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  • From: "Tradingpost" <tradingpost@lobo.net>
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  • Subject: [Livingontheland] Integrated Solutions to the Climate, Agriculture and Water Crises
  • Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 08:44:48 -0700


We know these things but it may help for IATP to publicize. Here in NM water
is a contentious issue with a long history, and this is too arid for
irrigated alfalfa and corn. My answer to water conservation is to grow
intensive beds and irrigate just the beds instead of aisles between tractor
rows where plants aren't growing. And growing intensively on a small scale
makes mulching with hay practical, which reduces evaporation and moderates
soil temperatures summer and winter.

paul tradingpost@lobo.net


Eye of the Storm: Integrated Solutions to the Climate, Agriculture and Water
Crises
Summary:
This paper reviews the interconnected nature of the climate, water and
agriculture crises—and points to the need for an integrated approach to all
three. There is growing recognition that water ecology will be severely
impacted by climate change, which in turn has equally critical implications
for agriculture. Moreover, the type and scale of irrigation methods
influences the degree of farmer vulnerability in a changing climate. Because
rain-fed crops are particularly critical for many subsistence farming
communities, climate change will have a significant impact on the potential
for reducing hunger and food insecurity.

Document file:
http://www.iatp.org/climate/files/document/Web_shiney_cop15.pdf





  • [Livingontheland] Integrated Solutions to the Climate, Agriculture and Water Crises, Tradingpost, 01/22/2010

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