The sight is not uncommon in California: water moving slowly across farm fields, in broad sheets or through a grid of ditches, propelled only by the pull of gravity. Flood irrigation is a tried and ...

Irrigation is a common agricultural/horticultural practice that uses a number of methods to add water to the soil in times of insufficient rain. Choosing the ...

Some farmers in Siem Reap province have introduced drip and sprinkler irrigation techniques to save fertiliser and water and to produce good quality crops and products healthy for consumers. Villagers ...

Good crop growth needs sufficient soil moisture as a healthy plant is composed of 90 per cent water, which is used for its vital functions, notes Mr Stephen Okajje, a researcher and a farmer in Nyenga ...