Irrigation for agriculture is the largest use of fresh water around the globe, but precise records and maps of when and where water is applied by farmers are difficult to locate. Now a team of ...

A new editorial synthesis in Water examines how freshwater use and energy sustainability are increasingly linked across ...

The economic impact of the complete lack of irrigation water for crop production in the Lower Rio Grande Valley in 2024 would be an estimated $495.8 million in direct revenue loss, according to a ...

Perennial crops are both valuable and vulnerable. They can generate high economic returns, but they also require long-term ...

Previously, scientists have suggested that agricultural irrigation affects mean climate in several regions of the world. New evidence now shows that this cooling influence is even more pronounced when ...

Washington, DC— As climate change shifts precipitation patterns, irrigation can be a powerful tool for increasing the world’s food supply—feeding more than a billion additional people without ...

TBILISI, October 17, 2023 – The Georgian Government, in partnership with the World Bank, today launched the Georgia Resilient Agriculture, Irrigation, and Land Project (GRAIL), which will benefit ...

Although Peru had one of the best economic growth rates in Latin America, poverty in the Sierra was far above national averages, and considerably higher in rural areas, posing a challenge for the ...

A substantive amount of irrigation in Kenya is being implemented quietly by self-motivated farmers. Shutterstock Kenya’s irrigation potential is about at 1.342 million hectares of land. But the ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. With agriculture employing more than 60% of Africa’s workforce, experts emphasize boosting energy access as a critical input to enhancing ...