Peons and Progressives: Race and Boosterism in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, 1904-1941 [PDF]
, 2018 The Texas borderlands have come to be increasingly important in the historical literature and in public opinion for the way that the region shapes national thought on race, borders, and ethnicity.
Cavazos, Margarita +3 more
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The concept of water saving in precision irrigation and its calculation method
Guan'gai paishui xuebaoThis paper explores the principles of water saving in precision irrigation by systematically examining the relationship between irrigation accuracy and water conservation.
WANG Zhongjing +4 more
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FINISHING LAMBS ON BORDER DYKE IRRIGATION
Proceedings of the New Zealand Grassland Association, 1985 Finishing iambs to produce a bigger dollar sign is a challenge to all sheep farmers. Around the beginning of 1980 life had become a little dull and we thought a change was necessary. So, after some haggling a 620 ha property was bought. It tended to be a little bedraggled as we could only keep three mobs of sheep apart but after putting on sixty-five ...
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Is small scale irrigation an efficient propoor strategy in the upper Limpopo basin in Mozambique? [PDF]
, 2014 In Sub Sahara Africa, there is evidence that households with access to small scale irrigation are significantly less poor than households without access to irrigation. But private motopump tend to be unequally distributed.
Ducrot, Raphaèle
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AgronomyThe transplanted cotton–wheat rotation enables dual cropping but alters root system architecture, typically suppressing taproot growth and promoting shallow lateral and fibrous roots, with unclear implications for irrigation response and water use ...
Xuan Guo +6 more
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The determinants of smallholder farmers inclusion / Exclusion in modern agro-food supply chains : A case of the tomato sub-sector in Limpopo and Mpumalanga Provinces in South Africa [PDF]
, 2008 This paper discusses the effects of markets restructuring on small-scale farmers in South Africa by analysing the determinants of small-scale farmers¿ market choices in the tomato sector in two Provinces.
Biénabe, Estelle +2 more
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Surface irrigation management in relation to water infiltration and distribution in soils
Soil and Water Research, 2010 Water infiltration and storage under surface irrigation are evaluated, based on the initial soil water content and inflow rate as well as on the irrigation parameters and efficiencies.
Abdelmonem M. AMER, Kamal H. AMER
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Progress of guayule trials in Europe (Spain and France) : early evaluation [PDF]
, 2010 The main objectives of the project were to define the potential for cultivation of guayule (#Parthenium Argentatum#) in Southern Europe and to assess the economical justification as an alternative source for natural rubber produced in Europe.
Calléja, M. +8 more
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Water use and salinity in the Murray–Darling Basin: A state-contingent model [PDF]
The supply of water for irrigation is subject to climatic and policy uncertainty. The object of the present paper is to show how the linear and non-linear programming models commonly used in modelling problems such as those arising in the Murray–Darling ...
Adamson, David +2 more
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Groundwater Irrigation System for Sustainable Agriculture [PDF]
, 2019 The aim of this project was to develop a prototype that may be a model to help relieve food insecurity in rural Liberia. This was accomplished by designing a groundwater extraction, recharge, and irrigation system to facilitate year-long crop-growth. The
Koros, Peter +2 more
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