Essays about: "DRIP"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 29 essays containing the word DRIP.

  1. 21. Long Term Environmental Modelling of Soil-Water-Plant Exposed to Saline Water.

    University essay from KTH/Mark- och vattenteknik

    Author : Leila Pourfathali Kasmaei; [2012]
    Keywords : CoupModel; Drip and surface irrigation; Leaching fraction; Soil evaporation; Transpiration; Salinization;

    Abstract : The impact of long term management strategies of irrigation with saline water in semi-arid region of Gordonia, South Africa is the highest interest to optimize water consumption, soil conservation, and crop yield for sustainable water allocations to human food production and ecosystem without irreversible damages to soil and water body. An integrated ecosystem assimilation, in shape of soil-water storage model based on physical approach for 30-year simulation run defined in form of digital ecosystem modelling with help of CoupModel tool to assemble together the most important underlying processes of soil hydraulics, irrigation demands, leaching fraction, evapotranspiration, salt transport. READ MORE

  3. 22. Investigation of drip irrigation techniques

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Teknisk vattenresurslära

    Author : Rebecka Jenryd; Cecilia Lundqvist; [2012]
    Keywords : drip irrigation; Tunisia; saline water; agriculture; arid climate; soil moisture; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : The shortage of accessible water in the world is especially severe in arid regions, where many are already living to the limits of survival. In such areas, the conditions are in fact getting more extreme due to climate change and a growing population. READ MORE

  4. 23. Erfarenheter av grönsaksodling på tak : en studie i samarbete med Augustenborgs Botaniska Takträdgård

    University essay from SLU/Horticulture (until 121231)

    Author : Hulda Götmark; [2012]
    Keywords : Augustenborgs botaniska takträdgård; gröna tak; grönsaksodling; lättviktssubstrat; stadsodling; takodling; Augustenborg Botanical Roof Garden; green roofs; vegetable cultivation; lightweight substrates; urban gardening; roof gardening;

    Abstract : Denna uppsats syftar till att presentera erfarenheter av grönsaksodling på tak samt utreda klimatförhållanden och odlingsförutsättningar på Augustenborgs Botaniska Takträdgård i Malmö. Uppsatsen avslutas med förslag på förbättringar och åtgärder för grönsaksodlingen på taket i Augustenborg. READ MORE

  5. 24. Leaf area index in Vittelaria Paradoxa parklands in Burkina Faso estimated by light interception and leaf sampling

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Forest Ecology and Management

    Author : Elsa Bengtsson; [2012]
    Keywords : agroforestry; LAI; LAI-2000 canopy analyzer; kalibrering; calibration;

    Abstract : Burkina Faso as well as most sub-Saharan African countries struggle with providing food for a fast growing population. The dominating farming system is agroforestry parklands. Agroforestry parklands can broadly be defined as areas where scattered trees occur on farmlands as a result of selective clearing. READ MORE

  6. 25. Windmill driven water pump for small-scale irrigation and domestic use : In Lake Victoria basin

    University essay from Institutionen för teknik och samhälle

    Author : Sara Salomonsson; Helena Thoresson; [2010]
    Keywords : wind power; windmill; water pump; irrigation; small-scale; Lake Victoria; Tanzania; vindkraft; vindhjul; vattenpump; bevattning; Victoriasjön;

    Abstract : This project is a combination of mechanical engineering and sustainable development in developing countries. The goal has been to build a windmill driven water pump and to design a small-scale irrigation system for SCC-Vi Agroforestry’s demonstration farm in Musoma, Mara region, Tanzania. READ MORE