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🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

Bewässerungsmanagement

Pronunciation / Transliteration: buh-vɛs-ə-roʊngs-mæn-ɪdʒ-mənt

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Irrigation-management/ˌɪr.ɪˈɡeɪ.ʃən ˈmæn.ɪdʒ.mənt/
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Modernes Bewässerungsmanagement steigert die landwirtschaftliche Effizienz."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The systematic planning, control, and application of water supplies to agricultural land to optimize crop growth while minimizing water waste and soil degradation.

    "Effective irrigation-management is crucial for conserving dwindling groundwater resources in arid farming regions."
  2. 2

    The operational administration and technical maintenance of watering infrastructure and distribution networks.

    "The local water board invested in modern sensors to improve irrigation-management across the valley."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term combines 'irrigation', deriving from the Latin 'irrigare' (to water or moisten, from 'ob-' + 'rigare' to flow), and 'management', stemming from the Italian 'maneggiare' (to handle, via Latin 'manus' hand). It emerged in modern agricultural science and environmental policy during the mid-20th century to describe systematic approaches to water resource distribution in farming.

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