In order for plants to survive, they need sun and water. Unfortunately sun will deplete readily available water for plants in arid or semi-arid climates. Water provides nutrients to a plant so it can ...

Crop irrigation — watering the plants that make our food — is one of the most intensive uses of water in the world. This year, at the United Nations 2023 Water Conference, the biggest water conference ...

CAVALIER, N.D. -- Robert Vivatson smiles at the memory of his initial foray into irrigation in the mid 1990s. "We had a traveling gun (wheeled cart with attached sprinkler) and 40 acres of irrigated ...

Agriculture, which consumes about 70% of global freshwater, is grappling with increased water scarcity and inefficient irrigation systems. Traditional methods of irrigation not only lead to wasted ...

An almond orchard in Parlier provides a look into the future of farming. Researchers at UC Merced and the University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources installed an irrigation system ...

Carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere is used by plants to build their tissues, and when plants die, the carbon can reach the soil in which they grow. If the way of cultivating the earth can be ...

Dr Karen Parry receives funding from the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research. André F. van Rooyen receives funding from the Australian Centre for International Agricultural ...