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Water Sources

We all know Water is a very important requirement for farming activities.  In our Agriculture for Everybody  blog series, we will understand the various sources from where we can get the water for our crops. We can classify the Water Sources into two as below. Internal Water Source External Water Source Internal Water Source Internal Water Sources are those that are available within our farms.  We have some limited control on these water sources. Generally, the Internal Water Sources are created by us and some of them are given below. Borewells Open Wells Ponds I mentioned limited control in the previous paragraph, just to highlight the point, that the water in these sources can become dry if other farms in the area exploit the underground water indiscriminately by using borewells. External Water Source Any water source that is outside of our farm are considered External Water Source.  We have literally no control on these water sources. Some examples of Ex...