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The 27 pages that link to Dryland farming, each with the reason it gives.

• IrrigationCompared with: Its moisture-conservation strategies offer an alternative to supplying crops with diverted water.

• Dust BowlRelated: Plowing practices disturbed grass-covered soil across drought-prone plains.

• Great PlainsRelated: It enabled cultivation across the drier parts of the Great Plains.

• Arid climateRelated: Its methods are adapted to the unreliable, low precipitation of arid settings.

• No-till farmingRelated: Residue retention can reduce evaporation and help conserve scarce soil moisture.

• Regenerative agricultureRelated: Soil cover and water retention are especially consequential where rainfall is scarce.

• Homestead ActRelated: Homesteaders on the semiarid plains adapted farming methods to scarce water.

• Conservation agricultureRelated: Soil cover and water conservation make the practices relevant in water-limited farming.

• Ancestral PuebloansRelated: Farmers adapted planting and water management to arid conditions.

• Rain-fed agricultureBroader topic: It is a specialized form of rain-fed production adapted to scarce rainfall.

• SteppeRelated: Cultivation in steppe climates depends on limited and variable precipitation.

• AgronomyRelated: Its practices emphasize conserving soil moisture and managing climatic risk.

• DesertRelated: Farming at desert margins depends on making scarce precipitation last.

• Ogallala AquiferCompared with: It offers an alternative when declining groundwater makes irrigation impractical.

• ViticultureCompared with: It differs from irrigated viticulture in how vines receive water during dry periods.

• Center-pivot irrigationCompared with: It contrasts with the managed water supply that makes pivot farming possible.

• Rainfed agricultureRelated: It is a rainfed approach adapted specifically to arid and semiarid environments.

• FallowNarrower topic: In dry regions, fallow can store precipitation for a crop planted in a later season.

• Virgin Lands campaignRelated: Much of the newly plowed steppe depended on scarce and erratic precipitation.

• Paddy fieldCompared with: Paddy cultivation depends on reliable water, unlike farming designed around dry conditions.

• Semi-arid climateRelated: It adapts planting and soil management to the limited water supply of semi-arid areas.

• Extensive farmingBroader topic: Low water availability often favors broad fields and careful timing over intensive irrigation.

• Central Anatolia RegionRelated: Low rainfall makes rain-fed grain cultivation a defining regional practice.

• DrylandsBroader topic: Farming practices must match crop demands to scarce, variable rainfall.

• High PlainsCompared with: It offers an alternative where High Plains groundwater is limited or costly to pump.

• William FarrerRelated: Farrer bred wheat for Australia’s comparatively dry growing conditions.

• Irrigation in the United StatesCompared with: It shows how farmers can adapt to limited water without building irrigation systems.