Agriculture practices are often intensive, which has a tendency to deplete nutrients from the soil, displace local fauna and flora, lower the water table and contribute to soil erosion.
The solutions to these problems include ensuring that there is a crop growing all year round to prevent loss of top soil, applying fertiliser to the land and growing strains of crops that are more resistant to drought than non modified crops as well as using more efficient watering techniques.
There are various types of irrigation products available on the market depending on the type of watering techniques a farmer or gardener wants to employ.
Irrigation's main purpose is to distribute water in an efficient way to avoid waste, hence the popularity of irrigation products in areas with low rainfall.
Sprinklers, drippers and hoses combine to cover every aspect of watering via irrigation whether above or below ground.
The popularity of irrigation products with gardeners has been inspired by farming methods and encouraged by water companies.
Summertime often brings with it hose pipe bans issued by water companies, but there are so many people who now choose to grow their own vegetables that alternative methods to watering cans and soaker hoses had to be found.
Watering the plants or irrigating the landscape is one of the most important facets of your strategy for taking care of your garden or landscape.
No matter you have larger yards or a small garden in front of your house, watering is necessary for maintain a beautiful garden or landscape.
Water is one of the natural resource that claims to be scarce in the not so distant future.
Regardless of the region where water is scarce today or not, desertification, shifting weather pattern and other factors can quickly transform the regions and water resources in dry and water scarce region.
Every plant need water depending on its nature and requirement. Some plants may need watering twice a week in a summer whereas some need twice a day.
Many people watering their landscape or plants by hand because installing an irrigation system may seem like a costly endeavor for them including the labor involved, but this is not the right way to do.