Posts Tagged crops
October 11, 2009 at 12:45 pm · Filed under Drip irrigation ·Tagged agriculture field, crops, Drip irrigation, drops of water, farming, food items, griculture, hoses, inch diameter, new invention, resource utilization, soaker hose, wastage of water, water intake, water leakage, water loss, water scarcity, water usage, wear and tear, working principle
Agriculture is a vast field. Every human has to consume food in order to live. These food items are got only from the hardship of a farmer. As the technology improves many modern methods have evolved to sophisticate all including the farmers . Most of these focused only on reduction of burden on the farmer and not on the improvement of farming. One step was taken to provide optimized resource utilization in the agriculture field. The new invention and the one which takes care of this optimizing step is the drip irrigation process. Many are not aware of the drip irrigation process. Some of them are stubborn and are not ready to go in for another process. They feel safe and secure with the conventional process.
Why we have to go in for Drip irrigation?
As we all no water scarcity is the most faced problem around the globe. Not sufficient amount of water is present with many villages and their crops get spoiled due to it. So saving of water is a must for all of us. This can be easily achieved by the use of drip irrigation process instead of the conventional process. The wastage of water can be drastically reduced when drip irrigation is followed. The working principle of drip irrigation process is very simple and uses small openings in the hose to water the plant. The holes are so small that only drops of water emerge from these holes. So the water usage rate is so minimum and this is even smaller than the water intake rate of the plants. So the wastage of water is minimal and the utilization of water is optimum. The type of hoses used for this process is the soaker hose. This hose has minute holes of 1/6 to 1/4 inch diameter. And this is also has unique capability to work both on the surface and under the surface. The most important thing that is to be mentioned here is about the fittings.
Fittings in the drip irrigation process:
Water leakage and water loss in the fitting is the major loss in the case of any hose usage. The wear and tear is mostly felt at the fitting region. This can be reduced drastically if the special fittings are provided. The fittings used in the drip irrigation process is one of its kind. The fittings are more precisely manufactured and they form a tight fit. The clearance in between the threads are so minimum. The material these fittings are made up of is the brass. In addition to it hoses also posses this capability to fit perfectly with any pipes.
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October 9, 2009 at 6:17 am · Filed under Drip irrigation, Mechanization ·Tagged Agriculture, contour, crops, cultivators, Drip irrigation, farmers, fruitful results, irrigation facilities, irrigation methods, irrigation scheme, irrigation system, pivot irrigation, profits, root tips, surface changes, technological advancements, topological features
Agricultural practices have refined in last few years. People have broader idea about getting fruitful results out of their investment on the lands. One can ensure effective growth of plant only if the plant or whole plantation is administered with good irrigation facilities. These facilities can be helpful in providing useful gains for the farmers. By far technological advancements have gathered minds of farmers to render useful ideas into planned actions. These technological advancements can be adjudged with useful application in day-to-day life.
Importance of irrigation system
Irrigation plays a vital role in the modern day agriculture. The root tips are in search of water when they travel down inside the ground. These can be ably supported by irrigation administered by the cultivators. The irrigation methods are of varied types that are available for cultivators. Starting from drip irrigation to center pivot irrigation. Some of irrigation methods take care of all the necessary topological features that prevail in particular land. The contour of surface changes from place to place. It is quite evident that it can affect watering scheme adopted by the farmers. But this would be justified by the amount of water needed. Some crops would need large supply of water to be supplied to root tips.
Irrigation facilities promised by drip irrigation
Drip irrigation is one of the popular methods adopted by the farmers all over the world. This method could bestow useful irrigation to the crops that are planted. Drip irrigation is preferred in the gardens. The gardens that are small can be well sheltered under effective watering through drip irrigation scheme. Also some watering scheme require some additional components such as tubing that can add to the cost of establishment of watering facility. This can be cashing for the farmers initially but with effective maintenance it can fetch huge profits on long run. Drip irrigation also ensures correct level of moisture that is to be maintained around the root tips. Any variation in this can cause adverse effects on the plant.
