Sentences with phrase «irrigation techniques»

The varieties where adapted to the soil, climate and special irrigation techniques used in this region.
The more complex the process (i.e., more complex irrigation techniques and similar) may require additional learning, through a course, degree, or mentorship.
Between them they were responsible for the earliest known writing, establishing mathematical principles and laws, developing irrigation techniques, the wheel and much else.
District Judge Chen, in a decision not dissimilar to the Advocate General's opinion in Asociación Profesional Elite Taxi, ruled that «Uber is no more a technology company than Yellow Cab is a technology company because it uses CB radios to dispatch taxi cabs, John Deere is a technology company because it uses computers and robots to manufacture lawn mowers, or Domino Sugar is a technology company because it uses modern irrigation techniques to grow its sugar cane.
In addition to reducing global greenhouse gas emissions to keep global temperature increases below 2 degrees celsius, as will be negotiated at the upcoming UNFCCC climate change conference in Copenhagen, the EEA report calls on both the public and private sector to better share and conserve water resources in the region, such as by improving irrigation techniques, harvesting rainwater, and re-using wastewater and greywater.
Sky Greens grows vegetables in urban areas with its vertical farming system and closed - loop irrigation technique.
The Fazenda Tamanduà in Brazil is situated in an area severely affected by salinization caused by inappropriate irrigation techniques.
An annual $ 3.6 - million congressional appropriation supports the research, ranging from irrigation techniques and precipitation management to animal feedlot operations.
We are supporting organic production, working with farmers on irrigation techniques, better nursery programs for seedlings, and better insect control.
Many engineers and entrepreneurs are working on smart ways to improve agricultural irrigation systems to minimize water use, from improved drip irrigation techniques to using cell phones and sensors to keep farmers alerted to areas of their crops that need water or are over watered.
«When managed well, wineries can actually help to sustain their climate and continue to produce delectable wine by minimizing their carbon footprint with practices like implementing irrigation techniques that conserve water, instituting composting processes, building recycling systems, or by choosing organic or biodynamic production methods.
That, on top of natural resource mismanagement by the Assad regime — subsidizing water - intensive wheat and cotton farming and unsustainable irrigation techniques — led to a large amount of devastation.
For that reason, a growing number of conservationists support helping small farmers in poor nations replace wood with liquid fuels and improve their access to modern fertilizers and irrigation techniques in order to both feed the world's growing population and reverse deforestation.
Plant Science: from new breeding methods, to innovative fertiliser and irrigation techniques, to new paradigms in tackling plant diseases, plant science is being used to improve crop yields and reduce food waste.
Irrigation techniques, pruning and trellising to improve the health and energy - absorbing capacity of the vines since could have inadvertently led to earlier onset.
Irrigation techniques, industrial and residential habits combined with climate change lie at the root of the problem.
If the suspected link between irrigation and contamination is confirmed, irrigation techniques that result in less evaporation could prevent more arsenic from leaching into groundwater.
If the suspected direct link is confirmed, irrigation techniques would need to be adapted so as to counteract the evaporation and infiltration of irrigation water.
While some scholars suggest that all major irrigation techniques were first brought here by the troops of China's Han Dynasty (206 B.C. - 220 A.D.), Li's study suggests that local agropastoral communities adopted many arid - climate irrigation techniques before the Han dynasty and kept using them to the post-Han era.
Eventually, government soil - conservation programs, irrigation techniques, and other projects helped restore prosperity to the region.
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