d today, it is 2.5 million hecters that are covered by modern irrigation system. it has been six-fold increase. so if you look at these agricultural figures, you realize that in the past 40 years, our nation has made major progress. the industrial sector, if you compare it to the 40 years ago, all of our industrial number of -- the industrial enterprises is 85,000. our steel products in the past was less than 400,000. today, that figure has reached 20 million tons. these figures are not even comparable with 10 years ago. we are on the path of construction and progress. i wish to draw your attention to this. at the time of the shah's regime 110 people could use illion tons of natural gas and today has reached 1,000 million tons. this means that our laborers and engineers are making great -- oil great effort in the and gas sector and our reserves today is 160 billion barrels. so it's a two-fold increase. that's due to exploration done by our engineers and there are no american or british experts today in the country. we have managed to become self sufficient and run

the irrigation systems have become more efficient. water will always be short. the systems we are putting into our permanent crops, there have been a big change. >> what are some of the biggest challenges farmers face out here? >> markets. a lot of the products we grow -- we export an awful lot of what we grow here. spent the last 30 to 40, 50 years developing, agriculture in general, developing markets in asia, european union, south america. markets andthose growing your product, what we do in california almost better than any other place is producing a quality product. we are talking about citrus or almonds or walnuts or whatever we're talking about, it is the quality of the product we can sell we can offer to the consumer both here in united states and around the world. water will always be a challenge. we just got through here in california sustainable groundwater act was passed by the legislature. process, we are plea together sustainable groundwater management program pursuant to the legislation. making sure we are not over drafting the water making sure w

2.5 million that are covered by modern irrigation system. so there's been almost six fold increase. so if you look at these agricultural figures, you will realize that in the past 40 years, our nation has made major progress. today in the industrial sector, if you compare it to the past -- to 40 years ago, all our industrial enterprises -- the number of industrial enterprises 5,000. our steel products in the past was less than 400,000 tons. and today that figure has reached more than 20 million tons. so these figures are not even comparable with ten years ago. this means -- and this indicates that our nation is treading the path of construction and progress. i wish to draw your attention to this figure at the time of the shah's regime. the people could use 110 million tons of natural gas and today it has reached 1,000 million tons. this means that our labors and engineers are making great -- are making great efforts in the oil and gas sector, and our reserves today is 160 billion barrels, so it's a twofold increase. this means that that's du

hectaresis 2.5 million that are covered by marvin irrigation systems. there's been almost sixfold increase. when you look at these agricultural figures, you realize that in the past 40 made majornation has progress. today, in the industrial sector, if you compare it to 40 years ago, all our industrial , the number of our enterprise, industrial enterprises, has reached 85,000. products in the past was less than 400,000 tons. today that figure has reached more than 20 million tons. these figures are not even comparable with 10 years ago. , this indicates that our nation is treading the path of construction and progress. the people could use 110 million and today ital gas .as reached 1000 million tons our laborers and engineers are in the oilt efforts and gas sector. is 160 billionay barrels. it is a twofold increase. explorations done by our engineers and there are no american or british experts in the country. to becomenaged self-sufficient and we are running the country ourselves. the whole world will be astonished. the population covered by gas prior t

they brought in and held irrigation, sophisticated irrigation systems that are still seen today. one of the dams still exists. you can visit. this was part of what unesco was trying to recognize and preserve with its designation. steve: let's talk about the alamo. what was there pre-1836? joel kitchens: you have the remains of a mission church and a number of buildings associated with the mission. the mission had already been secularized, closed and turned over to the indigenous population. some of the indigenous were still living in the area. as far as a services, they were still going to san fernando cathedral within the villa of the san antonio. it was a fortress, a mission church. not much to it when davy crockett and william barrett travis and jim billy took up in 1836. steve: you are in san antonio. is the alamo today what it looked like in the 1830's? joel kitchens: not hardly. what crockett and bubbly and travis saw been in 1836 was different from what we would see today. the main example would be the alamo did not have a roof in 1836. 10 years after the battle as the u.s

enjoy low-maintenance landscaping with an artificial lawn and drip irrigation system.explore the possibilities in person with rochelle and rochelle and garrett alhadeff all-ha-doff (rhymes with "off") short a's this silicon valley home offers a prime north san jose location! this three bedroom, two bath home has an eat-in kitchen that opens to a formal dining area and living room. the living room features a wood burning fireplace, vaulted ceilings and sliding doors offering access to the outdoors. the newly textured ceilings and fresh painted throughout will allow new owners to move right in and enjoy. all this is conveniently located near shopping, parks and tech companies. make this home yours with jackie romant. this five bedroom, four and one-half bath home is nestled in the hecker pass wine trail. this beautiful home offers an open floorplan, lots of natural light and approximately 3,005 square feet of livable space. the gourmet kitchen has an island, stainless appliances, granite counters and a pantry. features include high-end perego floor, recessed lighting thr

the creation of these wells allows for solar powered irrigation systems, enabling communities to farm year-round, even in the press ns of a drought. mr. speaker, i applaud the work of the family they are truly making a difference in the lives of countless people across the world. i speak on behalf of our entire ducks county community when we tell them how much we appreciate their service and their sacrifice. mr. speaker, i rise today to recognize a young sit sten in bucks county, pennsylvania, who recently was recognized in a national science competition. walker anderson, a dolphinstown resident and senior at central bucks high school won $2,000 as a semifinalist for the reagain rant science talent search competition this. recognition was received by only 300 students nationwide and only four in the state of pennsylvania. as impressive as this may be on its own, this is only one academic achievement of walker's. walker previously placed first in the under 18 category at the world puzzle championship in prague competing on the u.s. team. and was recently accepted into the massachusetts

