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Irrigating Crops With Seawater
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Brown J. Jed, Glenn Edward P., and O’Leary James W. 1998. Irrigating Crops with
Seawater. Scientific American.
“” talks about the global problem of finding enough water and land for the world’s population to survive. An estimated 494.2 million acres of cropland ....
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....erefore, the authors decided to use the halophytes as part of a mixed diet for the livestock. The animals’ meat taste was not affected, but the animals eating the halophyte-mixed diet drank more water and produced 10 percent less meat.
This new agriculture method has many advantages too. First, it is cheaper to pump the seawater than to pump freshwater. In addition, seawater irrigation does not require any special equipment. The same fields have been irrigated for 10 years with no wa.... |
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