Drip irrigation evaluated in Santa Maria Valley strawberries
California Agriculture, 2004 About 4,000 acres of strawberries are grown in the Santa Maria Valley using drip irrigation. In order to help growers irrigate more effectively, we conducted studies to determine crop evapotranspiration; irrigation system performance ...
Blaine Hanson, Warren Bendixen
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Evaluation of a hydrographic technique to measure on-farm water storage volumes [PDF]
, 2005 Digital terrain models of on-farm water storages are required to assist in accurately measuring the on-farm water balance and water use efficiency components including storage capacity, inflow, seepage, evaporation and discharge volumes.
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Productive Efficiency in Water Usage: An Analysis of Differences among Farm Types and Sizes in Georgia [PDF]
In Georgia, the price of irrigation water is equal to the cost of extraction, including pumping and diversion, storage, treatment, and delivery costs. These water-pricing conditions are repeated in locales around the world.
Moore, Rebecca, Price, Joseph
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Does participatory water management contribute to smallholder incomes? Evidence from Minle County, Gansu Province, P.R. China [PDF]
Since the early 1990s, the Chinese water sector has undergone an important institutional reform that has shifted major responsibilities in irrigation management from the government toward water users, organized in so-called Water User Associations (WUAs).
Heerink, N., Leuveld, K., Qu, W.
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Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica, 2007 Background Following increased rates of human campylobacteriosis in the late 1990's, and their apparent association with increased consumption of fresh chicken meat, a longitudinal study was conducted in Iceland to identify the means to decrease the ...
Berke Olaf +6 more
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Water management reforms in the Yellow River Basin: implications for water savings, farm incomes and poverty [PDF]
River basins / Water management / Governance / Water use / Crop production / Models / Farm income / Poverty / Water users’ associations / China / Yellow River ...
Biltonen, Eric +5 more
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Full Water Quality Monitoring of a Traditional Flow-Through Rainbow Trout Farm
Fishes, 2018 Traditional freshwater rainbow trout farms are still popular in some European countries such as Poland, France and Ireland. These systems generally operate in flow-through configuration.
Alexandre Tahar +4 more
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Development trajectories of river basins: a conceptual framework [PDF]
River basin development / Water use / Water demand / Water supply / Water scarcity / Water allocation / Water conservation / Farm ponds / Tanks / Reservoirs / Irrigation management / Water use efficiency / Aquifers ...
Molle, F.
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THE STRUCTURE OF FARMERS' PERCEPTIONS OF GROUND WATER POLLUTION [PDF]
Data from a 1992 Georgia Farm Practices survey are used to examine the structure of farmers' perceptions of ground water pollution and their support of regulations to protect ground water.
Elnagheeb, Abdelmoneim H. +2 more
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The future direction of on-farm irrigation technologies and practice research [PDF]
, 2005 The Cooperative Research Centre for Irrigation Futures mission is to facilitate cooperative research and training networks and programs which continuously improve irrigation policy, tools, practices and processes.
Durack, Matthew K., Raine, Steven R.
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