News: irrigation

Blasting the zombie out of water-saving tech

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A team of scientists, including experts from the ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide, suggest that reliance on modern irrigation technologies as a water-use efficiency strategy is a ‘zombie idea’ – one that persists no matter how much evidence is thrown against it.

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Rural decline not driven by water recovery

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New research from the ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide has shown that climate and economic factors are the main drivers of farmers leaving their properties in the Murray-Darling Basin, not reduced water for irrigation as commonly claimed.

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