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Irrigation

Water management that artificially supplies water to crops to supplement rainfall, sustaining production during dry spells, droughts, and periods of erratic rainfall.

Definition source: AGROVOC: irrigation

Synonyms

none

Broader

Water management

Narrower

Drip irrigation, Sprinkler irrigation, Surface irrigation, Solar irrigation, Alternate wetting and drying

Counts as adaptation

Always (adaptation-specific).

Provenance

Domain expert

Identifier

INT_039 · https://mlolita26.github.io/cgiar-climate-taxonomy/terms/INT_039
(planned permanent identifier: https://w3id.org/cgiar/climate-taxonomy/INT_039)