The problem eventually disappeared around 2002 due to advances in irrigation technology becoming more affordable to the region.
The portion of water consumed in crop production depends on many factors, especially the irrigation technology.
Unfortunately, all too often new technological developments appear to imitate the environmentally unsustainable elements of the old green revolution and associated irrigation technologies.
An independent testing laboratory, applied research facility, and educational resource center with the aim of advancing water management practices and irrigation technology.
Cows were being replaced for tractors to work on the farm and irrigation technology was updated in most villages.
The absence of new production and irrigation technologies left farmers with limited opportunities to raise their productivity and income discouraging investment.
Unique elements of Thai agriculture include irrigation technologies which spanned a millennium.
Everyone was expected to be in direct touch with nature and the irrigation technology that the Israelis take pride in.
High-value crops and irrigation technology have had a major impact on the coast's rural development.
Although lacking space, the tribe's irrigation technology was far more advanced than others in the Southwest which allowed them to be agriculturally intensive.