"With almost any of these, it's irrigation, irrigation, irrigation," Stanton said.
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One way to face that risk is to encourage irrigation, especially water-hoarding drip-irrigation.
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Hatibu said that, as part of the irrigation push, AGRA will launch a microfinance "irrigation fund" where businesses can seek loans to build irrigation infrastructure, from wells to pipes and water storage.
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Some Arizona farmers will no doubt conserve water by switching from flood irrigation to more efficient drip irrigation.
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Malawi's Department of Irrigation says irrigation projects are on the rise in Malawi as a result of changing weather conditions.
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A priority was to get as much water into the reservoir as possible before the dry season when it is needed for irrigation, said Kaung Myat Thein, an irrigation official at the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation.
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The government has been raising its irrigation spending every year, but we've failed to bring any extra area under irrigation facility.
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But expanding access to irrigation to a much higher number of farmers will require a range of other changes, from cuts to taxes on imported irrigation equipment to better training of farmers – particularly women – in the latest irrigation techniques, the researchers said.
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He grows sweet pepper, cabbages, onions and water melons using drip irrigation, which he says saves water by 90 percent compared to normal flood irrigation.
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Altogether the country has about 112,000 hectares under irrigation, out of about 400,000 where the systems could be used, according to the country's Department of Irrigation.
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Prachanda Pradhan, whose Nepalese organisation, the Farmer Managed Irrigation Systems Promotion Trust (FMIST), provided technical support to the Dhap farmers on the irrigation rebuilding, said such small-scale irrigation systems are crucial to many farmers in countries like Nepal and Bangladesh, helping protect jobs and food supplies.
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Pakistan's semi-arid climate means more than 90 percent of harvests depend on irrigation through the Indus Basin Irrigation System, which draws water from the Indus River.
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Especially in agriculture, incentives to invest in efficiency — from micro-irrigation to canal modernization to more precise irrigation scheduling — could free up water to restore depleted rivers.
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They encouraged water-saving taps and shower heads to cut consumption by half, got smarter about water reclamation and irrigation practices, and financed costly deep underground irrigation systems.
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Rainwater harvesting tanks, to catch the runoff from tin roofs, also are being installed, and irrigation pumps purchased, on a continent with one of the world's lowest irrigation rates.
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" - Courtney, 20 "Digging irrigation trenches with religious fundamentalists.
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The area covered by irrigation is still small, and critics point out that recurrent droughts could diminish water levels in the dams so much that the irrigation systems become useless.
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While all garden hoses can, of course, be used for irrigation of plants, flowers, turf, and so on, a standard garden hose is not referred to as an irrigation hose.
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Georges had worked for his father in irrigation for 303 years, and over that time he installed over 230,22015 acres of irrigation for citrus crops, according to the company's website.
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With drip irrigation, farmers water their crops using the precise amount of water needed, instead of just releasing large amounts of water onto a field as they would with flood irrigation.
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After seeing the success farmers had using drip irrigation, the government of the Indian state of Maharashtra (where drought has been a major problem) is going all-out for drip irrigation.
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Also at six months, 59 percent of those using nasal irrigation were using over the counter medications for their sinus symptoms, compared with 68 percent in the groups not using irrigation.
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Other projects include upgrading ports, roads, rail links and irrigation.
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"There will be no irrigation needed after planting," Jongejan says.
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It doesn't need irrigation because it's made out of water.
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"A lot of irrigation canals are destroyed, too," he said.
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The irrigation practices followed by farmers are inefficient at best.
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The sector is decapitalized and boasts little irrigation and drainage.
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Including the plants and irrigation, and six months' free maintenance.
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There were also small dwellings, quarries and intricate irrigation systems.
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In return for them, we get protection, irrigation, transportation, arbitration.
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Plantings are supported by an irrigation system and landscape lighting.
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An irrigation canal that usually brings water to Gering, Neb.
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What irrigation is to farmland, subways are to real estate.
