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Bookmark or Share- Irrigation - National Geographic SocietyTo irrigate is to water crops by bringing in water from pipes, canals, sprinklers, or other man-made means, rather than relying on rainfall alone. Places that have sparse or seasonal rainfall could not sustain agriculture without irrigation. In areas that have irregular precipitation, irrigation improves crop growth and quality.
- Irrigation Methods: A Quick Look | U.S. Geological Survey - USGS.govIrrigation is the controlled application of water for agricultural purposes through manmade systems to supply water requirements not satisfied by rainfall. Crop irrigation is vital throughout the world in order to provide the world's ever-growing populations with enough food. Many different irrigation methods are used worldwide, including.
- Irrigating Vegetable Crops - Center for Agriculture, Food, and the ...Fruiting vegetables. Cucumbers, melons, pumpkins and squashes, lima beans, snap beans, peas, peppers, sweet corn, and tomatoes are most sensitive to drought stress at flowering and as fruits and seeds develop. Fruit set on these crops can be seriously reduced if water becomes limited.
- Surface Irrigation | Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Environmental ScienceSurface irrigation is the oldest and most widely used irrigation method, more than 83% of the world’s irrigated area. It comprises traditional systems, developed over millennia, and modern systems with mechanized and often automated water application and adopting precise land-leveling.
- Irrigation: Irrigation techniques, USGS Water-Science SchoolIrrigation has been around for as long as humans have been cultivating plants. Man's first invention after he learned how to grow plants from seeds was probably a bucket. Ancient people must have been strong from having to haul buckets full of water to pour on their first plants.
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