The sight is not uncommon in California: water moving slowly across farm fields, in broad sheets or through a grid of ditches, propelled only by the pull of gravity. Flood irrigation is a tried and ...

Most gardeners who spend time hauling out a hose to water a raised bed of cutting flowers or a vegetable garden would prefer to be digging and planting, so it’s no surprise there’s a growing number of ...

Plants need water, and people aren’t always around to provide it. I realized this fact when a wildfire engulfed my rural ...

THE drip irrigation system is suitable for crop cultivation when irrigation water or rain water is not enough for conventional farming. This technology, so far, has not been adopted commonly but in ...

Drip and sprinkler Irrigation system being a better water energy saving technology has gained more preference by beneficiary farmers of various State Government Schemes over traditional system during ...

As the water scarcity looms large in Madurai, superintendent of police V Balakrishnan has initiated a cost-effective way of drip irrigation for watering plants in gardens. Using the innovative drip ...

Democratic governments are, by their nature, slow-moving creatures — and that’s the way it should be. Social stability generally requires that change be evolutionary, not revolutionary, lest the ...

The domestic drip irrigation system, developed by city-based environment and wildlife filmmaker Vilas Kane, uses the principle of capillary motion to water plants. He created the model after several ...

MANGO trees suffer from a number of insects, pests and diseases, which affect them during growth, development, flowering and fruiting stages. The mango quick decline due to sudden death syndrome or ...

The university's agricultural training field is part of an ongoing cooperation between Israel and Senegal that began in 2006 and aims to reduce poverty through farming innovation. Israeli and ...