Handbook of Irrigation System Selection for Semi-Arid Regions
- Boca Raton CRC Press 2020
- xvii, 323p.
Irrigation, the addition of water to lands via artificial means, is essential to profitable crop production in arid climates. Irrigate agriculture makes a major contribution to foo security in the world. It uses more than 60%-70% of the water withdrawn from the world's water resources. The irrigate area at a global level represents around 20% of the total agricultural land an contributes 40% of the total foo production.
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