Tag archives for irrigation efficiency
Drip Irrigation Expanding Worldwide
Posted by Sandra Postel of National Geographic's Freshwater Initiative in Water Currents on June 25, 2012
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As the world population climbs and water stress spreads around the globe, finding ways of getting more crop per drop to meet our food needs is among the most urgent of challenges. One answer to this call is drip irrigation, which delivers water directly to the roots of plants in just the right amounts. It…
Saving a River, One Farm at a Time
Posted by Brian Richter of The Nature Conservancy and University of Virginia on May 7, 2012 
David Reckford sees the beauty and the good in all things. With the eyes of a trained landscape architect, David peers down from our small plane flying over the Flint River in southwestern Georgia and marvels at the patchwork landscape of forest, farms, and small towns beneath us. He sees stories in this landscape. As…
