Irrigated Agricultural Land Articles & Analysis
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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. ...
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This can happen due to flooding (natural causes) or irrigation (manmade causes). When the soil is waterlogged, the amount of gases, including oxygen, diffused in soil decreases. ...
This can happen due to flooding (natural causes) or irrigation (manmade causes). When the soil is waterlogged, the amount of gases, including oxygen, diffused in soil decreases. ...
The remaining 0.03 percentage of water is distributed: • mainly to agricultural land and crop irrigation • to the livestock industry • and a very small percentage for potable use There is frequent reference to phenomena such as global warming and its devastating consequences, floods, heatwaves and other extreme weather ...
The application of water to agricultural lands for irrigation is one of the essential uses of this natural resource in many areas. There is competition among agriculture, industry, and human consumption for the limited supplies of water. ...
The Cache Slough complex is an area of tidal sloughs in the Sacramento‐San Joaquin River Delta of California, and is surrounding by irrigated agricultural lands. Among the species of concern in the area is the delta smelt (Hypomesus transpacificus), a federally‐listed threatened species. ...
Among these are the haulage of water from a lower level to a higher elevation by water wheels in order to irrigate agricultural land. Hero during the Hellenistic period and Vitruvius of the Roman Empire were among the first who tried to make use of water power for use in different human activities, such as water haulage, watermills, water clocks, ...
Farmers shift to water-intensive irrigation methods because of the productivity gains on offer. In Spain, for example, the 14 % of agricultural land irrigated yields more than 60 % of the total value of agricultural products. ...
The effect of the Gediz River, polluted by industrial and domestic wastes, on fertility status and trace elements and heavy metal pollution of agricultural land irrigated from this river was investigated. For this purpose, soil samples were collected in August 1998 between the source of the Gediz River (Murat Mountain) and its mouth (Aegean Sea). ...