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Responding to Water Scarcity

Writing about web page http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/audio/?podcastItem=fertigation.mp3

Growers in the UK are having to get used to managing with less water. Changing climate patterns mean that techniques long established in Southern Europe are now being adapted for use further north.

Dr Jim Monaghan (Harper Adams University College) is leading research at Warwick HRI on Dynamic Fertigation, an irrigation system that not only saves water and fertilizer but also automatically respond to five day weather forecasts.

: 20 Jul 2006 13:00 |  Tags: Agriculture Horticulture Hri Podcast Scarcity Warwick Water |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem