For over 50 years, homeowners in our neighborhood knocked on neighbors' doors to have them voluntarily donate funds for the flood irrigation system. Our neighbors gave funds because of the awareness ...

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 ...

Let me be perfectly clear up front: the farmers of the middle Rio Grande valley are the lifeblood of the community. From family farms to agribusiness, the farms of this valley formed who and what we ...

LOS ANGELES (CN) – Irrigation techniques promoted to farmers around the world as water-saving are actually increasing water usage, according to a new study. “The Paradox of Irrigation Efficiency," ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Aims: Lowland meadow irrigation used to be a widespread management practice to improve hay yield in Central European grasslands. Recently, ...

The Ministry of Agriculture recently issued an infograph to inform farmers about the benefits of implementing modern methods of irrigation, as opposed to the flood irrigation methods traditionally ...

A parliamentary committee looking into flood plain harvesting in New South Wales is calling for a six-month delay to the government's plan to licence the sector. Green groups are questioning the ...

Dharwad: Several parts of North Karnataka are reeling under severe drought and both the agriculture and horticulture have been hit badly. The farmers who had borrowed money for purchase of inputs for ...