Plans to open five new farms for potatoes and oats by introducing advanced irrigation technology.

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He persuaded James Hardie Irrigation of Australia to license its technology, but it took him more than a year to persuade India's hidebound bureaucracy to let him acquire the know-how.

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In his initial attempt to procure technology from Israel, where modern micro-irrigation had been invented, he found no willing partner.

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Many African governments still crave Israeli expertise for projects such as irrigation, but they are also after military and intelligence technology.

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Faculty at the University of Georgia have invented an easy-to-use, GPS-based technology that allows farmers to more accurately target irrigation needs, reducing water consumption by an average of 15 percent.

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Until 1985, most users were not charged at all, so it made little sense for enterprises to invest in treatment and recycling technology or for farmers to fret about wasteful irrigation.

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We help these families have permanent land for cultivation, we help them access modern technology with low-water-intake drip irrigation, we create village reservoirs for year-round water, and then we teach them to produce fruits and vegetables with a harvest every two weeks so they can sell year round.

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