Devices and methods for bringing water to crops, such as the Archimedes screw, drip irrigation and raised-field systems. A member belongs here when the cited article describes it as an irrigation device or method. The group is one of the groupings under this field in the Technology Atlas, and each member keeps its own entry with its own cited sources and its own place in the field. Its members appear in the Browse By view for the field, so a reader can move from this group to each member entry and to the sources cited there.
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Archimedes' Screw (Wikipedia)
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The origins of the water screw are unknown.
Drip irrigation (Wikipedia)
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Drip irrigation or trickle irrigation is a type of micro-irrigation system that has the potential to save water and nutrients by allowing water to drip slowly to the roots of plants, either from above the soil surface or buried below the surface.
Waru Waru (Wikipedia)
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Waru Waru is a type of raised field agriculture developed by pre-Hispanic people in the Andes region of South America from Ecuador to Bolivia.
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