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Crops were approaching the point when irrigation becomes most important.
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Apparently, our drinking and irrigation water doesn't matter as much.
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Irrigation canals, health clinics, schools and highways were also damaged.
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At Gunde, a village in central Malawi's Ntcheu district, the system provides irrigation water and safe drinking water to 700 people in the area, said Ntombi Kafere, a member of the Umodzi irrigation scheme.
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The rice grows in standing water, which requires irrigation and drainage.
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"That now tells me, please spend more on irrigation," he said.
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Surface irrigation projects cover only 4.353 million hectares of that total.
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Today, after decades of being drained for irrigation, it's nearly gone.
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Smart irrigation systems monitor soil quality and weather to conserve water.
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Four of its six members have links to the irrigation industry.
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Israel uses drip irrigation, which saves water and could be copied.
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Almost 19603% of India's irrigation needs are now met from groundwater.
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Sudan has promised foreign investors an abundance of water for irrigation.
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The process involves raising water levels using dams and irrigation channels.
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Farmers should be trained and encouraged to switch to drip irrigation.
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Over-irrigation has dried up lakes and turned seas into dustbowls.
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Alternatives range from farmland irrigation to heat pumps to ride-sharing.
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Many people here are subsistence farmers and can't afford irrigation systems.
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Supplies products like sprinklers, drains, pumps and nozzles for agricultural irrigation.
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Irrigation would leave farmers less at the mercy of the rains.
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The police filled irrigation ditches with concrete to prevent further cultivation.
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The new irrigation features soon became breeding grounds for malarial mosquitoes.
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It has an extensive recycling program and uses wastewater for irrigation.
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Integrated lighting, audio, and irrigation systems are installed on the terrace.
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A breach of the Swar irrigation dam's spillway at 4 a.m.
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A real-life example of this process at work is the increased use of drip-irrigation technology in India, the result of inroads made by one of the world's biggest producers of drip-irrigation equipment, NaanDanJain.
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The boys were found unresponsive in an irrigation ditch near a cornfield.
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It is true that drip irrigation contributes substantially towards improving water productivity.
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Nearly two-thirds of land under cultivation has little or no irrigation.
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CropX makes soil sensors and irrigation controllers for use on commercial farms.
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To be an irrigation system is to be a waterfall of fragrance.
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He reckons the irrigation projects will "future-proof" Tasmania against drought. Perhaps.
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The Ogallala aquifer supplies large-scale crop irrigation and cattle-watering operations.
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Farmers are updating irrigation systems to prepare for a dwindling water supply.
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Chinese projects include roads, bridges, irrigation systems, electrical transmission infrastructure and dams.
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Summer rains are crucial as nearly half of India's farmland lacks irrigation.
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This treated water is also frequently used for irrigation and industrial purposes.
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Wheat farming, on the other hand, relies on rainfall instead of irrigation.
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Drip irrigation could help India's farmers be more productive while saving water.
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India's farmers depend on the monsoon since half their lands lack irrigation.
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Aerial bombing and indiscriminate artillery fire flattened villages and destroyed irrigation canals.
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Irrigation would leave Malawi's farmers less at the mercy of the rains.
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Without machinery or irrigation, harvesting this land still relies on manual labor.
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Rain and irrigation carried DDT from fields into creeks, rivers, deltas, bays.
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Rainwater, meanwhile, is harvested and used in the stadium's pitch irrigation system.
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Drier weather and falling water tables mean more powered irrigation and desalination.
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"Frankly I consider irrigation of vineyards a pure waste of water," says Mostero.
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That has lent an added urgency to speed up the surface irrigation projects.
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The 23 projects will help bring an extra 1.3 million hectares under irrigation.
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This is why we are using groundwater for irrigation - and it's a sin.
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Monsoon rains replenish reservoirs and groundwater, allowing better irrigation and more hydropower output.
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The second big problem is that land is being poisoned by "sewage irrigation".
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Iraq's irrigation methods are often wasteful, and the equipment tends to be rickety.
