Agriculture

Agriculture

The practice of cultivating soil, crops, and livestock and the preparation or marketing of those products.The practice of cultivating soil, crops, and livestock and the preparation or marketing of those products.

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solid set

Agriculture; Irrigation

Refers to a stationary sprinkler system. Water-supply pipelines are generally fixed—usually below the soil surface—and sprinkler nozzles are elevated above the surface. In some ...

spray

Agriculture; Irrigation

An irrigation method that falls into the trickle category, characterized by the application of water to the soil surface as a small spray or mist. Discharge rates are generally ...

calibrated orifices

Agriculture; Irrigation

A water control structure whose orifice, perforated with great accuracy in a thin wall, allows the passage of relatively large discharges of 50-150 litres/s, meant to be ...

chemigation

Agriculture; Irrigation

The process of applying chemicals (fertilizers, insecticides, herbicides, etc. . . ) to crops or soil through an irrigation system with the water.

conveyance efficiency

Agriculture; Irrigation

The ratio of the water that is delivered to a field to the total water diverted or pumped into the conveyance system at the upstream end.

corrugation irrigation

Agriculture; Irrigation

Surface irrigation method where small channels or corrugations are used to guide water across a field. No attempt is made to confine the water entirely to the corrugations.