Healthy and in-demand fruits such as the high-margin 'green gold' avocado, primarily grown in South and Central America, are among the least tenable and environmentally-friendly crops. According to a ...
In an exclusive interview with the Daily Tribune, National Irrigation Administration (NIA) Administrator Eddie Guillen said the agency is revising crop schedules, expanding solar-powered ...
Deerpoint Group CEO Mike Hemman draws on his decades of precision irrigation leadership to explain why fertilizer is facing its own evolutionary leap. For years, growers have treated agronomy like a ...
Researchers are designing and prototyping a system of accessible, open source irrigation hardware. Two interdisciplinary research teams at the University of California, Santa Cruz, will develop ...
May is peak watermelon season in North Florida, and farmers are busy tending to their crops as they anticipate harvesting around Memorial Day. Rather than painstakingly twisting water valves, however, ...
At the Africa Food Systems Forum in Kigali, Rwanda, governments and development partners are calling for more investment in irrigation systems to reduce dependence on rain-fed agriculture by farmers, ...
If you live in Texas, then you are likely well acquainted with the state’s often harsh climate. The hot, dry conditions combined with unpredictable rainfall and drought often leads to declining ...
Across South Africa’s rural landscape, thousands of hectares of fertile land lie unused. Irrigation systems have collapsed, water no longer reaches crops reliably, and many farmers lack the support ...