Farm irrigation : planning & management /

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Author / Creator:Southorn, Neil.
Imprint:Port Melbourne ; Newton [Mass.] : Inkata Press, ©1997.
Description:1 online resource (164 pages) : illustrations.
Language:English
Series:Practical farming
Practical farming.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11155168
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ISBN:9780080548654
0080548652
0750689374
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (page 160) and index.
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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.
Other form:Print version: Southorn, Neil. Farm irrigation. Port Melbourne ; Newton [Mass.] : Inkata Press, ©1997 0750689374 9780750689373