What are the major differences in water conservation practices between irrigated and non-irrigated (dryland) situations?
The primary difference is that with dryland situations, the land manager does not have the capability of controlling the timing, intensity and amount of water reaching the soil surface as it arrives through natural precipitation. Thus, the importance of capturing and storing as much precipitation as possible is much higher under dryland cropping.
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