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Cisterns are water collection structures which form part of a cultural heritage dating back some 2000 years. While cisterns are commonly used to store drinking water, in the sloping fields of Tarsus they serve as a form of water insurance structure for orchards during dry periods.

• Составитель: Erhan Akca
• 23.08.2022 10:00

Production of fodder crops every year both for feeding livestock and increasing soil fertility.

• Составитель: Faruk Ocakoglu
• 28.02.2011 20:24

Drip irrigation is a method designed for minimum use of water and labour for the optimum irrigation of plants in arid and semi-arid regions.

• Составитель: Faruk Ocakoglu
• 01.03.2011 09:45

Wooden fences are an effective and relatively cheap way of conserving soil from water erosion by decreasing overland flow. They also increase crop yield by encouraging better infiltration.

• Составитель: Faruk Ocakoglu
• 26.02.2012 15:01

Strip farming is a kind of an agriculture method that cereals are sowed as strips which are 50 m witdh (strip-fallow-strip). Strips are perpendicular to wind direction in dropugth areas.

• Составитель: Mehmet Zengin
• 01.03.2011 10:16

Allowing livestocks to graze in pasturelands in a periodic and regular manner.

• Составитель: Mehmet Zengin
• 02.03.2011 19:13