Farm irrigation : planning & management /
There is no doubt that irrigation makes a major contribution to agricultural production, making a whole range of crops viable in an otherwise unreliable climate and helping insure against drought. However irrigation does not automatically guarantee a profit and acclaim, it is a high cost exercise, u...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Port Melbourne ; Newton [Mass.] :
Inkata Press,
©1997.
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Colección: | Practical farming.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | There is no doubt that irrigation makes a major contribution to agricultural production, making a whole range of crops viable in an otherwise unreliable climate and helping insure against drought. However irrigation does not automatically guarantee a profit and acclaim, it is a high cost exercise, using water from increasingly scarce supplies, and contributes to environmental concerns of the community. Many of the pressures facing some irrigators have been caused by a lack of understanding in the past of best practices necessary in design, installation and management. Alternative methods of ir. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (164 pages) : illustrations |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (page 160) and index. |
ISBN: | 9780080548654 0080548652 |