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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"Irrigation farming"”.
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Critical factors determining successful irrigation farming in Lesotho
… critical factors that determine successful irrigation farming in Lesotho in order to uplift the performance of irrigation and livelihoods of Basotho. A structural questionnaire was administered amongst 153 irrigation farmers and 31 extensionists randomly in the four southern districts of …
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A management study of irrigation farming in the Ashburton-Lyndhurst scheme of Mid-Canterbury
Throughout the world, irrigation is used to raise the productive capacity of the soil, where soil moisture is a limiting factor. Many irrigation areas can not achieve any production without the supplementation of soil moisture, while others employ irrigation as a profitable means of boosting the …
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A geochemical investigation into the occurrence and fate of nitrogen and phosphorus in the lower Oliphants River, Western Cape
… management, especially in cultivated areas where irrigation farming pose a salinization and eutrophication risk to water bodies. A range of water quality problems is associated with eutrophication, which is generally controlled by the nutrients nitrogen and phosphorus. The lower Olifants River is …
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Water management policies and their impact on irrigated crop production in the Murray-Darling Basin, Australia
… impact analysis contained in this book shows how irrigation farming is particularly susceptible when applying certain water management policies in the Australian Murray-Darling Basin, one of the world largest river basins and Australia’s most fertile region. By comparing different pricing and …
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The new philanthropy and smallholder farmers' livelihoods. A case study of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) in the northern region of Ghana
… philanthropy, other methods of faming such as irrigation farming agroecology, and permaculture could be exploited to the benefits of smallholder farmers. The outcomes of this study have policy implications for philanthropic practitioners. This study shows that the failure to involve farmers …
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Renovation of simulated municipal wastewater through intensive irrigation of corn grown on a tile drained conover loam
Thesis (M.S.)--Michigan State University. Dept. of Crop and Soil Science, 1975
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A study of land use conflicts in Mapungubwe area
… interviews with private game farmers, commercial irrigation farmers, farm workers (former and current), Mapungubwe National Park officials and land claimants. Field observations were used to corroborate information collected through interviews. Primary data were collected in order to find out the …
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A remote sensing assessment of irrigation land use land cover change in the Sokoto Rima River Basin, Nigeria
… examines the expansion and utilisation of Fadama irrigation in the Sokoto Rima River Basin using the ground yield and remote sensing data. Decadal land use land cover (LU/LC) change detection was conducted using remotely sensed data from Landsat 4,5,7 ETM for 1988, 1998 and Landsat 8 OLI for 2018 …
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Land-use effects on plant biodiversity and carbon cycling in seasonally dry tropical forests in north-eastern Brazil
… In areas near the Itaparica Reservoir, irrigation farming is conducted with perennial plants such as coconut, banana, guava, and mango and annual crops such as onion and melon being the most common crop species. Here, typical problems such as a high usage of agrochemicals and an improper …
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Climate change and food security: effects of rainfall variability on sustainable food security in the Sahel of northern Nigeria
… or relative. Farmers use crop and pastoral farming to diversify income and change crop variety to adapt to climate change. The study revealed that farmers employ both rain-fed and irrigation farming, combining crop cultivation with pastoralism as a diversification strategy. This strategy is …
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Agricultural adjustments to a falling groundwater table in central Arizona
… relying solely or primarily upon groundwater for irrigation, is divided into two water resource areas. Area A has low-cost, poor quality water and only cotton for a high-value crop. Area B has highcost, good quality water and cotton, vegetables, and citrus for highvalue crops. Nine representative …