Old beats new: Gardeners report traditional irrigation methods like ollas and gravity-fed systems outperform costly smart controllers in reliability and yields. Soil-specific success: Matching ...

Irrigation is a common agricultural/horticultural practice that uses a number of methods to add water to the soil in times of insufficient rain. Choosing the ...

High-tech watering gear keeps breaking down while clay pots just keep working.

In order for plants to survive, they need sun and water. Unfortunately sun will deplete readily available water for plants in arid or semi-arid climates. Water provides nutrients to a plant so it can ...

A unique approach that combines solar energy with traditional farming practices is delivering remarkable results that might help to reshape agriculture forever. Off-grid solar technology now powers ...

SAN LUIS — When the water is flowing down from the mountains, Joe Lobato wakes up most mornings and drives from his home in San Luis to his fields spread across the valley where his family has farmed ...

The‍ Government of India has introduced several sche⁠mes aimed a‍t improving irrigation infrastructure a‌nd promoting ...

In many farming communities across the Cagayan Valley, the rhythm of planting and harvesting has long depended on two things: the flow of irrigation canals and the steady supply of diesel to power ...

In the rice fields of CAMPOSSA, a women's producers' association in eastern Guinea-Bissau, the gains from better irrigation and improved farming methods are showing up in both harvests and household ...

Nigeria is stepping up its efforts to reduce poverty by increasing productivity from agriculture through the Transforming Irrigation Management in Nigeria (TRIMING) Program. The World Bank, with ...