Drip irrigations systems – Components
Drip irrigation involves use of valuable wit to design the overall plan of the system. The system includes tubing and piping needs to be satisfied before going for commissioning of irrigation system. There are several components that form integral part of drip irrigation systems. Also one needs to ensure proper design of irrigation systems can be employed to facilitate moisture monitoring. The shoot system of the plant needs supply of water and other nutrients through root. The watering of plants at optimum level ensures proper supply of nourishments for the development of crop into sizeable yielding. Special simulation software is available to map all the essential failure nodes that can lead to drastic changes in the irrigation channel. Hence it is advisable to use that software to clear out all the loopholes present in irrigation channel.
Effective maintenance of irrigation systems
Maintenance of irrigation system largely depends on the design of irrigation system. The maintenance of the drip irrigation system involves series of actions that can ensure proper working of overall system. Subsurface drip watering schemes are widely used by the farmers pertaining to different parts of world to irrigate the lawns. These can be effectively monitored for pressure inside the channel. This pressure if not checked periodically can institute massive technical failures for the entire irrigation system. People can seek expert advice to have proper maintenance. The tubing can be checked for correctness periodically to eliminate water leakage. The inlet and outlet nozzle can be cleared off from dust and mud in order to have proper entry and exit of water inside the whole watering system.
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September 16, 2009 at 3:35 pm · Filed under irrigation systems ·Tagged conventional irrigation, crops, grasses, initial investment, lack of water, lawn irrigation system, lawn irrigation systems, maldistribution, plants, principle of moments, roots, sprinklers, uniformity, Water supply
Sprinkle your field
Lawn irrigation systems can be implemented in many places. You can use them in your gardens also. The lawn irrigation system is best suited for plants that need just the right amount of water. Because if you provide an irrigation system that over irrigates the field then there are many chances for the crops to also get washed away along with the water. Many fields which include the crops which do not have a strong base roots and which can not withstand the strong current of water flowing through the conventional irrigation system can be irrigated with the help of lawn irrigation systems. This is the reason why all the gardens and the backyard grasses are irrigated using the lawn irrigation systems.
Lawn irrigation systems
Lawn irrigation systems work with a sprinkler fixed at the top portion of the pipe which projects out from the ground. The sprinkler works on the principle of moments. When the water flows on the flaps they cause force on the flaps there by causing the flaps to turn along with the top sprinkler. This ensures proper spraying of the entire fields. This also increases the uniformity of the production of the crops in the fields. This also reduces the lack of water to plants as in conventional irrigation this is the only disadvantage. This is called as the maldistribution of water. That is, some of the plants get more water while the others starve of water. Thus causing them to dry and they might die because of the insufficient water supply to those plants.
Disadvantage of lawn irrigation systems
Although there are many advantages in the case of the lawn irrigation system, there are also the same number of disadvantages in the lawn irrigation system. One of the major disadvantages of this system is that you can not be able to implement this on a large field which is in hundreds of acres as you need to install them for every 3 meters or so. This increases the initial investment in the irrigation systems. These irrigation systems are mainly used in the small farm lands where the flow of water is continuous. Also these systems use many mechanical devices which could fail during their life period. Hence to minimize this you need to invest a lot on the maintenance cost for them.
Article Summary: Lawn irrigation system is the most economical way to irrigate small and medium fields which grow crops and other flowers. They can be timed using timers so that no man is necessary to sprinkle and irrigate the fields. Thus the crops can grow healthy when they get water in time.
Resource Box Info: This article discusses about the implementation, applications and some of the advantages and disadvantages of the lawn irrigation systems. For more information on the irrigation system you can visit http://agricultureguide.org/agriculture/irrigation/.
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September 16, 2009 at 3:30 pm · Filed under irrigation systems ·Tagged agricultural fields, banks, best food, boats, crops, dujiangyan irrigation system, excess water, fishing, hunting, irrigation systems, many different ways, military persons, ood, rainy season, rainy seasons, rocky terrain, source of water, stuffs, transportation purpose, vegetables
Food is the basic need for the human race to survive in this plant. These can be obtained from many different ways. For example hunting and fishing are some ways to gather food for the survival. But the best food of all is the crops and vegetables as they contain lot of good stuffs and that too in adequate amount for healthy life. But for growing these, a man should take proper care of them such as to provide good place to culture on and mainly good irrigation system. The irrigation in the early period was very difficult as they had to cut down many trees on their way and to provide path amongst the rocky terrain. So many irrigation systems were just a few feet wide which could irrigate only some acres of land. This was not sufficient to irrigate a huge area of about hundreds of acres of agricultural fields. This was the time during which the Dujiangyan irrigation system can into picture.
