Effective agricultural water management is fundamental to addressing the dual challenges of ensuring food security and promoting environmental sustainability. By integrating precision irrigation ...

There were 212,714 farms with 53.1 million irrigated acres, which included 81 million acre-feet of water applied in the United States, according to the 2023 Irrigation and Water Management Survey ...

However, only a part of this agricultural water diverted is effectively used in the production of food or other agricultural commodities and the remaining does not reach the crop/plants because of ...

In Texas, agriculture is the largest single user of our groundwater and surface water supplies. Roughly 50 % of the state’s ...

Agricultural water scarcity is expected to increase in more than 80% of the world's croplands by 2050, according to a new study. Agricultural water scarcity is expected to increase in more than 80% of ...

Soil and water are not separate challenges—they are a single, interconnected system that underpins food security, climate resilience and long-term agricultural viability. Both soil and water face ...

How can EO technology provide insight on crop water consumption, water use efficiency, and irrigation performance? Annemarie Klaasse (eLEAF, EO4SD consortium) presents how earth observation technology ...