Sentences with phrase «through increased irrigation»

Volumes of many of the world s large lakes have been reduced in recent decades through increased irrigation and other water use.

Strategies to adapt could include managing soil moisture content through increasing irrigation or mulching, choosing better vine - stock roots or managing crop yield, said Webb.

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Ghana has the potential to increase the amount of food the country produces by up to five folds through the introduction of irrigation facilities on farms.

Human activities directly produce only a small increase in water vapor through combustion processes and irrigation.

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

Human activities directly produce only a small increase in water vapor through combustion processes and irrigation.

Through irrigation, fertiliser, pesticides, and plant breeding, the Green Revolution increased world grain production by an astonishing 250 per cent between 1950 and 1984, raising the calorie intake of the world's poorest people and averting severe famines.