Dujiangyan irrigation system
This irrigation system was designed and implemented first in the china in the middle of 200 B.C. This is one of the oldest irrigation systems and this is still in function these days. They are the major source of water for many fields in china. They are placed in the min river in china. This irrigation system has a major function to regulate the flow of water. That is, during the rainy season they need to store the water so that they can manage the next summer season. This river was selected first as fields which are situated in the banks were flooded often in a single year. So the best method to stop this is by building an irrigation system in its banks.
Secondary function of the irrigation system
The irrigation system’s secondary function was to divert the flow of excess water during the rainy seasons which caused flooding of the agricultural fields. These were also used for transportation purpose. Some military persons or vessels travel through this irrigation system only. This is because this is the cheapest way to move on as they need work to row the boats as they will move downstream along with the river. By implementing these irrigation systems, the Chinese were also able to solve the problem over water between the neighboring agricultural field owners.
Article Summary: The best irrigation system that the world has ever seen is the Dujiangyan irrigation system which is still functioning in proper order. As they were made of natural materials like wood and bamboo stick they still stay intact to serve their function.
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September 16, 2009 at 2:48 pm · Filed under irrigation systems ·Tagged atmosphere, carbon dioxide, crop cultivation, crops, Drip irrigation, essential nutrients, farmers, Fertilizers, glucose, granules, gravity, gravity irrigation, hilly terrains, innovative thinking, irrigation system, irrigation systems, irrigation water, plants, productivity, roots, soil erosion, starch
Importance of irrigation for farmers
Water to crops is equally necessary compare to the food for humans. Crops convert the water and the carbon dioxide from the atmosphere for converting into the glucose which is available in the form of seed and granules in the crops. Hence if we need to have a good crop cultivation then it is very important that you provide a good irrigation system to the fields so that the crops get enough amount of water to convert them to starch and glucose. A good irrigation system provides water to all the plants in the fields. The best irrigation system should distribute equal amount of water to all the crops. No crop should get les amount and no crop should get more amount of water. As if a crop is provided with more amount of water then they many lead to soil erosion and the crop may not have nutrients in the soil to grow, thus limiting the productivity of the field.
Some methods of irrigation by farmers
Water is distributed by either using power or just simply by means of gravity. The water is distributed by gravity automatically thus requiring no external power. This type of method is mainly used in hilly terrains where the terrain is inclined in nature thus giving way for automatic powerless irrigation. Some other innovative thinking has lead to another type of irrigation called as the drip irrigation in which water is injected directly into the root part of the plant so that they can absorb the water in very less time and hence can produce the crops in a very fast manner. This can also be added with the injection of water and fertilizers and other essential nutrients into the roots of the plants directly as if the fertilizers are sprayed in the soil then there is very less chance for the plants to absorb the fertilizers.
Disadvantages in irrigation system for farmers
Gravity cannot be used in very inclined regions as they can cause large amount of soil erosion that too in a particular piece of land. Also it will be difficult to cultivate crops and harvest them in inclined placed. They might cause fatigue to the farmers who harvest them. The disadvantage in the drip irrigation system is that the initial cost becomes too high that it can not be implemented by poor farmers. This can also be implemented only over a large piece of agricultural land.
Article Summary: Although there are many techniques which are used to cultivate crops in large quantities, the demand is still high than the produced goods. The farmers are developing more and more irrigation systems to cope up with the increase in the demand for the food supplies and the crop cultivation.
Resource Box Info: This article describes various irrigation process followed by the farmers in a place where the annual rainfall is usually less compared to other place in the country. You can visit the following site to get more information about the irrigation systems of the farmers http://agricultureguide.org/agriculture/irrigation/ .
