Sentences with phrase «for irrigation methods»

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There are many considerations affecting garden design, including site, soil type, rainfall, method of irrigation, mature height of various plants, structural support for plants like pole beans and tomatoes, and access to the garden for weeding and harvesting.

Heritage Park built this structure in 1998 to illustrate the equipment and methods used for the construction of roads, irrigation ditches and railroad grades prior to the First World War.

The government also earmarked more than $ 10 billion for water improvement measures, including more efficient farm irrigation methods and new pipelines that significantly reduce losses due to leaks.

Rainwater or reused water from bathing or kitchen activities — often called gray water — provides a method for replacing fresh water in toilet flushing and yard irrigation that could, the authors say, cut household water use by 50 percent or more.

Pearce doesn't believe we need more and bigger dams but feels that we need to manage the water cycle better, to return to the ancient ways of «harvesting the water where it falls» but also utilizing high - tech irrigation methods to provide «more crop per drop», and above all, we need to «manage the water cycle for maximum social benefit rather than narrow self - interest».

Overhead, matched - precipitation rotor systems are the best for irrigating green roofs, and they do a better job with less water than drip or sub irrigation methods.

He also called for modern efficient irrigation methods such as sprinkle, drip and trickle irrigation.

Sustainable Agriculture Needed to Combat Reduced Land Productivity To combat this trend, the FAO recommends a «paradigm shift» owards sustainable agricultural practices, including government support for small - scale irrigation methods and greenwater technologies to combat land degradation.

But according to the World Wildlife Fund, improvements to irrigation practices in just one Turkish agricultural region could remove much of that uncertainty, saving enough water annually to meet Istanbul's needs for up to three years.This month, a joint project by WWF and Turkish cookie and cracker manufacturer ETİ Burçak will begin training farmers in Konya, a fertile region of central Anatolia known as «Turkey's breadbasket,» to use modern drip - irrigation methods that reduce water consumption by one third to one half.