ne site clos, san giovanni, the team had discovered the remains of a farm with soisticated irrigation systems dating back before christ. s the artifactare now displayed in a mini-museum inside the station, which opened in may. but combining archaeology with mass transit improvements is not without its problems. iineases the cost and slows construction. the entire c-line project is al smost 20 years behichedule. while some locals were frustrated by the delays, the ones we spoke with considered it part of the of the cost of living in a city like rome. wase it worth it? ( speaking foreign language ) >> ( translated ): yes, in my opinion it was definitely worth the wait, especially for this specific stop. >> reporter: you're proud to see this in your neighborhood. >> we were convinced that making a station whichould show what we are really discovering will convince everybody that it is worth to do this. this was our aim and i still think that it has beesomething like a miracle to have the possibility of doinghis inside a tube station. >> reporter: prosperetti now has similar plans for the mo rece

the irrigation system has become more efficient. water is always going to be short. misterare mr. systems -- systems. >> what are some of the biggest changes -- challenges that farmers face out here? >> markets. we export in awful lot of what we grow here. last 30, 40, the 50 years and beyond developing wheat, agriculture in general, developing markets in asia, the ,uropean union, south america maintaining those markets, growing your product. what we do in california better than almost any place is growing a quality product. we are talking citrus, walnuts, pistachios, or whatever we are talking about. it's the quality of the product we can offer to the consumer in the united states and around the world. and water will always be a challenge. we have just gotten through in california, the sustainable groundwater management act. in the process, we collectively, agriculture in the community put together a sustainable groundwater program pursuant to legislation the state passed, making sure we are not over drafting the water, making sure how we manage the groundwater will lead to susta

the irrigation system, i can't tell you exactly when it is scheduled to be advertised but i could get the answer for you. we're about 65% done with design. >> we had the original groundbreaking. so these are contracts, right? >> that's right. four contracts, several ongoing. one is essentially complete and we have one in the future. >> you aren't supplying water yet, right? >> no. >> when will that be? >> let me look that up for you in a few minutes and i'll get that answer for you. thank you. and then i just want to point out that this project is continuing to supply great job training opportunities for local residents here in san francisco and as you know, the purpose of the job training program is to provide opportunities for individuals within the sfpc's water system territory to get good job training and career development opportunities and so this is ms. robinson who agreed to be photographed and doing a great job providing needed skills for the project and getting some career development opportunities simultaneously. i can take questions on that and i think we need to take publ

thirty billion dollars in the largest irrigation system in the world that draws on the fast be says a fresh water under the sun to turn tens of thousands of hectares of libyan desert into farmland. daffy wanted to demonstrate that africa could develop without depending on the western banking system for the international monetary fund libya to the tune of tens of billions of dollars in each case was capitalizing a number of new african economic institutions the african development bank of the african monetary fund africa would then develop its own solutions and develop its own lending programs to address its own problems so africa was in good duffy's view . with gadhafi as a leadership increasingly becoming something of a bloc. rather than a series of disparate individual nations that could be dealt with one on one and set against each other. when gadhafi was elected chairman of the african union in two thousand and nine u.s. officials squared concerns in an embassy cables revealed by wiki leaks they noted that libya will seek to use our chairmanship to aggrandise him and promote his u

thirty billion dollars in the largest irrigation system in the world that draws on the fast a fresh water under the sun to turn tens of thousands of hectares of libyan desert into farmland. khadafi wanted to demonstrate that africa could develop without depending on the western banking system or the international monetary fund libya to the tune of tens of billions of dollars in each case was capitalizing a number of new african economic institutions of the african development bank of the african monetary fund africa would then develop its own solutions and develop its own lending programs to address its own problems so africa was in good duffy's view. with gadhafi as a leadership increasingly becoming something of a block. rather than a series of disparate individual nations that could be dealt with one on one and set against each other. when gadhafi was elected chairman of the african union in two thousand and nine u.s. officials square concerned in an embassy cables revealed by wiki leaks they noted that libya will seek to use our chairmanship to aggrandise him and promote his united st

the south is the merced irrigation district that would be the potential for additional flows from the merced river at certain times that would would help benefit the overall system. the irrigation districts could end up working together and this could be a big step forward in terms of managing our water and i'm pleased about that. i know people have questions about the amount of flow and what we're concerned about in the framework is if there's going to be money to pay farmers for water, how that would be structured and funded. that would be a water purchase fund. science program. what would be the structure and funding for that including adaptive management details. there's been presentations. that's going to be a place where a lot of action will take place to are non-flow measures being successful and if not, why not, and what can we do to improve the situation potentially through additional flow or modification of the non-flow measures. overall governance and consequences. that cuts both ways. if we get into a voluntary package there has to be assistance in the permits so delayed implementation isn't the fault of the parties, we need to have relief on that. e

evaporates out of the plants as research elated to return to the plant says irrigating water all the water that leaves the system comes in the form of the food itself as everything else stays inside the system. and that is one of the ins of steam. in order to test the system under simulated conditions the researchers have designed an enclosed hydroponic lab. a similar version could be installed on the moon. and the results so far have been encouraging. lettuce radish tomatoes and cucumbers planted in the container are all growing. and the researchers assure us that the vegetables taste good plus they grow faster here than out in a field. the first harvest was after just a few weeks. the plants also have fewer diseases pests and parasites are not an issue. a range of biological processes take place in the soil the plants face a constant struggle against bacteria fungus and other intruders hanging roots have a far purer environment enabling the plants to flourish more successfully and secondly because. that means that the researchers were able to do without herbicides so in theory the astronauts would have fresh n