RT: @IFPRI Expanding access to #irrigation is critical for improving agricultural resilience and food security.

This study explores how design thinking and systems approaches can help address challenges limiting the scale-up of small-scale irrigation in #Nigeria.

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It's great getting this rain and snow... we need it so we can water below! Montana and Wyoming could use a lot more... I'll have your weather forecast and tell you if any is in store!

#Montana #Wyoming #poetry #rain #snow #water #irrigation #photography #Thursday #weather

When Montana farmers need to irrigate, but Mother Nature drops lows into the teens and 20s, it makes for a beautuful photo opportunity.

#Montana #farming #water #irrigation #cold #ice #beautiful #photography #Wednesday #weather

Tungabhadra Dam System, Decades Old, Faces Operational Strain

Tungabhadra dam silt reduces storage by 33 tmcft, affecting 16.38 lakh acres of farmland. Farmers face less water for irrigation.

#TungabhadraDam, #WaterStorage, #Irrigation, #KarnatakaFarming, #SiltProblem

https://newsletter.tf/tungabhadra-dam-silt-reduces-water-storage-farmers/

The Tungabhadra dam has lost 33 tmcft of water storage due to silt, which is a significant amount for the 16.38 lakh acres it irrigates.

#TungabhadraDam, #WaterStorage, #Irrigation, #KarnatakaFarming, #SiltProblem
https://newsletter.tf/tungabhadra-dam-silt-reduces-water-storage-farmers/

Allowing the #transfer of #water from the licensed use to another, however, would allow for the expansion of irrigated acres and, possibly, the diversion of water to other industrial uses. Reducing return flows from existing #irrigation #systems may further strain #rivers and riparian areas. In a closed basin, like the #Oldman River basin, increasing water use is unarguably at the expense of river flows that already do not meet minimum objective a portion of the summer.

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Kazakhstan Sets Irrigation Limits for Southern Regions and Reduces Water-Intensive Crops

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://timesca.com/kazakhstan-sets-irrigation-limits-for-southern-regions-and-reduces-water-intensive-crops/