20090419 060.tif | Nathan Weyland

Javier Rodriguez posses for a portrait in a field being flood irrigated. Rodriguez ensures the water flows correctly through the young orchard, moving mud with simple tools in the blazing afternoon sun. Flooding crops is inefficient, in both crop yield and water conservation, when compared to drip irrigation. The farmer will be installing a drip irrigation system after their well is completed, according to Rodriguez.

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Image Size: 1800x1200 / 12.4MB; CA; California California's water Central Valley Farmworkers San Joaquin Valley Westside San Joaquin Valley flood irrigation irrigation portrait trees water drought california's drought water management managing scarcity
Contained in galleries: Managing Scarcity II: Agriculture

Javier Rodriguez posses for a portrait in a field being flood irrigated. Rodriguez ensures the water flows correctly through the young orchard, moving mud with simple tools in the blazing afternoon sun. Flooding crops is inefficient, in both crop yield and water conservation, when compared to drip irrigation. The farmer will be installing a drip irrigation system after their well is completed, according to Rodriguez.