I know how to set an irrigation tube, and I helped with the harvest. I learned the law of the harvest without… — Sheri L. Dew Copy Share Image
It is one thing to say with the prophet Amos, "Let justice roll down like mighty waters," and quite another to work… — William Sloane Coffin Copy Share Image
Writing novels is the hardest thing I've ever done, including digging irrigation ditches. — Thomas Harris Copy Share Image
Surrounded by a burgeoning human population, Asian elephants have to contend with the spread of settlements and farming, and the demands of… — Mark Shand Copy Share Image
Agriculture looks different today - our farmers are using GPS and you can monitor your irrigation systems over the Internet. — Debbie Stabenow Copy Share Image
Equally important is the lack of cultivable land for farmers, a profound problem when you take into account that Afghanistan has always… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
More than one-half of the world's major rivers are being seriously depleted and polluted, degrading and poisoning the surrounding ecosystems, thus threatening… — Ismail Serageldin Copy Share Image
Globally, the highest number of irrigation projects are in India, and within the country, the highest number is in Maharashtra. — Sharad Pawar Copy Share Image
Our fish, our recreation, our irrigation and all our uses of the Missouri River are threatened if the drought continues and the… — Mike Rounds Copy Share Image
We take for granted the slow miracle whereby water in the irrigation of a vineyard becomes wine. It is only when Christ… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
To suggest that organic vegetables, which cost far more than conventional produce, can feed billions of people in parts of the world… — Michael Specter Copy Share Image
Knowledge has always been important, of course. The ancient Egyptians did not raise the stones for the pyramids relying on the incantations… — Mahathir Mohamad Copy Share Image
Of all the works of civilization that interfere with the natural water distribution system, irrigation has been by far the most pervasive… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
My sense is that the most under-appreciated-and perhaps most under-researched-linkages between forests and food security are the roles that forest-based ecosystem services… — Frances Ford Seymour Copy Share Image
Additionally, Smart Irrigation Month serves to recognize advances in irrigation technology and practices that produce not only more but also higher quality… — Jim Costa Copy Share Image
Egypt is the largest wheat importer in the world. In some part, this is due to irrigation issues and inhospitable climes. Egypt's… — Marcus Samuelsson Copy Share Image
It is my experience both as an artist and as a teacher that when we move out on faith into the act… — Julia Cameron Copy Share Image
Rising oil prices have focused the world's attention on the depletion of oil reserves. But the depletion of underground water resources from… — Lester R. Brown Copy Share Image
Apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, the fresh water system, and public health ... what have… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The way we see the world shapes the way we treat it. If a mountain is a deity, not a pile of… — David Suzuki Copy Share Image
It takes 1,000 tons of water to produce 1 ton of grain. As water becomes scarce and countries are forced to divert… — Lester R. Brown Copy Share Image
Here's Iraq, where irrigation was invented, where law was invented, where writing was invented. All these things that we consider necessities of… — Bruce Cockburn Copy Share Image
