The 5 Ms: Management of farm operations for confidence and preparedness (Part 4)

This is the fourth and final in a series of blogposts describing the development and implementation of water–saving solutions in India. The innovations were developed by KS Gopal, founder and director of the Centre for Environment Concerns. It describes the journey to reduce the use of irrigation water for farming following the 5M concept:  India has 17% of the world’s […]

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The 5 Ms: Microbes and Mycorrhyza (Part 3)

This is the third in a series of blogposts describing the development and implementation of water–saving solutions in India. The innovations were developed by KS Gopal, founder and director of the Centre for Environment Concerns. It describes the journey to reduce the use of irrigation water for farming following the 5M concept:  Soils have three dimensions: physical, chemical, and biological.

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The 5 Ms: Measured Moisture for water efficiency & savings (Part 2)

his is the second in a series of blogposts describing the development and implementation of water–saving solutions in India. The innovations were developed by KS Gopal, founder and director of the Centre for Environment Concerns. It describes the journey to reduce the use of irrigation water for farming following the 5M concept:  Since our discussion in the previous blog post, our

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The 5 Ms: Moisture at plant root zone (Part 1)

This is the first in a series of blogposts describing the development and implementation of water–saving solutions in India. The innovations were developed by KS Gopal, founder and director of the Centre for Environment Concerns. It describes the journey to reduce the use of irrigation water for farming following the 5M concept:  Groundwater is used to grow high-value crops of

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