Surface irrigation remains a vital agricultural practice, combining tradition with modern analytical methods to address the global challenges of water scarcity and efficient water use. Recent ...

LOS BANOS Although underground irrigation is still a common way to water crops and fields, some farmers and landowners are moving to use surface irrigation amid one of the worst droughts in state ...

Surface irrigation techniques can improve developing crop field layouts and efficient surface irrigation methods such as bed planting technology which helps save water to increase cropping intensity.

SEVENTY per cent of the fresh water resources are being used for agricultural production while the rest for drinking, municipal, industrial uses etc. The increasing demand for food and fibre calls for ...

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 ...

Irrigation systems can be expensive. As a farmer, you need to choose the irrigation method that will work for you and ensure that you get maximum returns. Irrigation is the application of water to the ...

DESPITE advancement in irrigation technologies, vast areas are still lying barren due to insufficient rainfall and saline groundwater. High-tech irrigation methods, such as sprinkler and drip, no ...

The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre (CIMMYT) issued a press release saying Bangladesh’s unique food security challenges have led scientists to develop alternative methods for ...

Irrigation by surface water is steadily expanding in different parts of the country while the use of groundwater is declining thanks to the government's move to re-excavate canals and build rubber ...