dryland farming
Unirrigated crop cultivation
Dryland farming is agriculture in arid or semi-arid regions without irrigation, relying entirely on rainfall and moisture-conserving techniques.
Farmers use methods like fallowing, mulching, and drought-resistant crops to work with limited water: Dryland farming dominates the wheat-growing regions of the Great Plains.
The practice shaped settlement patterns across the American West.
- sorghumWarm-climate cereal grass
- milletSmall-seeded food crop
- desertificationLand becoming barren, infertile
- cowpeasWarm-climate legume crop
- arid climatePersistently dry weather pattern
teff · soil erosion · amaranth · chickpeas · crop rotation · cover crops · terracing · soil conservation · quinoa · drought resistant · lentils · dust bowl · Great Plains · dry spell · water table · intercropping · agroforestry · water harvesting
- American Farmingfamily farms, corn, wheat, hay, farmsteads
- farming typesranching, livestock raising, cattle ranching, crop rotation, aquaculture
- African farmingmaize, cassava, sorghum, millet, yams
- farming culturestraditional agriculture, indigenous agriculture, crop cultivation, plant cultivation, animal husbandry
- farming methodsintercropping, polyculture, companion planting, strip cropping, agroforestry
- farming systemssharecropping, plantation, ranch, ranching, monoculture
dryland farmingflood irrigation
Water released across fields
drip irrigation · irrigation farming · greenhouse farming · hydroponics
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