cotton irrigation News
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Early cotton planting requires irrigation
Cotton growers can produce more cotton if they plant early, but not without irrigation. That’s the finding of an article published in the September-October 2010 Agronomy Journal, a publication of the American Society of Agronomy. Bill Pettigrew, a scientist with the USDA-Agricultural Research Service in Stoneville, Mississippi, tested the performance of cotton under irrigated and ...
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FIGARO Project to Hold First Live Demonstration of its Precision Irrigation Platform in Xanthi Greece
FIGARO, an EU-funded international project focused on developing the new precision agriculture Decision Support System (DSS) to improve irrigation management for increasing water productivity, will start a series of live demonstrations of the benefits and capabilities of the FIGARO System, with a workshop in Greece. The first demonstration will be organized by the Democritus University of Thrace ...
By FIGARO
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Pakistan debates GM cotton’s success
Pakistan is beset by conflicting claims over the success of genetically modified (GM) cotton, now grown in over 90 per cent of the 2.5 million hectares under cotton. The GM cotton variety — also called Bt cotton because it contains a gene taken from the soil bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis that resists the bollworm pest — was originally developed and patented by the US agricultural ...
By SciDev.Net
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IARTC and Geoflow SDI System Tangerine Project
All necessary factors including the mechanization, subsurface drip irrigation pipes and installation along with the project details will be provided by Geoflow TR over a 3 year period. Data collected at the end of the given period will be evaluated by International Agricultural Research and Training Center (IARTC). Geoflow TR has attended the opening panel on '' Extension Project on Composing of ...
By Geoflow
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FIGARO to Present Positive Results of Field Tests of Its Precise Irrigation System
FIGARO, an EU-funded international project focused on developing new precision technologies to improve irrigation management for the purpose of increasing water productivity, will present the first annual results of field tests carried out in nine European countries at the next partners meeting. During the meeting, which will be held at the Scientific Park of the University Politécnica ...
By FIGARO
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Sunbelt Ag Expo Field Day To Be Held On July 9, 2015
Are you looking for a one stop shop for the latest and most pertinent Agricultural research and technologies? Look no further. The Sunbelt Expo Field Day is scheduled for July 9, 2015 at the Darrell Williams Research Farm, located at the Expo Show Site. The goal of the Darrell Williams Research Farm is to provide farmers and agribusinessmen with the opportunity to combine education and ...
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Experiment demonstrates 110 years of sustainable agriculture
A plot of land on the campus of Auburn University shows that 110 years of sustainable farming practices can produce similar cotton crops to those using other methods. In 1896, Professor J.F. Duggar at the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Alabama (now Auburn University) started an experiment to test his theories that sustainable cotton production was possible on Alabama soils if growers ...
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Four million Syrians are unable to produce or buy enough food
Syria's food security situation has significantly deteriorated over the past year and domestic agricultural production will further decline over the next 12 months if the present conflict continues, according to a new report published by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP). "Crop and livestock production, food availability and access to food have all ...
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