Irrigation & Agricultural

In the sun-scorched fields of northern Ghana, where the rhythm of farming once relied entirely on the whims of the rainy season, a quiet revolution is taking root. Alaazi Terah Akangaamkum, a researcher at the West African Center for Water Irrigation

In the fertile floodplains of Tanzania’s Kilombero Valley, smallholder rice farmers face a critical choice every planting season: whether to stick with traditional flooding irrigation or adopt the more labor-intensive but potentially higher-yielding

In the arid landscapes of southern Xinjiang, China, where water is scarcer than gold and soil salinity threatens to choke agricultural dreams, a team led by Shengzhao Pei from the Key Laboratory of Agricultural Soil and Water Engineering in Arid and

In the heart of central Thailand, where the Tropical Savanna climate dictates a rhythm of wet and dry seasons, a team of researchers led by Chawanan Malee from Mahidol University’s Faculty of Environment and Resource Studies has uncovered a way to sq

In the heart of Northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province, where the black earth yields some of the country’s finest rice, a quiet revolution is taking shape. Researchers led by Yi Liu of Hohai University have developed a method that could help farmers

In the arid expanses of China’s Xinjiang region, where the Taklamakan Desert stretches endlessly, a quiet revolution is underway—one that could redefine how energy companies and land developers approach ecological restoration in some of the world’s m

In the heart of Hunan Province, where red soil stretches as far as the eye can see, a quiet revolution is brewing—not in the fields of politics or economics, but in the very ground beneath our feet. Researchers led by Zan Ouyang of Hunan Agricultural

In the arid stretches of northern China, where the Yellow River’s waters are stretched thin across fields of thirsty tomatoes, researchers are uncovering a delicate balance—one that could redefine how farmers irrigate crops in saline soils. Xianbo Zh

Groundwater is the invisible lifeblood of communities across the Bazo River catchment in Ethiopia’s Rift Valley, silently powering homes, farms, and local economies. Yet, as a new study reveals, this vital resource faces silent threats—elevated fluor

The Kyzylkum Desert in Kazakhstan—whose name translates to “Red Sands” in English—isn’t just a barren stretch of land. For generations, it has been a fragile mosaic of marginal agroecosystems where farmers scrape out a living under relentless sun and