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New Tools Improve Farm Nutrient and Water Management

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New Tools Improve Farm Nutrient and Water Management

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EU-funded researchers have developed new mapping tools and services to help farmers better manage the application of nutrients and water to their fields and ...

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Irrigation's Role in Precipitation

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Irrigation's Role in Precipitation

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A national team led by the University of Nebraska–Lincoln is studying potential links among irrigation, cloud formation and rainfall. by Shawna ...

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Telemetry and ​Remote Control ​Watering ​Systems – ​Spanish Case ​Study

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Telemetry and ​Remote Control ​Watering ​Systems – ​Spanish Case ​Study

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A research group including University of Cordoba Agronomy Professors Emilio Camacho and Juan Antonio Rodríguez Díaz decided to assess if these kinds of ...

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Soil-based Filter Bricks Clean up Water for Moroccan Farmers

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Soil-based Filter Bricks Clean up Water for Moroccan Farmers

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A home-made filter system using layers of soil and gravel cleans domestic waste water  well enough to make it suitable for irrigation, a research team in ...

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Online Tool ​Pinpoints ​Bangladesh ​Water ​Irrigation ​Sites

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Online Tool ​Pinpoints ​Bangladesh ​Water ​Irrigation ​Sites

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Scientists from the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center are researching the best way to increase double cropping in Bangladesh, and they suggest ...

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DIY Solar Drip Irrigation

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DIY Solar Drip Irrigation

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This document is for smallholders using gravity feed drip irrigation on a small plot of land. Before reading this document I recommend that you watch the ...

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Irrigation Method Saves 50% of Water Needed for Potato Growth

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Irrigation Method Saves 50% of Water Needed for Potato Growth

University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences researchers have found an irrigation method that uses 50 percent less water than traditional ...

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