Three new high-profile studies led by Dr. Yi Yao (Vrije Universiteit Brussel and ETH Zurich) show that while irrigation may be seen as a tool to dampen heat extremes, its benefits will come with ...

Crop irrigation — watering the plants that make our food — is one of the most intensive uses of water in the world. This year, at the United Nations 2023 Water Conference, the biggest water conference ...

Integrating plant biosensors, IoT, and AI transforms precision agriculture, enhancing crop monitoring and resource efficiency ...

Dodoma. The National Irrigation Commission (NIRC) has launched a rural irrigation programme that has seen the drilling of 390 wells in 25 regions as part of efforts to expand agricultural production ...

As climate change shifts precipitation patterns, irrigation can be a powerful tool for increasing the world's food supply—feeding more than a billion additional people without converting natural ...

The dry season is usually a challenging period for farmers. With an average precipitation that is below 60 millimetres and lack of watering holes, farmers face many challenges in planting. But with ...

Data centre builder Firmus Technologies posts to its website a statement, since removed, indicating its intention to get some ...

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 ...

DODOMA: THE government plans to drill 390 boreholes and distribute irrigation pumps across 15 regions as part of a wider ...

Forty-one farmers in Hartlands, St Catherine, are set to benefit from an $80 million irrigation project aimed at improving ...