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Communities which rely on irrigation detest the plan because it threatens their livelihood.
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Only around 15 percent of Cuban sugar plantations boast irrigation and adequate drainage.
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At that stage 40% of its waters were too polluted even for irrigation.
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Nearly half of India's farmland lacks irrigation and planting usually lasts until July.
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Irrigation, though expensive, has offered a cushion to some growers in the east.
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But Egypt fears it will also be used for irrigation, cutting downstream supply.
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An irrigation system is not needed; being in a rainforest has its advantages.
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When increased irrigation of fields was inserted into the model, harvest loss decreased.
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"For rice farming, the two big things are irrigation and labor," Talhelm says.
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They drown in the deceptive currents of the Rio Grande or irrigation canals.
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At three months, patients' symptoms decreased more with nasal irrigation than without it.
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Monsoon rains replenish reservoirs and groundwater, allowing better irrigation and more hydropower output.
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Jain Irrigation Systems rose 6 percent, while Insecticides (India) Ltd soared 17 percent.
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Farmers, who rely on rain and lack irrigation facilities, have been hit hard.
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Best of all, the irrigation bottle is super cheap, and hopefully, super effective.
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Two nurses came to get me at 7 pm for my second irrigation.
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"Show young people with tractors, green fields, nice irrigation systems, smartphones," she said.
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For landholders such as Abbas the new irrigation system offers promising new opportunities.
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Mr. Doshi's own company, the Vishakha Group, makes plastic pipes used for irrigation.
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The wrong color can indicate nutritional deficiencies in the crops, or irrigation leaks.
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Drink was often just a pail of water fetched from an irrigation canal.
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For instance: The rule also explicitly exempted a number of bodies of water often found on farms, such as puddles, ditches, artificial ponds for livestock watering, and irrigation systems that would revert to dry land if irrigation were to stop.
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The process is then reversed, and uses roughly half the water of traditional irrigation.
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Meltwater runoff, which provides drinking water, hydropower, and irrigation for local communities can disappear.
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Palo Verde Irrigation District in Southern California has created a market to move water.
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"We are happy the irrigation program is improving agricultural production and incomes," Muluh said.
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More than 280 irrigation projects worth some $36 billion have been stuck for years.
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We will continue to monitor the drain and work with Walker River Irrigation District.
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Other people have gotten amoeba infections from using non-sterile water for nasal irrigation.
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It has terraced hills to create more cropland, built dams and dug irrigation canals.
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Sudan wants to divert water into irrigation projects, hoping to become the regional breadbasket.
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Many inventions in farming equipment, such as circular irrigation systems, were pioneered by farmers.
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A drip irrigation system is installed under the nets to use water more efficiently.
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He championed thousands of development initiatives, including irrigation projects, farming schemes and medical services.
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Some cannot afford inputs such as seed and fertiliser, let alone install irrigation systems.
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The city government defended itself, saying it was working closely with the irrigation department.
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But irrigation water is a "viable explanation," the FDA said in an August update.
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Not everyone is persuaded the irrigation push will work effectively to combat food insecurity.
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Sudan supports the dam because it will regulate floods and provide electricity and irrigation.
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Now they have started seeing yields rise since the water pump made irrigation easier.
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That has left farmers like Ajmir Singh struggling as their irrigation wells dry up.
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Agulus will pull data from irrigation valves and pumps for its agriculture tech business.
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WFP is working with affected communities to improve water irrigation systems and reforest areas.
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It also improves the water retention of soil, thus lessening the need for irrigation.
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His idea was to use drones to scout fields for irrigation and pest problems.
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Light-green wheat fields grow waist-high, and narrow irrigation canals run almost clear.
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A common estimate is that flood-irrigation squanders 393% of the water it releases.
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Indian farmers rely heavily on rains as irrigation infrastructure in the country remains creaky.
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Juvenile salmon were sucked into irrigation intake pipes on their way to the sea.
