Efficient Low-Cost Irrigation and Water Saving Techniques for Increasing Crop Production

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14-09-2022
Author
Browne, Bradbury
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Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA)
Caribbean Climate Responsive Agriculture Forum (CCRAF)
Caribbean Soil-Centric Actions
Programa de Acción Climática y Sostenibilidad Agropecuaria (PACSA)
International Network of Innovative Partners for Sustainable Intelligent Systems (Inipsis Ltd.) - Trinidad y Tobago
EbA Project - Strengthening Coastal and Marine Climate Resilience through Upland and Coastal Ecosystem Based Adaptation and Community Engagement
Living Soils of the Americas
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St. Martin, Chaney
Gregoire Carai, Nekelia
Location
Dominica
Sustainable development goals
ODS 11 - Ciudades y comunidades sostenibles
ODS 12 - Producción y consumo responsables
ODS 13 - Acción por el clima
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Guest speakers: Mr. Bradbury Browne, Senior Agricultural technician, Caribbean Agricultural Research & Development Institute (CARDI) - Antigua & Barbuda
Abstract
Mr. Bradbury Browne, Senior Technician at CARDI Antigua & Barbuda highlights the water related challenges experienced in Caribbean agriculture production and proposes some cost-effective tools, equipment and strategies-that can be utilized to conserve water, know when and how much to irrigate as well as various component of drip irrigation systems and calculating the cost for one acre of drip irrigation system.
Keywords
Impacto ambiental||environmental impact||impacto ambiental||impact sur l'environnement, Cultivos||crops||cultura||plante de culture, Riego||irrigation||irrigação||irrigation, Métodos de riego||irrigation methods||método de irrigação||méthode d'irrigation, Sistemas de riego||irrigation systems||sistema de irrigação||réseau d'irrigation, Conservación de aguas||water conservation||conservação da água||conservation de l'eau, Costos de producción||production costs||custo de produção||coût de production, Análisis de costos y beneficios||cost benefit analysis||análise de custo benefício||analyse coût avantage, Cambio climático||climate change||mudança de clima||changement climatique, Riego por goteo||trickle irrigation||irrigação gota-a-gota||irrigation goutte à goutte, Fertirrigación||fertigation||fertirrigação||irrigation fertilisante, 4864-00, Caribe||Caribbean||Caraíbas||Caraïbes,
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Representación Antigua y Barbuda
Representación Dominica
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Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NadV2rmLJ04
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https://repositorio.iica.int/handle/11324/21962
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