| Description |
1 online resource (164 pages) : illustrations. |
| Series |
Practical farming
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Practical farming.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 160) and index. |
| Contents |
Front Cover; Farm Irrigation: Planning & Magagement; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1. Irrigation planning; Chapter 2. Soil water; Chapter 3. Evapotranspiration; Chapter 4. Irrigation scheduling; Chapter 5. Surgace irrigation; Chapter 6. Spray irrigation; Chapter 7. Microirigation systems; Chapter 8. Reticulation; Chapter 9. Drainage; References; Index; Some other titles in the PRACTICAL FARMING SERIES. |
| Summary |
There is no doubt that irrigation makes a major contribution to agricultural production, making a whole range of crops viable in an otherwise unreliable climate and helping insure against drought. However irrigation does not automatically guarantee a profit and acclaim, it is a high cost exercise, using water from increasingly scarce supplies, and contributes to environmental concerns of the community. Many of the pressures facing some irrigators have been caused by a lack of understanding in the past of best practices necessary in design, installation and management. Alternative methods of ir. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Irrigation farming.
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Drainage.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Southorn, Neil. Farm irrigation. Port Melbourne ; Newton [Mass.] : Inkata Press, ©1997 0750689374 9780750689373 (OCoLC)38429506 |
| ISBN |
9780080548654 (electronic bk.) |
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0080548652 (electronic bk.) |
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0750689374 |
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