Irrigation & Agricultural

Farmers worldwide are facing a triple threat: soils losing their fertility, water becoming scarce, and weather swinging between drought and flood. For Kiran Keshyagol at Manipal Institute of Technology, the answer isn’t in bigger machines or more che

Sunil Goraguddi’s team at the Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology has just mapped the future of maize in Gajapati district—and the results could ripple far beyond the fields of Odisha. Using a blend of satellite data, soil chemistry and a

Mandeep Singh, a researcher at Punjab Agricultural University’s Department of Agronomy, has spent the last two decades sifting through 266 studies to uncover how precision fertigation—where water and nutrients are delivered with surgical precision—co

In the heart of Nigeria’s agricultural landscape, a quiet revolution is unfolding—one that could redefine how smallholder farmers, especially women, adapt to climate change. A new study by Ashagwu Ojang Okadi of the University of Nigeria, published i

In the heart of Mississippi’s cotton belt, researchers at the USDA-ARS Southern Insect Management Research Unit are uncovering a quiet revolution in sustainable agriculture. Led by Justin George, a team has found that tiny, invisible bubbles—nanobubb

In the heart of Nigeria’s North Central region, where agriculture remains the backbone of rural livelihoods, farmers are quietly waging a battle against an invisible but relentless foe: climate change. A groundbreaking study led by Mercy Abutsa of Co

In the heart of Alberta’s irrigation belt, where fields stretch as far as the eye can see, a quiet revolution is underway. Farmers are turning to precision agriculture (PA), a suite of technologies designed to squeeze every drop of efficiency from th

Alaa Badawi, an architect and researcher at the Emirates Center for Happiness Research at the UAE University, has turned the spotlight on a pressing challenge: how to make cities in hot, arid regions like the United Arab Emirates more resilient to cl

In the heart of Ethiopia’s Central Main Rift Valley Lakes Basin, a study led by Ashenafi Wondimu Teshale of Hawassa University’s Department of Hydraulics and Water Resources Engineering is quietly reshaping how we think about farming—and its hidden c

In the heart of China’s Huang-Huai-Hai Plain, where waxy maize is a staple crop, farmers face a growing challenge: increasingly erratic rainfall patterns fueled by global warming. For Yanyan Zhang, a researcher at the Institute of Farmland Irrigation