Presented here are some guidelines and criteria to aid in the selection process for irrigation management assistance. The complexity of agricultural technology makes it difficult for the farmer to apply this technology on a day-by-day basis. Refinement and application of agricultural technology in the field has generally been through industrial rep...
Published in Biological Conservation
Traditionally rice Oryza sativa fields in Japan are irrigated by diverting river water through shallow earth ditches using sluices and weirs. However this ‘old-style’ method is being replaced rapidly by a ‘new-style’ system in which water is pumped into paddy fields via taps and drained into deep concrete-sided canals. Concern has been expressed th...
2002
The objective of this work was to evaluate the water flow computer model, WATABLE, using experimental field observations on water table management plots from a site located near Hastings, FL, USA. The experimental field had scale drainage systems with provisions for subirrigation with buried microirrigation and conventional seepage irrigation syste...
Recenty, polyethylene pots(PP) present a significant environmental issue for waste disposal. To develop bedding plant production system without PP, properties of compacted medium hardened by heat fusion polyester fiber were investigated. Effects of irrigation methods on the growth of vegetative propagated petunia grown in medium without PP were inv...
Stakeholders in agriculture and water related issues have different perceptions about the productivity of water. This is evident by the different definitions of productivity of water, though most of the definitions hinge around the benefits accrued from water use. The viewpoint of smallholder farmers? regarding the productivity of water is importan...
