dry farming
Unirrigated crop cultivation
Dry farming is agriculture in regions with little rainfall, relying on moisture-conserving techniques rather than irrigation.
Farmers may leave fields fallow in alternate years, plant drought-resistant crops, or use deep plowing to retain soil moisture: Dry farming sustained wheat production across the Great Plains.
- arid climatePersistently dry weather pattern
- seasonal rainfallWeather-dependent periodic precipitation
- drought resistanceCapacity to survive water scarcity
- water conservationMinimizing freshwater waste strategically
- rainwater harvestingGathering precipitation for later use
fallow fields · rainfed · mulching · sorghum · millet · chickpeas · quinoa · lentils · crop rotation · terracing · wheat · intercropping · barley · wind erosion · cracked earth · crust · arid · sparse
- frontierfrontier, pioneer, pioneers, settlers, settler
- Old Farmingplowing, harvesting, sowing, threshing, winnowing
- cultivationplanting, propagation, grafting, cuttings, transplanting
- Desert culturesBedouin, nomads, oases, camels, tents
- farming systemssharecropping, plantation, ranch, ranching, monoculture
- High Plainsshortgrass prairie, grassland, prairie dog, buffalo grass, wheat fields