of irrigation as a crucial factor in the development of many early states (hydraulic empires). The most important physical elements of an irrigation project...

lawns. Irrigation has been a key aspect of agriculture for over 5,000 years and has been developed by many cultures around the world. Irrigation helps...

Center-pivot irrigation (sometimes called central pivot irrigation), also called water-wheel and circle irrigation, is a method of crop irrigation in which...

Surface irrigation is where water is applied and distributed over the soil surface by gravity. It is by far the most common form of irrigation throughout...

Irrigationmin.gov.lk. Ministry of Irrigation. Retrieved 3 September 2017. Ministry of Irrigation and Water Resources Management Government of Sri Lanka...

Drip irrigation or trickle irrigation is a type of micro-irrigation system that has the potential to save water and nutrients by allowing water to drip...

Nutrient management is the science and practice directed to link soil, crop, weather, and hydrologic factors with cultural, irrigation, and soil and water...

conjunction with irrigation. There are several methods of irrigation that differ in how water is supplied to plants. Surface irrigation, also known as gravity...

rice. Tank irrigation in Thailand is a newer method of irrigation as compared to peninsular India. Similar small-scale reservoir based irrigation methods...

increase the salinity of soils by the addition of salts in irrigation water. Proper irrigation management can prevent salt accumulation by providing adequate...

that problems affecting irrigation were often more institutional than technical. It advocated ‘Participatory Irrigation Management’ (PIM) as the solution...

Water resources management in modern Egypt is a complex process that involves multiple stakeholders who use water for irrigation, municipal and industrial...

water management (irrigation) system for the paddy fields on Bali island, Indonesia. It was developed in the 9th century. For the Balinese, irrigation is...

Sustainable Water and Innovative Irrigation Management (SWIIM) is a farm-optimization and water-conservation system owned by SWIIM System, Ltd. that was...

The Punjab Irrigation Department (Punjabi, Urdu: محکمہ آبپاشی پنجاب) is a provincial government department responsible for irrigation in the Punjab province...

Lift irrigation is a method of irrigation in which water is not transported by natural flow, (as in gravity-fed canal) but is lifted with pumps or surge...

modern water management and irrigation. Of the 62,000 square kilometres with irrigation facilities in Mexico, about 42,000 km2; (67%) are irrigated with surface...

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Drip irrigation, slow watering of roots Lift irrigation, irrigation where water is lifted using pumps or other means Surface irrigation, irrigation where...

underground basins. There are two types of irrigation techniques: spray irrigation and drip irrigation. Drip irrigation is regarded as more efficient as less...

Transanal irrigation is medical procedure in which water is used to evacuate feces from the rectum and descending colon via the anus. Transanal irrigation uses...

rainfall, irrigation in Vietnam is widespread. The reason is the uneven distribution of rainwater in space and in time. Irrigation management is mainly...

area (CCA). Minor irrigation project is a classification of irrigation projects used in India. A project with a designed to irrigate an area of 2000 hectares...

breathing. Nasal irrigation can also refer to the use of saline nasal spray or nebulizers to moisten the mucous membranes. Nasal irrigation can be an effective...

purposes or to irrigate extra units of land. DI is sometimes referred to as incomplete supplemental irrigation or regulated DI. Deficit irrigation (DI) has...

It is a method of controlled and intermittent irrigation. A periodic drying and re-flooding irrigation scheduling approach is followed in which the fields...

India. The benefits derived from the reservoir storage are irrigation with gross irrigation potential of 162,818 hectares (402,330 acres), hydro power...

environmental impact of irrigation relates to the changes in quantity and quality of soil and water as a result of irrigation and the subsequent effects...

populations and that as irrigation makes up 36% of global food production, but that new land for irrigation growth is very limited, irrigation efficiency must...

challenges in the irrigation sector like increasing water stress, competing interests, deteriorating water quality, poor efficiency of irrigation, drainage systems...