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...From the top of the volcano, a dusty trail twists sharply between terraces of congo beans to the Paul Valley....
...£26 Berry Bros & Rudd John Williams’ vineyards, with their wild flowers and lack of irrigation pipes, are some of Napa Valley’s most distinctive....
...Temperature rises or earthquakes can trigger what are called glacial lake outburst floods, or GLOF, which threaten populations living in the valleys and plains below....
...and where every ounce of water is masterfully employed through complex irrigation channels to support small fields of barley and wayward clumps of apple and apricot....
...Irrigation was only introduced to the valley in 1976 but today 95 per cent of our vineyards are irrigated. It’s horse shit to say it’s impossible to dry-farm in Napa Valley.”...
...In the Elqui valley there are vineyards at almost 2,000m above sea level. In the south, Pinot Noirs are coming from the lake district of Chile....
...With no rivers or excess irrigation water in the area, the planters are relying on pumping loosely regulated sources of groundwater, said Steve Knell, general manager of the Oakdale Irrigation District....
...“We are working with water districts across the state to find long-term solutions that benefit both local communities and courses.”...
...These could be the worst conditions we’ve ever seen in our area in terms of groundwater,” said Chris Kapheim, general manager of the Alta Irrigation District, which distributes water to farmers in Tulare...
...Tupungato and Tunuyán are the most important departments for fine wine production in the Uco valley, with La Consulta district cool enough to have encouraged growers to plant white wine grapes as well as...
...competition from Finland, Korea and Sweden to start work on the 5,000-acre project between Nairobi and Mombassa, which Kenya wants to be a tech cluster to rival that of Mauritius’ Cyber City, and even Silicon Valley...
...The co-operative, launched in the 1960s, built irrigation systems, introduced agricultural techniques and invested in equipment, changing the face of a district that had been populated by poor farmers subsisting...
...It is a scene that has been replicated for centuries in the semi-arid hills and valleys of Syria, where farmers harvest crops, tend fruit trees, and herd sheep and goats....
...ditches, vineyards and narrow village streets of the cultivated valleys....
...Sergeant Deacon Holton bounded into the soggy field along with Corporal Clayton Bowman and other Marines, running and slipping through knee-deep mud saturated from recent irrigation....
...“Then 50km away will be forgotten districts whose farms have a third or a quarter of their yield.”...
...(Maria says water for irrigation was cut off last year to lower the value of farmland in her district.)...
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