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close this bookBetter Farming Series 06 - The Soil: How to Improve the Soil (FAO - INADES, 1976, 29 p.)
close this folderHow to improve the soil for many years
close this folderIrrigation
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View the documentHow to keep water for irrigation
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(introduction...)

When you have water, in a stream, a pool, a well or a dam, use it as much as possible.
Putting water on crops is irrigation.
With irrigation you can get better harvests, and you can even grow crops when it does not rain.