Practices and Systems
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- Farming Systems and Poverty
- Maps of farming systems, resources, soils, crops and livestock in six world regions. Also analyses of the trends, emerging constraints and priority development actions.
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- Living With Nature
- Information on how an arid area of land is made productive, using inter-cropping and organic farming practices.
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- Manitoba's Management Plus Program
- Provides farmers and industry with crop information and freeware, from the Manitoba Crop Insurance database.
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- Manure Management
- Cornell University projects and information on manure management, to reduce energy costs, increase profitability, and improve environmental impacts.
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- Mucuna Bracteata - Cover Crop
- Describes the establishment of the legume Mucuna bracteata under Oil Palm in Malaysia.
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- Direct Seeding: The Natural Solution for Revegetating Arid Lands
- Information from the Eden Foundation on using perennials to provide a permanent vegetative cover into which annuals can be seeded.
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- Dryland Farming Organisation in West Asia and North Africa
- Provides information on a number of innovative ideas such as the use of medic pastures, with case studies in development and a small farmer centre.
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- Drylands Coordination Group
- Network of various non-governmental organizations aiming to develop techniques and approaches for the improvement of agriculture in the Sahel. English and French.
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- Water Harvesting
- On-line manual for the design and construction of water harvesting schemes for agricultural production.
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- ESI Environmental Sensors Inc.
- Manufactures irrigation instrumentation for monitoring and controlling water.
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- FAO: Water Resources, Development and Management Service
- Promotes efficient use and conservation of water resources to achieve food security and sustainable agriculture and rural development.
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- Irrigation
- Covers a large number of topics including evapotranspiration, fertigation, irrigation practices and microirrigation. From the University of Florida IFAS Extension.
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- Irrigation Training and Research Center
- University web site. Focusing on irrigation training and research.
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- Subsurface Drip Irrigation Demonstration and Research Project
- University of Arizona. Subsurface drip irrigation demonstration and research project for the purpose of evaluating and disseminating information.
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- Texas Waternet
- Texas Water Resource Institute. Has articles and links about irrigation and water management.
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- WCA infoNET - Water Conservation and Use in Agriculture
- Publications, documents and data, computer programs, and discussion groups on the subjects of water, irrigation and drainage.
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- Water Quality Handbook for Nurseries
- Information on nursery management practices including water quality, best management, nutritional management, irrigation, IPM, pesticides, capturing and recycling water, and doing an environmental audit. [PDF]
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- Wetland Reservoir Subirrigation Systems
- Article describes a system comprised of a wetland and a water storage reservoir linked to a network of subsurface pipes used at different times to either drain or irrigate crops through the root zone.
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