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Currently, we are working to install drip irrigation in all our sugar cane fields.
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A long section about irrigation, for example, overwhelms with technical details and historical arcana.
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That study found that improved irrigation could offset at least some of the losses.
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Instead of drip irrigation, mostly outdated techniques consume 80 percent of the available water.
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Communities will be offered support with savings-and-loans schemes, irrigation projects, and education.
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Sudan and Egypt are the biggest users of the river for irrigation and dams.
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And my grandfather was a farmer and director of irrigation in a farming community.
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One group continued with their usual care, one was instructed to perform daily nasal irrigation based on an instructional video, one was told to do daily steam inhalation and the last group was instructed to do both nasal irrigation and steam inhalation.
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Irrigation developers controlled water, cattle barons controlled the grass, and settlers were essentially locked out.
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Both are significantly more water efficient than traditional farms, even those using precise irrigation systems.
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Modi's administration has decided to focus initially on 46 of the stalled surface irrigation projects.
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The interior of "Bosco Verticale" features a complex irrigation system that takes water residents use ...
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Farming infrastructure, including irrigation canals and grain depots, has been destroyed, according to the FAO.
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He said water conservation and irrigation both require a massive effort, based on public participation.
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Landscape crews will also need to replace the irrigation pipes used to water the trees.
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A technique called "precision irrigation" may curb both water consumption and the leaching of nitrogen.
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The World Bank reckons that roughly 20% of the region's irrigation potential has been developed.
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The salinity of the water pumped up for irrigation can then wreak havoc on crops.
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Recognizing customary rights would help small farmers expand their agricultural production through irrigation, she said.
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Think of wasteful irrigation coming up against water limits and threatening reductions in food production.
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Almost 21 farmers have already bought into ten irrigation schemes that are up and running.
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They expect to plant 603,260 fruit trees this spring, using an Israeli drip-irrigation system.
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There is an in-ground irrigation system on the lawn to keep the grass green.
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An irrigation system in the island sends water flowing over the top and creates tidepools.
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Every morning, Luis Miguel Joya, 26, comes to his fields to install an irrigation system.
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Precise amounts of nutrient and crop-protection chemicals can be added to the irrigation water.
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They helped form Netafim, the world's leading maker of drip-irrigation systems, worth nearly $1.9bn.
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Agricultural companies slumped after disappointing quarterly results and a shaky outlook from irrigation company Lindsay.
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Is the outbreak strain still present in the irrigation water or has it been eliminated?
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Farmers could arrange for more irrigation for crops and extra water and shade for livestock.
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While a warmer climate may affect rain and irrigation, other changes are not as apparent.
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If a user wants, they can adjust their irrigation systems via the Edyn smartphone app.
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Air pollution, volcanoes and irrigation all cool the climate, while rising greenhouse gases warm it.
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This hampered irrigation schemes as well as businesses in the cities of Lilongwe and Blantyre.
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Residents casually pass by monuments—temples, bridges, and irrigation canals—dating back thousands of years.
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These farmers need access to better technologies, such as mechanization, irrigation and transport to markets.
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In fact, the water flows into an irrigation canal and never reaches any navigable water.
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Nasal irrigation helps flush out infected secretions which cause stuffiness, inflammation and pain, Little said.
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Later, I drove with Jaiswal to the outskirts of Kanpur, to see the irrigation canal.
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A crucial farming practice, irrigation boosts crop yields and protects farmers against random weather patterns.
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But the invasions have intensified dramatically as the solar irrigation project has taken off, they said.
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That outbreak, which sickened about 200 people and killed five, was blamed on tainted irrigation water.
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Don't be an idiot and leave sprinklers or irrigation hoses on when it's about to rain.
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The increasingly dry conditions hurt seedlings, and the crop is not worth the effort of irrigation.
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His expansive photographs show workers tending saplings, filling irrigation tanks, and blasting young trees with water.
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Rachio, a smart sprinkler company, offers technology that is installed directly into your home irrigation system.