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September 16, 2009 at 2:36 pm · Filed under irrigation systems ·Tagged atomizing, center pivot, center pivot sprinkler, circular area, computer system, crop field, crops, Fertilizers, irrigation system, irrigation systems, lack of water, latest trends, maldistribution, malnutrition, nozzle, shape center, shape of a rectangle, sprinklers, sprinkling, temperature sensors, timer, Water supply
Unmanned irrigation Systems
Center pivot sprinkler are the latest trends that has developed in the irrigation system in a very great manner. These irrigation systems are operated without a man. These center pivot sprinkler are the systems which work based on the timer that is pre loaded in its circuit which helps it to sprinkle daily at a particular time in the day and in the evening. This ensures that no crop gets dried because of the lack of water supply to them. This also maintains the productivity of the crops in a field. This type of irrigation systems are used in fields which are basically round in shape.
Center Pivot Sprinkler
In this type of irrigation system the sprinklers spray the water from a huge nozzle that is mounted on a center pivot through which a pipe runs through. This pipe carries water through it. Some fields also add some fertilizers which are water soluble and they are sprayed in the fields directly. There are many advantages in this type of irrigation system. Some of the systems also use the moisture and temperature sensors of the environment and in the sand. By sensing these parameters the computer system embedded in the irrigation system could come to know when and where to irrigate, thus controlling the parameters and the health of the crop that is produced in the field.
Disadvantages of Center Pivot Sprinkler
Any system in the world will have both advantages and the disadvantages in it. This holds good for center pivot sprinkler also. Some of the disadvantages of the sprinkler are that this is not suitable to irrigate a large field which is in a shape of a rectangle or a square. This is because the sprinkling takes place in a circular area only. Hence if you have a square field then the corners of the field will not be sprinkled thus causing malnutrition and maldistribution. And another disadvantage in this system is that some of the water and the fertilizers that are sprayed after atomizing are sometimes carried away by the wind if the crop field is situated in a windy region. These may again lead to improper distribution of the water and the fertilizers to the crops. Also there are more chances of these atomized particles to evaporate into the atmosphere hence loss of water directly and fertilizers in a very large amount.
Article Summary: The circular shape of the irrigation system can also lead to less cultivable area and the maintenance cost for this type of irrigation system is also very high compared to the conventional type of irrigation system.
Resource Box Info: One can visit the following website to get the cost of the equipment of the centre pivot sprinkler http://www.agricultureguide.org/.
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September 5, 2009 at 8:34 am · Filed under Pest Control, Tomato ·Tagged aphids, crop cultivation, crops, cultivator, daunting task, ecosystem, foliage, food chains, griculture, insecticide, measurable change, nutrients, organic manures, pest control methods, pest control techniques, pests, sophisticated tools, stems, tomato cultivation, tomato plants
Agriculture has witnessed diverse changes in recent years. Employment of sophisticated tools can produce amplified productivity. Also use of organic manures can produce efficient retrieval of lost nutrients. In any crop cultivation, pest control seems to be daunting task to be carried out by the cultivators. Use of proper pest control methods can eliminate the pests completely from the field enabling better growth of plant. This in turn can influence increased productivity. One can witness measurable change in the amount of output obtained from a field when he/ she carries out efficient pest control techniques.
Need for pest control
Ecosystem has been balanced with help of several food chains. This can also produce implied changes in agriculture. Presence of pests in the food chains affects the growth of crops in the field. So in order to have better growth of crops, one needs to have pest control techniques. The pest control techniques differ based on the type of crop that is cultivated. Hence it is the duty of the cultivator to take care of the pests that affect plants and hinder growth.
Pests in tomato cultivation
There are several pests that are involved in the building of obstacles in tomato cultivation. Common pests that can be related with tomato cultivation can be studied. Aphids that are present beneath the leaves tend to eat up all the green leaves making it unfit. It tends to produce premature foliage in the tomato plants. Also local infections are caused in the stems of these plants enabling invasion of other pests too. Hornworms can also be observed in tomato plants. These are long worms that feed on the leaves. These tend to migrate from one to plant to another causing severe damage to leaves.
Pest control at tomato growing
Use of insecticide soaps is regarded to be best method of pest control in tomato cultivation. These pests can be controlled also by pruning them. Also handpicking of these pests are also possible enabling better control of pests. One can also rely upon use of Neem oil to reduce the effect of pests on tomato plants.
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Tomato cultivation can be profitable only if efficient pest control measures are taken up. There are several pest control techniques adopted in the tomato cultivation. Use of insecticide soaps can be handful to eliminate pests like Aphids. Also application of neem oil over the tomato leaves can prevent most of pests. Handpicking can also be adopted to remove pests to certain extent.
