RESEARCH: Next generation irrigation systems - Page 5

Dirty water, dirty crops?

Reducing risks in urban vegetable production.

Crop irrigation with polluted water has caused a bit of a stink with policymakers and the public.

Of PIM and pirates

Can community run reservoirs deliver?

Who can you call?

African farmers get water advice from mobile phones The information revolution has transformed farming in many parts of the world. Sophisticated computer models can now...

NationalGeographic.com: Small-scale Irrigation Boosts Incomes and Food Security in sub-Saharan Africa

A study by the International Water Management Institute, based in Sri Lanka, estimates that small motorized pumps could expand irrigation by some 30 million...

Priming the pump: motorized pumps improve prospects for Zambia’s smallholders

July 6 is the 2013 UN International Day of Co-operatives . The event seeks to encourage the growth and establishment of cooperatives and farmers’...

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