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Technology alone is not a silver bullet
Storing water could help rural communities in Nepal, if socioeconomic factors are addressed.
90% of surface water in Tamil Nadu is exploited, says expert
Nearly 90 per cent of surface water in Tamil Nadu had been exploited, said B.J. Pandian, Director of Water Technology Centre at Agriculture College...
How solar irrigation pumps meant to help Indian farmers end up...
Farmers, who so far have had to depend on undependable electricity supplied at night, will get full-voltage daytime power from solar panels and will...
Can Myanmar achieve food security?
The need for targeted investments to reduce poverty and regain preeminent agricultural position in the region.
IWMI Research Report – 159: Climate Change, Out-migration and Agrarian...
Climate change could have a critical impact on agriculture in Nepal due to dry-season water shortages, and changes in the variability of water availability...
Resilience to climate change need of the hour
CWC chairman says climate change impacts agrarian economies more than others. Secretary-General of the International Commission on Irrigation & Drainage C. Avinash Tyagi said...
Urban farming covers an area the size of Europe, more growth...
ROME, Nov 13 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - City dwellers are growing their own food on a much greater scale than previously thought, farming an...
40 Percent Of The World’s Cropland Is In Or Near Cities
Urban agriculture is clearly taking off around the world — in backyards, on rooftops and on local farms.
But just how much of the world's...
Press Release: First Global Estimate of Urban Agriculture Reveals Area Size...
Study finds irrigation more common on city farms than rural farms, intensifying water demands in sprawling urban zones.