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They could develop better irrigation systems, and new crop strains could be bred to resist drought.
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Better water-management policies and more water-efficient agricultural practices (such as drip irrigation) are needed.
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Higher rainfall can trim demand for subsidized diesel, which is used to pump wells for irrigation.
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Yet the production of fruit and vegetables increasingly relies on irrigation to maintain yield and quality.
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Back on the ranch, he helped ensure the free flow of water round his irrigation district.
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A water crisis rooted in wasteful irrigation, climate change and dam-building is imperilling them again.
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There is little sign of new irrigation or roads, which would help farmers sell legal crops.
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The rest of the treated water is used for irrigation at the plant and washing equipment.
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In the past, farmers could let fields stand fallow when irrigation water was in short supply.
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The founders said ROOT uses programmable LED lighting and an irrigation system to help maximize growth.
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Watergates were something you had in irrigation systems, and the gate is a word for vagina.
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Success or failure in flood control and irrigation can furnish or remove the Mandate of Heaven.
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Other appointments were ministers for antiquities, the public sector, labor, irrigation, civil aviation, transport, and tourism.
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"These new strategies for irrigation and shading will keep the wine industry going," he reckons. L'chaim!
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With the region's porous volcanic bedrock, irrigation water is drawn out of interconnected rivers and groundwater.
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In many nations, from the Andes to the Himalayas, this will disrupt hydro power and irrigation.
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You know, the ones that supply our drinking water, irrigation systems, and power-plant cooling systems?
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USAID also has supported irrigation and farming projects in the region, according to a federal official.
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More potential sources Water and sediment at the irrigation reservoir on the property of Adam Bros.
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Irrigation tubes punctured with tiny weep holes snake among the panels to keep the plants watered.
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Additionally, up to 50 percent of water used outside is lost due to poor irrigation systems.
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"When that happens we are optimistic that many more farmers will adopt drip irrigation," said Fadnavis.
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The practice is called nasal irrigation, and it reportedly has its roots in ancient Ayurvedic medicine.
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For example, if there is a break in the timer or clog in the irrigation lines.
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The irrigation system reached 60,3303 hectares of land, around a quarter of Nineveh's potentially fertile land.
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In areas at risk of drought, they could use more precise irrigation techniques to conserve water.
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A 40,000-gallon underground tank will collect rainwater for use in plumbing, cooling and irrigation systems.
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Remote areas will need roads, irrigation systems and other infrastructure to become the next farming frontier.
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"In regional areas, water is gold as both an irrigation and fire-fighting resource," he said.
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This hampered irrigation schemes as well as affecting businesses in the cities of Lilongwe and Blantyre.
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But the day when Morales and Arce inaugurated the irrigation project wasn't meant to be controversial.
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The nongovernmental organization focuses on clean drinking water, irrigation, sanitation and electrical generation, its website says.
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Low prices mean farmers won't invest in planting shade trees, disease-resistant seeds, or new irrigation.
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"The driving factor has to be the fertilizers, the seed varieties, the irrigation," Dr. Campbell said.
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One of them, Tawfiq Abosh, 270, credited the small irrigation system he built eight years ago.
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The water is used not only for drinking but also for crop irrigation and electricity generation.
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There's a need for water infrastructure, both for improved fish and irrigation supplies and flood control.
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It animated the 1902 Reclamation Act that funded irrigation projects that developed the western United States.
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Creating more green spaces means a greater need for irrigation, and Long Beach has a water problem.
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Since coming to power in 2014, Modi's government has launched initiatives to improve irrigation and crop insurance.
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But Kendra says that isn't a feasible solution because there is an irrigation system in that area.
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Water for irrigation is free, and seeds, diesel fuel, electricity and fertiliser are all sold below cost.
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Last October Mr Loayza's agents found 1.3 tonnes of cocaine that had been shaped into irrigation pipes.
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South Sinai investments will be "in the agriculture, irrigation, transport, education and other services sectors," she said.
