Drip vs Sprinkler vs Furrow: Efficiency, Energy and Water Cost (Chart)
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In this lesson
You compare three irrigation systems for the 24 ha maize field: pumped volume, pumping energy, the annual cost split into water, energy and capital, and a stacked column chart of the result.
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