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 ...

On two rooftop chili plots in Gazipur, a farming region in central Bangladesh, the finding took shape inside a working irrigation system rather than a laboratory simulation. There ...

With a second year of below-normal rainfall, California is sliding into another drought cycle. Here in the north valley, total rainfall for the current Water Year (October 2020 through March 2021) ...

Sprinklers, which spray water into the air where it is easily evaporated or lost to the wind, are inherently inefficient. They spread water over large areas, regardless of whether there are roots ...

Water trickles out of a tiny black plastic tube and flows onto a spot near a young banana plant. The set-up looks simple, but it works with precision. The tube delivers just the right amount of water, ...

TAYLOR, Utah — The slow, steady drip of water hits right where the plant is. "You can see under here, it’s just a drip, drip, drip," farmer Matt Peterson said, picking up a line running under a row of ...

XI'AN, CHINA — Better quality plastic materials can improve productivity in India's drip irrigation industry, helping to overcome challenges that have kept the water-saving agricultural systems from ...

Healthy and in-demand fruits such as the high-margin 'green gold' avocado, primarily grown in South and Central America, are among the least tenable and environmentally-friendly crops. According to a ...