Food shortages in certain areas caused by natural disasters and the rising price of oil led to food price increases that meant consumers could afford less food for their families. What is needed in today's world of fragile water supplies is new, appropriate technology such as irrigation systems and training for producers in productive but low-input methods.
...Agriculture is the big problem -- irrigation of cropland is responsible for 71 per cent of fres... to reform dysfunctional irrigation systems. Farmers in the Yangtze Basin elected water user's...
... subdivision real estate development, irrigation systems construction, road construction and crushi...
... which the construction of new roads, irrigation systems, water diversions and dams, or transport a...
... seeds and fertilizer and improving irrigation and transport for small-scale farmers, especially ..., communication networks, irrigation systems, extension services, storage facilities, and rural...
... for new options for sustainable food systems in Canada. However, one part of the problem of eve... of those systems was ignored: irrigation. Irrigation takes a smaller proportion of water in...
... the same: an inevitable collapse of the systems of food production and the society dependent upon ... of the Fertile Crescent constructed irrigation systems that ended up salting their soils; the Rom...
As one of the fastest economic growing country in the world, China faces many water challenges. While there is no magic bullet to solving those challenges, a diversified selection of alternative water resources to help stretch traditional freshwater supplies is one of the optimal solutions. For this reason, the view of managing wastewater is moving from safe disposal of the treated product to incorporating it into the water supply. Since reclaimed water is increasingly consider being a valuable resource, the management of reclaimed water is also going to play a significant role in China's future water management. This paper aims to give an overview of reclaimed water used activities in China and outline some issues arise from the management defect. And the innovative management strategi...
...* Irrigation. * Street-sweeping operations. * Power generation.... Water Reuse through Dual Distribution Systems, Reclaimed water conference, 1996). However, untre...
One of the biggest overuses of water is watering more than once a week," she says. "If you water more frequently, your lawn gets more dependent, because of a shallow root system. If the roots get deeper, they search for their own water sources and the lawn is more self-reliant. "Fertilizing just once creates huge amounts of top growth," he says, "so the tops get bigger than the roots, and when you get drought, the roots aren't big enough to support the tops." "Over time, the grass plants can deplete the soil of nutrients, so we recommend that every few years, you top-dress the soil, putting on compost and seeds," he says. "You get new plants coming up and the new varieties are much more resistant to disease and drought."
... weather monitors on automatic lawn irrigation systems -- or at least knowing how to shut off and...
... industrial lighting, ventilation and irrigation systems. Her home, in which she lived alone, was t...
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