farm water-use Articles
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Manage your Pivot Remotely with FieldNET
Zimmatic Controllers – The Only Control Panel Compatible with Fieldnet Control panels have always been used on pivot sprinklers. New smart control panels, however, are revolutionizing pivot irrigation. These devices reduce water consumption and lead to savings in time and labour. Zimmatic control panels have everything for the grower who is ready to take complete control of their ...
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Five benefits of agricultural smart irrigation
Population growth and an increase in irrigated agricultural land lead to a greater need for water and energy, at a time when global warming and rising greenhouse gas emissions are posing a real environmental challenge. In this context, the benefits of smart irrigation, i.e., using the exact amount of water needed for each crop, help to optimize this scarce resource. If we take a closer look at ...
By Idrica
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New methodical way for sustainable farming systems using treated sewage water in irrigation in Jordan
Most scientific approaches in research are done under objectified, controlled conditions. Such experiments do not reflect the everyday reality of farmers. Moreover, experimental research in agriculture does not always reflect the interests of Jordanian farmers. Another type of research is therefore needed. We need research that integrates Gamma and Beta sciences, farmers and scientists and the ...
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Factors influencing water-use security among smallholder irrigating farmers in Msinga, KwaZulu-Natal Province
This study investigates the physical, socio-economic and institutional factors affecting water-use security among irrigating smallholder farmers in Msinga Local Municipality to recommend policy. Cluster analysis was used to classify farmers according to their water-use security status. The logit model was then used to investigate the socio-economic factors influencing farmers' water-use ...
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Palm Oil Wastewater
Palm oil wastewater is not only the highest yielding cheap vegetable oil on the earth but also a safe raw material for edible oils and daily chemicals, and a raw material for biofuel. As a raw material for edible vegetable oils, chemical raw materials and biofuel, palm oil has attracted worldwide attention in the process of ecological protection and industrial pollution. Palm oil mill effluent ...
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Guide to Vertical Farming
Vertical farming, also known as indoor farming, has gained a lot of recognition in recent years as a solid method of sustainability. Vertical farming has been conceived out of the challenges affecting the present, more specifically issues such as overpopulation, resource depletion, and food shortage.Vertical farming is the process of production of food that takes the form of vertically inclined ...
By UbiBot
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Palm Oil Wastewater
Palm oil is not only the highest yielding cheap vegetable oil on the earth but also a safe raw material for edible oils and daily chemicals, and a raw material for biofuel. As a raw material for edible vegetable oils, chemical raw materials and biofuel, palm oil has attracted worldwide attention in the process of ecological protection and industrial pollution. As a result, palm oil wastewater ...
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Palm Oil Wastewater
Palm oil is not only the highest yielding cheap vegetable oil on the earth but also a safe raw material for edible oils and daily chemicals, and a raw material for biofuel. As a raw material for edible vegetable oils, chemical raw materials and biofuel, palm oil has attracted worldwide attention in the process of ecological protection and industrial pollution. As a result, palm oil wastewater ...
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The oil intensity of food
Today we are an oil-based civilization, one that is totally dependent on a resource whose production will soon be falling. Since 1981, the quantity of oil extracted has exceeded new discoveries by an ever-widening margin. In 2008, the world pumped 31 billion barrels of oil but discovered fewer than 9 billion barrels of new oil. World reserves of conventional oil are in a free fall, dropping every ...
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The big shrimp farming debate: clear-water v. biofloc
In recent years, the global market for seafood products, including fresh shrimp, has grown, alongside consumer awareness of and demand for sustainably-sourced produce. This has resulted in a shift from traditional pond culture of shrimp, to closed systems that are closer to market, feature enhanced biosecurity, have a minimal environmental impact, and result in improved shrimp production. A tale ...
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Remote monitoring helps growers, water districts do their jobs
Propeller flow meters have long been an important tool for agricultural irrigation management. As water scarcity and resource management have become increasingly critical, getting the most timely, accurate readings available from those meters is becoming more important than ever. Here is how growers and water conservation districts (WCDs) are each getting the best of both worlds for their own ...
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