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  • From: tradingpost <tradingpost@lobo.net>
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  • Subject: [Livingontheland] More Crop Per Drop
  • Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2014 10:26:17 -0600

More Crop Per Drop

This Saturday, March 22nd, the world celebrates World Water Day. Water and agriculture are inextricably interlinked and interdependent. Agriculture is a major user of both ground and surface water for irrigation—accounting for about 70 percent of water withdrawal worldwide.

http://foodtank.com/news/2014/03/more-crop-per-drop

Unfortunately she doesn't mention mulching which of course reduces evaporation & crusting, & weeding, or increasing soil organic matter which retains more moisture but drains excess water more efficiently. For me both are time savers through a season, plus allow better growth over longer time.



  • [Livingontheland] More Crop Per Drop, tradingpost, 03/20/2014

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