Resource Box Info: Information about pest control techniques adopted in tomato growing is discussed in this forum. To acquire more knowledge about the topic one can also surf through pages at http://www.agricultureguide.org/. Also one can acquire sufficient knowledge about efficient tomato growing methods
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September 5, 2009 at 8:31 am · Filed under Drip irrigation, Pest Control ·Tagged abundance, ambient conditions, Crop rotation, crops, drip irrigation system, foliage, irrigation methods, irrigation systems, minimum wastage, nutrients, optimum intervals, organic pest control, pipes, proper maintenance, root tips, substantial improvement, wastage of water, water conservation, water plants, Water supply
Irrigation systems employed in modern day agriculture practice. Modern agriculture methods employ use of optimized way of watering. The watering methods do vary a lot based on the type of the plantation that is made. Also drip irrigation has gathered substantial improvement in last few years. Drip irrigation involves use of sophisticated pipes to water plants at regular and optimum intervals. These irrigation systems can be modified based on overall dimensions of the field. Abundance of water supply can be properly channeled using drip irrigation. To materialize the water conservation process in regular agricultural, one suggests use of drip irrigation. Amplified usage of inorganic manures can spoil the cultivable land making it useless.
Why Drip Irrigation?
Drip irrigation facilitates methodical way of propagating the water needs of a plant. Also one needs to ensure optimum amount of moisture to be present in ambient conditions. This has instituted use of drip irrigation system worldwide. Usage of drip irrigation also has certain advantages imbibed in it. The laying down of planned tubing can ensure direct supply of water to root tips. This ensures minimum wastage of water. Also one can gain sufficient pest control using drip irrigation. Through initial cost of drip irrigation can be high. The overall intention to provide better watering of plantation at reduced wastage can be profitable for the farmers.
Organic pest control
Implementing drip irrigation in the fields ensures proper maintenance of cultivable land. This also eliminates the presence of foliage. This in turn helps people to safeguard their plants from any kind of adverse diseases. Some pest control can be achieved through drip irrigation methods. Drip irrigation facilitates the crop rotation methods to be practiced widely. This helps the soil to maintain its nutrients for longer duration of time. This type of irrigation can be utilized to shelter plants that are beneficial for main crops that are planted. This helps the main plants to repel any kind of pest attack. Also planned watering at the root tip zone can make the leguminous organisms to ponder upon at soil level initiating better pest control.
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Drip irrigation provides multiple opportunities for cultivators to play with. It also institutes better organic pest control enabling healthy environment in the cultivable land. Also drip irrigation system can be employed to carryout pest elimination via planned growth of beneficial plants. Using organic manures can be fruitful for farmers quantitatively and qualitatively.
Resource Box Info: This forum discusses details regarding efficient ways of organic pest control in drip irrigation. One can also read through some pages at http://www.agricultureguide.org/ to know more about the pest control. This website also aids useful information about drip irrigation.
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September 2, 2009 at 6:24 am · Filed under Drip irrigation, irrigation systems ·Tagged atmosphere, conserving water, crops, cultivation practice, drip irrigation systems, efficiency, extent, farmers, Fertilizers, handful, irrigation facilities, irrigation system, moisture level, optimum level, plants, root level, Sustainable agriculture, wastage of water, water application, wit
The drip irrigation is employed for the cultivation of variety of crops such as melon plants. Since only optimum moisture level is to be maintained within cultivation land, one can adopt drip irrigation. For plants like melon family need only less amount of water, drip irrigation can be handful. Read the rest of this entry »
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June 27, 2009 at 2:48 pm · Filed under cucumber, Tomato ·Tagged cotyledons, crop season, crops, cucumber, curtain, double crop, fertilization, greenhouses, hile, leaf analysis, mulch, muslin, plastic bags, Seedling, shelf life, spring season, spring seasons, subsoil, tomato seedlings, tomato seeds
While choosing the crops to be planted, it is important to choose the varieties which are appropriate for the growing season and have a potential of healthy growing, high productivity and long shelf-life. The appropriate sowing time for tomato changes depending on the growing environment and region. Read the rest of this entry »
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Agricultural Biodiversity 