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• Applicability of Darcy's law for predicting irrigation head: what are the limits?

  Authors:V.K. Phogat and R. HornFrom:Soil Research (Vol. 51, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Feb. 20133,068 words Report 1610LModelling soil water movement has increased the demand for accurate measurements of soil physical and hydraulic properties. Data on saturated hydraulic conductivity (K), which was measured by using different hydraulic...

• AgriMet reduces water waste; USDA's weather network helps resolve hot issue in dry Western states

  Author:Shawn P. McCarthyFrom:Government Computer News (Vol. 13, Issue 10)

  May 16, 19941,080 words Article The USDA's Bureau of Reclamation's Agricultural-Meteorological (AgriMet) Telemetry Weather network monitors water conditions of Western states with the objective of reducing water consumption. The network provides...

• Learning to live with nature: the lessons of traditional irrigation

  Author:Edward GoldsmithFrom:The Ecologist (Vol. 28, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  May-June 19988,011 words Article Modern irrigation schemes in tropical areas are, almost without exception, social, ecological and economic disasters. They necessarily lead to the flooding of vast areas of forest and agricultural land, the displacement...

• Planting the Seeds of Engineering: Preschoolers think about, talk about, and solve a real problem in the garden

  Authors:Hagit Mano, Kathleen Molina, Alissa Lange, and Irena NayfeldFrom:Science and Children (Vol. 57, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  Sept. 20192,821 words Article 1260LIt is a hot June day in Passaic, New Jersey, and a small group of preschool children are gathered around their teacher. She presents her students with a problem: "The faucet in our greenhouse is broken, but we need to...

• Field attributes, water pricing, and irrigation technology adoption. (Research)

  Authors:E.C. Schuck and G.P. GreenFrom:Journal of Soil and Water Conservation (Vol. 56, Issue 4) Peer-Reviewed

  Fall 20015,127 words Article Eric C. Schuck is assistant professor in the Department of agricultural and Resource Economics, Colorado State University. Gareth P. Green is assistant professor in the Department of Economics and Finance, Seattle...