Here's Iraq, where irrigation was invented, where law was…

Story was that human civilization started to develop with first social network. Emerged where population concentration was high. Helped propel to where we are…

— Yuri Milner

The worlds civilization started from the day on which everyone received reward for labour.

— Andrew Carnegie

Knowledge has always been important, of course. The ancient Egyptians did not raise the stones for the pyramids relying on the incantations of their…

— Mahathir Mohamad

To suggest that organic vegetables, which cost far more than conventional produce, can feed billions of people in parts of the world without roads…

— Michael Specter

We take for granted the slow miracle whereby water in the irrigation of a vineyard becomes wine. It is only when Christ turns water…

— Saint Augustine

Our fish, our recreation, our irrigation and all our uses of the Missouri River are threatened if the drought continues and the Corps of…

— Mike Rounds

Globally, the highest number of irrigation projects are in India, and within the country, the highest number is in Maharashtra.

— Sharad Pawar

More than one-half of the world's major rivers are being seriously depleted and polluted, degrading and poisoning the surrounding ecosystems, thus threatening the health…

— Ismail Serageldin

Equally important is the lack of cultivable land for farmers, a profound problem when you take into account that Afghanistan has always largely been…

— Khaled Hosseini

Agriculture looks different today - our farmers are using GPS and you can monitor your irrigation systems over the Internet.

— Debbie Stabenow

Surrounded by a burgeoning human population, Asian elephants have to contend with the spread of settlements and farming, and the demands of rapidly developing…

— Mark Shand

“Too many people talk about the weather, and not enough people talk about agriculture. When somebody says to me, "Beautiful weather we're having,” I…

— Jarod Kintz

Writing novels is the hardest thing I've ever done, including digging irrigation ditches.

— Thomas Harris

It is one thing to say with the prophet Amos, "Let justice roll down like mighty waters," and quite another to work out the…

— William Sloane Coffin

I know how to set an irrigation tube, and I helped with the harvest. I learned the law of the harvest without even knowing…

— Sheri L. Dew