Report Ocean recently published a thorough analysis of the Africa Agricultural Irrigation Machinery Market research report. The study evaluates factors, including COVID-19 impact, size, growth, ...

This is part 3 of a 5-part series. This agricultural method aims to bring water to the foot of the plant, which is usually drip-fed, through a surface or underground distribution network, avoiding ...

Unlike large-acreage government irrigation schemes, small-scale irrigation is typically farmer led. Farmers decide what technologies to use to extract water, be it manual lifting or solar water pumps.

In 1938, French colonial authorities in what is today Mali started on an ambitious infrastructure plan to transform the desert into an area of agricultural production. Water was diverted from the ...

STOCKHOLM (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Sub-Saharan Africa is seeing a surge of interest in irrigation among small-scale farmers as climate change brings more erratic weather and as rising ...

Precision irrigation can be characterized as irrigation systems that apply water more precisely in comparison to the traditional irrigation methods and sprinkler systems. These frameworks are ...

In the 1960s, North central Africa’s Lake Chad was larger than the state of Vermont but is now smaller than Rhode Island. NASA-funded researchers using computer models and climate data now understand ...

SunCulture provides solar-powered drip irrigation technology to increase crop yields in dry places–and importantly, it trains farmers how to use it. Pioneered in Israel, drip irrigation saves water ...

Tanzania hopes to jump-start its agricultural production by dramatically increasing the use of irrigation. The government of the East African nation plans to quadruple the amount of irrigated land to ...

Interest in irrigation is surging but better women's land rights, access to clean energy, loans and training are needed STOCKHOLM, Sept 9 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Sub-Saharan Africa is seeing a ...