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Article: Reports outline biosystems engineering study results from M. Kumar et al.
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- Journal of Engineering
- Article date:
- February 25, 2009
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According to recent research published in the journal Biosystems Engineering, "Enhancing and sustaining the productivity of hill agriculture in North-West Himalayan Region (NWHR) is a major challenge as it is practised under ecologically fragile environments which include altitudinal, climatic and topographical variations. The present study envisaged the scope for water resources development and its utilization in crop production through gravity-fed micro-irrigation enhancing water use in the terrace land of NW Himalaya."
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