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Prioritizing farmers and ensuring their active participation in shaping the future of agriculture was a unifying call at the Africa Food Systems Forum (AGRF) 2023. A diverse group of policymakers, farmers, entrepreneurs and thought leaders from across the continent gathered to critically discuss the complex challenges facing Africa’s agriculture sector, highlighting innovative solutions, ...
The merged company, Rivulis, will be a global micro irrigation leader, backed by two strong, long-term shareholders – Temasek and Jain Irrigation, and focused on transforming agricultural irrigation through both traditional product and Smart Farming solutions. ...
The agreement paves the way towards more sustainable irrigation practices Corteva Agriscience, one of the world’s largest agriculture companies, and Manna Irrigation, a leading provider of irrigation intelligence software solutions, have announced a new contract to enhance effective irrigation ...
These sectors are continuing to undertake activities, such as water intensive crop production, and withdraw from fresh water sources in areas where water access is already unreliable at a human cost. ...
The Alentejo region in Portugal is known for its long sunny days, which create ideal conditions for the growth of high-quality olives. Irrigation water in the region is sourced from the Alqueva dam, and especially in the summer months it accumulates a high quantity of organic matter (algae, bacteria). This caused a problem for growers in the region specifically with drippers clogging, irrigation ...
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The plants are grown in the typical Almeria sandy soil (enarenado) and are irrigated with a modern drip irrigation system using pressure compensating non-leakage drippers. When precision irrigation and agronomy experts from HPNow and NaanDanJain Ibérica assessed the site, it was clear that clogging of drippers leads to non-uniform ...
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Two main issues were identified: Clogging of drippers leads to non-uniform irrigation and insufficient water and fertilizer delivery to part of the crop, which results in production losses. ...
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Today, the last of the event's five days, four meetings were held promoted by the exhibiting companies regarding machines, systems and technologies for irrigation. Three events promoted by Netafim entitled Irrigation and Fertigation in soilless media: best practices and new technologies, while Rivulis organized the webinar entitled Crop and site ...
We’re been busy here at Ag Leader bringing you updates and new features to our products for the fall season ahead. We have new InCommand display firmware, new SMS Software and AgFiniti versions to share. SMS Software Version 20.5 and AgFiniti Version 20.5 Marks 20 Years of SMS Did you know the first version of SMS was released in the summer of 2000? SMS has been the trusted data platform ...
“Swine breeders and growers in Spain typically use their manure effluents for crop irrigation,” Chopo stated. “However, due to the current over-saturation of ammonia in the soil and its effect on ground water, recent regulations have placed a limit on the amount of ammonia per hectare that can be applied to the ground. ...
"The objective of the review - reiterated the CEO of FederUnacoma surl Massimo Goldoni - is to promote the most innovative production in tractors, machinery, equipment for soil processing, crop treatments, irrigation, harvesting of agricultural products, management of biomass for energy production, and to intercept a demand for technologies that are expected to ...
Original story at MIT News Many farms in drought-prone regions of the U.S. rely on drip irrigation as a water-saving method to grow crops. These systems pump water through long thin tubes that stretch across farm fields. ...
Bowles Farming has been in operation for more than 150 years. They grow 12,000 acres of irrigated diversified row crops. “Our focus right now is learning where the technology is going to take us,” Royer said. ...
Presentations from leaders in the industry in finance, business crop & livestock, and irrigation to whet your appetite Opportunity to get your questions answered Register for the commercial farmer workshop>> 2. Interactive training workshops for small emerging farmers on 26 & 27 January 2017 Theme: Accelerating small scale farmer growth ...
CapDI tunably removes and controls sodium and electrical conductivity (EC) levels arrising from total dissolved solids (TDS) without removing all minerals, allowing users to select the optimal level of sodium and minerals for each crop’s irrigation water. Excessive levels of sodium in irrigation water prevents reuse, and CapDI effectively ...
“Sorghum really fits for us, and it’s the best cash crop we’ve had,” said Jerry Van Zee. “People are just now starting to understand the merits of the crop. ...
Coca-Cola said in a statement that it runs the Kaladera plant in Rajasthan "as a responsible corporate citizen," and is collecting rainwater and helping farmers to irrigate their crops. The plant is still being used for storage and other operations. ...
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 hold its Annual Partners Meeting from January 25–27, 2016 at the “Accademia delle Scienze” of the University of Bologna. ...
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Water More than 40% of agriculture is irrigated worldwide. With current water consumption and the growing world population water shortage will become an ever greater problem. ...
Wageningen UR Greenhouse Horticulture is collaborating with the Dutch horticultural industry to expand the possibilities to import biological control organisms and to use further automation of crop irrigation. Together with Hortimax we are involved in experiments to decrease the emission of water. ...