers to compete and dramatically increasing the use of pesticides.

The land sales increase taxes for the farmers who remain and create more pressure to sell, which threatens the whole delicate irrigation system.

The researchers believe that some of the increase comes from improvements in water conservation practices, though some was simply the result of inefficient irrigation, for example, water seeping out of unlined ditches into aquifers.

From 1953 to 1979 irrigation had only a modest impact on the ecosystem, but from 1983 to 1994 the water usage for irrigation increased fourfold.

«We always assumed that people's increased reliance on groundwater for irrigation and consumption was resulting in a net transfer of water from the land to the ocean,» said lead author J.T. Reager of JPL, who began the research project as a UCI graduate student.

Bajzelj points out that higher yields will also require more mineral fertiliser use and increased water demand for irrigation.

These findings can also be illustrated in other aspects of resource use: the team found the highest rate of increase in the cultivation of arable land to be in the 1950s; the peak for human - made irrigation areas then followed in the 1970s, and the peak for nitrogen fertilisers was subsequently in the 1980s.

Not only does this limit the land available for use in agriculture, but in land that has been used for generations, the combination of irrigation and evaporation gradually leads to increasing soil salinity.

«By the end of this century, as the climate warms, the rising demand for irrigation water and increased variability of the water supply may lead to regions with a severe shortage of water for irrigation,» said corresponding author Dr. Maoyi Huang, a climate modeler at PNNL.

PPI's technology will allow farmers in many countries to increase yields and reduce the need for irrigation, particularly in drought and heat stressed areas.

Pumping water for irrigation likely to increase drought vulnerability in certain regions, PNNL shows via modeling expertise

PULLMAN, Wash. — A warming world climate is expected to increase the need for successful recycling of wastewater for human use and irrigation.

Agricultural Impacts Crop yield may decrease if climate changes As droughts increase, the demand for irrigation water increases putting more stress on already depleted aquifers.

As droughts increase, the demand for irrigation water increases putting more stress on already depleted aquifers.

These tools provide the means to sharpen assessment and management capacities required to: compare the result of several water allocations plans; improve soil - moisture control - practices under rainfed conditions; optimize irrigation scheduling; sustainably intensify crop production; close the yield and water - productivity gaps; quantify the impact of climate variability and change on cropping systems; enhance strategies for increased water productivity and water savings; minimize the negative impact on the environment caused by agriculture.

A «smart», computerised, irrigation system could offer a gradually increasing price for VPE until the going price dropped enough for the irrigation to happen, or, of course, the farmer could adjust his offering price manually.

In warm, dry regions, irrigation increases the amount of water available for plants to release into the air through a process called evapotranspiration.

Increased frequency of droughts along the Atlantic coast (e.g., Ireland) may reduce the productivity of forage crops such that they are no longer sufficient for livestock at current stocking rates without irrigation (Holden and Brereton, 2002, 2003; Holden et al., 2003).

Increased tapping of water resources for crop irrigation in one region in response to water shortages related to climate change can increase risks to adjacent areas that share those water resources.

Global Warming floods and droughts crops, increases insect and fungal growth, increases the spread of said non-indigenous vermin, alters the range of crops to where geology and infrastructure (such as irrigation and farms) is not favourable (north of the Southern Manitoba bread - basket is boreal forest too acidic for crops and north even further is only accessible by winter roads)...... these problems are potentially solvable, but certainly as soon as Chinese Himalayan meltwater dries up, or as soon as a Monsoon season fails because of Global Warming, the next decade of cost savings by following the Republican / Conservative geoengineering «plan»... such preventable events in the midst of an economic golden age will be looked on by future generations as evil.

, written 2007/09/14 I noted that the cost of water in Australia varied from $ 0.0013 / kL ($ 1.30 / ML) in the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area to around $ 1 / kL for a domestic consumer in South Australia (the cost to domestic consumers in SA had increased to around $ 3 / kL by 2017).

With the drought and heat waves that have beset Texas, the increasing demand for electricity for cooling and fresh water for irrigation and livestock has created serious challenges for these power plants.

Increased mean upstream rainfall partly compensates for upstream water losses, although net irrigation demand may put more stress on the region's food security.

His research claims that siphoning off a third of the water from the Han River's Danjiangkou reservoir, as the plan calls for, will raise the risk of floods, increase sediment and worsen water quality — hurting navigation and irrigation for local residents, and limiting supplies for industrial and municipal use.

For years, it's been steadily depleting leaving some to wonder about the sustainability of tapping into it for increased corn irrigation and ethanol production.&raqFor years, it's been steadily depleting leaving some to wonder about the sustainability of tapping into it for increased corn irrigation and ethanol production.&raqfor increased corn irrigation and ethanol production.»

They also find that Irrigation has a much larger preventative effect on yield loss than increased carbon dioxide, suggesting that water stress at higher temperatures may be largely responsible for losses.