Please note that this is the fourth of a special four-part series here at Big Picture Agriculture listing and describing methods for producing more crop per drop in farming. This Part 4 post lists methods 26 through 35. 26. Pumps for Irrigating It wasn’t until motorized pumps powered by fossil fuels were used to irrigate [...]
Please note that this is the third of a special four-part series here at Big Picture Agriculture listing and describing methods for “doing more with less” water use in farming. This Part 3 post lists methods 16 through 25. 16. Organic Farm Soils Require Less Water to Grow Crops In the Rodale Institute’s 30 year [...]
Please note that this is the second of a special four-part series here at Big Picture Agriculture listing and describing methods to help produce more food with less water. This post, Part 2, lists methods 6 through 15. 6. Ripper-Furrower Planting System In northern Namibia, farmers are using a ripper-furrower to rip 60 cm (2 [...]
