Definition: Spate irrigation

Category: FAO Agricultural censuses

Spate irrigation is a method of random irrigation using the floodwaters of a normally dry water course or riverbed (wadi) http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ramon/statmanuals/files/census_agri_en.pdf
Source:
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), "A system of integrated agricultural censuses and surveys. Volume 1: World Programme for the Census of Agriculture 2010", Rome, 2005
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