1. Large amounts of cotton are also grown in irrigated fields surrounding the town. 2. A huge project of irrigated fields and communal farm villages was set up in the oil-laden bottom lands west of Villahermosa. 3. A recent tour of pumping stations, canals and irrigated fields showed that water is not wasted, but it is not used efficiently, either. 4. But the hot, humid weather is less likely to damage tomatoes, melons and sweet corn, all of which are grown in irrigated fields. 5. Even the irrigated fields there will be affected slightly. 6. Even in irrigated fields, the estimated yields were far below normal. 7. Nearby are irrigated fields. 8. The field will have a fully irrigated field of natural grass. 9. The melons have dodged the drought, agriculture experts said, because most of them are grown in irrigated fields. 10. They herded sheep and goats and grew wheat and barley in irrigated fields. |