A global company with a major Central Valley presence is celebrating six decades of helping farmers save water and produce bigger yields. Netafim is an Israeli-based manufacturer of drip irrigation ...
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Deep in his almond grove, Madera County almond farmer Tom Rogers reviews his irrigation data on his tablet, next to a device measuring temperature and humidity. A soil moisture sensor, seen near ...
Water challenges in West Texas are compounding other issues. Gaona said he’s seen Welch’s population nearly halve over the ...
With a long coastline and diverse topography, Vietnam faces rising pressures from desertification and land degradation, ...
An international team led by UC Davis is working to connect 9,000 rural households in Guatemala with improved water management and climate-smart agriculture strategies, to increase food security and ...
ZARANJ (Pajhwok): While consecutive droughts in Nimroz province have severely impacted agriculture, recently some farmers have revived their cracked and dried lands by adopting the modern method of ...
The Jigawa government has announced plans to adopt drip irrigation in the state in order to increase crop output by 60% per acreage and also reduce farming costs. The state Commissioner for Water ...
Reduction of GST on bio-pesticides from 12% to 5% would lower input costs and would promote wider adoption of integrated pest ...
REPORTING FROM CALISTOGA, CALIF. — The gnarled zinfandel grapevines on Rich Czapleski’s land have borne fruit for more than 100 years, producing dark, intense wines that exemplify the special growing ...