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Many pay nothing to raid underground aquifers—India pumps two-thirds of its irrigation-water this way.
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Pinheaded bureaucrats insisting on permits for irrigation ditches offends what remains of America's sense of rugged individualism.
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It is critical for the country's 1 million farmers because nearly half of their farmland lacks irrigation.
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There's an app for optimized irrigation and researchers help farmers harvest crops like they're lines of code.
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Combating that would require changes including in agriculture, such as adopting water-saving drip irrigation, he said.
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The Indus River supports nearly three-quarters of Pakistan's total irrigation of agricultural land, according to Stratfor.
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The agency's water quality experts have also deemed the San Juan River safe for agriculture and irrigation.
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Mamatgapirov opens a metal sluice gate, releasing a stream of water down a series of irrigation canals.
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He had been patiently waiting for his irrigation water when a neighbor attacked him with a spade.
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She says she would direct spending toward public works such as roads, irrigation canals and water plants.
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But technologies like sunken bed farming and irrigation enable them to use stored rainwater to cultivate crops.
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But he put A$10m into two central Tasmania irrigation schemes after local farmers had bought in.
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As rains become more erratic, Zimbabwe is looking to irrigation to cushion its food supplies against drought.
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The government's plan to rehabilitate the industry earmarked $30 million to install sprinkler irrigation for saffron cultivation.
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Other appointments were ministers for justice, antiquities, the public sector, labour, irrigation, civil aviation, transport, and tourism.
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Emptying the reservoir would leave Iraqis seriously short of drinking and unpolluted irrigation water in the summer.
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Unsustainable irrigation is drying up wells and threatening food security in India, China and other vital breadbaskets.
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As a result, surface water that would have been used for hydropower can be used for irrigation.
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Poor irrigation techniques and severe contamination of groundwater have brought India to the edge of this crisis.
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India is predominantly an agricultural country, with 80% of its water used for irrigation, the report says.
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The region was poor, irrigation was inadequate—the family often went hungry—and there were few roads.
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Fire authorities sent a team to the Swar irrigation dam after the breach at 5:30 a.m.
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We want to invest in irrigation but without financial support we are not able to do that.
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My plot was modest, and I dug small irrigation trenches all about it to make watering easy.
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The farms use water allocated for irrigation and do not pay the required water tax, he said.
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Better water management, including rainfall harvesting and small-scale irrigation, could also make a difference, he said.
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In rural Arizona, where there are essentially no groundwater regulations governing irrigation, they found an ideal destination.
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The "Irrigation Wall" is the brainchild of Gautier Piechotta and Wu Di from Paris's École Spéciale d'Architecture.
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Hortau has smart irrigation devices that farmers can use to evaluate the moisture content of their fields.
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The South Korean contractor that built the irrigation project gave the equipment a lifespan of 25 years.
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The program offers people welfare payments in exchange for work on infrastructure projects, like digging irrigation ditches.
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He described the current courses as aging and in need of repair, with irrigation and drainage problems.
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Finally, just when conditions were looking more stable, the irrigation canal split open and water stopped flowing.
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Cane accounts for 4 percent of Maharashtra's crop area but devours two-thirds of its irrigation water.
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Other studies will include threats to native flora and fauna from diseases and pests, irrigation and drainage.
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The talks were attended by the foreign ministers, irrigation ministers and intelligence chiefs of the three countries.
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Each will receive an irrigation kit, 25 chickens and two goats to help stimulate the local economy.
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It has paid for Ethiopian officials to study China's irrigation and Indian officials to study its trains.
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Villas, each with its own plunge pool, line canal-like swimming pools that reference area irrigation systems.
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Video footage showed the mangled wreckage of the open-top truck toppled over in an irrigation canal.
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Thanks to several DIY irrigation systems she hacked throughout her home, including two irrigation units she created using a 150-foot hose that connects to pipes under her kitchen sink, Ms. Oakes said she has to spend only about a half-hour a day tending to her plants.
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