Category: IRRIGATION

The Irrigation Association, Fairfax, Virginia, will host “ROI of Improving Drip Irrigation System Distribution Uniformity,” a one-hour webinar on April 26.  Attendees will learn about how drip is widely used, especially in states like California, and how to use distribution uniformity measurements to assess existing drip irrigation system performance. The webinar will cover how DU is measured, the…

To overcome these challenges in sustainable and transformative ways, there must be consistent investment in innovation, and collaboration that can help boost the sector’s contribution to the economy, and create a food-secure future for South Africa and of the rest of the continent. According to the United Nations (UN), the continent is still recovering after the Covid-19…

When was the last time you really wanted to buy a policy? People buy insurance begrudgingly and moan when the debit orders hit their bank accounts every month. Who even bothers to actually read the policy? And then when people need it, they flounder about, trying to make it work. It doesn’t need to be…

A greater dependency on technology, particularly on large-scale farming operations, has led to a dependency on electricity. This can be in the form of basic production equipment, such as irrigation systems, or systems built to add value to primary produce, such as storage and processing. The fresh produce and meat industries, for example, would fall…

This is especially true with respect to agriculture, as there are questions and concerns around how the locking down of countries worldwide has impacted farmers and food supply. While the value of South Africa’s exportable agricultural commodities to countries around the world declined 8,8% in 2019 to $9,8 billion (about R166 billion), the picture has…

Some 26,700 hectares of land will be restored in Tanzania through irrigation. The initiative comes from the National Irrigation Commission of the East African country, which has just signed partnership agreements with several companies. In Tanzania, the government is multiplying initiatives to reduce food insecurity among the population. On 8 August 2022, the country’s National…

Kenya’s irrigation potential is about 1.342 million hectares of land. But the government has also pointed out in its long-term plan – Vision 2030 – that an additional 9.2 million hectares in arid and semi-arid regions have the potential for crop production through irrigation. Irrigation could be achieved mostly by reliance on perennial rivers, underground…

The situation is exacerbated by the fact that a bulk of food producers in Africa, up to33 million farmers who produce 70 percent of the food, are smallholder farmers who have traditionally relied on rain-fed agriculture for their production. Now, with erratic rainfall patterns and extreme climate conditions, farmers have recorded crop failures and dismal yields that continue…

To promote all year-round farming, the Federal Government through the Federal Ministry of Water Resources has handed over twelve rehabilitated irrigation systems to farmers in Kano. The Minister of Water Resources, Suleiman Adamu, at the handing over ceremony on Wednesday, noted that the recipients were farmers under the Kano River Irrigation Scheme (KRIS), saying KRIS…

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved N24 billion for the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) for the execution of a smart modular irrigation project. Executive vice chairman/CEO of NASENI, Professor Mohammed Sani Haruna, disclosed this to State House correspondents after a meeting with the President at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Friday. According…