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Project Looks At Water Uptake in Beet Crops – Rainwater Harvesting Tanks Reduce Irrigation Costs
Farmers Guardian recently reported on an interesting project being conducted by the University of Nottingham. The four year research project is looking at ways of enhancing water uptake in sugar beet crops that will cut costs and reduce irrigation. The impetus behind the project lies in the fact that UK sugar beet crops lose around ten per cent of available water through poor water uptake. The ...
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WBCSD and SNV conclude dialogue series on “Exploring business solutions for development in Latin America”
Geneva - Over the past months, the alliance between the WBCSD and the Netherlands Development Organization SNV has convened high-level dialogues in eight target countries, bringing together Latin American business executives with selected leaders from the public and civil society sectors to explore the potential of sustainable business opportunities that are good business and benefit low-income ...
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World Food Day: Reggae, Food, and Water
For those of us who were teenagers in the 1980s, it is difficult not to remember the famous Live record released in 1983 by the reggae band UB40. Almost 30 years later I am still listening to their sound. As we mark World Food Day on October 16, I am reminded of one of the songs in that album, Food for Thought. In fact, I still remember some of the lyrics: "Eat and drink rejoicing, joy is here to ...
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Irrigation method saves 50 percent of water needed for potato growth
University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences researchers have found an irrigation method that uses 50 percent less water than traditional systems to grow potatoes – an important finding for the $131 million-a-year Florida crop. The system is called “hybrid center pivot irrigation.” With this method, about two-thirds of the water used to help grow potatoes ...
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Irrigation automation without data integration burden
Automated irrigation systems can both reduce labor costs and improve irrigation efficiency but have not yet seen widespread adoption. This is because most solutions only offer irrigation recommendations, leaving it to the farmer to solve integration of the irrigation control. Vinduino solves that problem with an affordable system that fully integrates accurate predictive intelligence ...
By Vinduino LLC
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FIGARO Partners Meeting in Kavala, Greece - June 2-7, 2013
The FIGARO consortium will hold a special partners meeting in Kavala, Greece on June 2-7, 2013. At the meeting, FIGARO will officially launch an its initial prototype. The cost-effective precision irrigation platform will be used at field-testing carried out simultaneously in Bulgaria, Denmark, France, Greece, Israel, Italy, Portugal, Spain, and the UK on major water-demanding crops. For ...
By FIGARO
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Surge-Valve Demonstrated in South Texas
Surge-valves and poly-pipe will be used for irrigation specific designed for farmers. And these valves will be displayed in the Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center in Weslaco The surge-valve is an ideal device that adopts the reasonable use water technology. And a program is hosted to persuade 30 Valley growers to buy this kind of valve at a discounted price. This ...
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Food producers to benefit from innovative crop irrigation systems
A four year research project led by Cranfield University aims to improve energy and water efficiency and crop quality through developing an innovative approach to irrigation practices. Rising energy costs, increasing water regulation and supermarket demands for premium quality produce are forcing growers to address the impacts of irrigation on crop quality whilst simultaneously reducing energy ...
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TOMORROW: USEPA Administrator and Dallas Mayor Dedicate Water Efficient Classroom and Student Garden
Dallas Independent School District, Toyota North America and the Wyland Foundation are teaming up with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for a ground breaking event to celebrate sustainability at Cochran Elementary School. On Thursday, April 9, 2015, the group will join Toro Company, Texas Land Care, WaterSmart Software, Bytelaunch and the National League of Cities to dedicate the outdoor ...
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FIGARO to start field tests of new innovative precise irrigation system in nine European countries
Kavalla, Greece -- FIGARO, an EU-funded international project focused on developing new precision technologies to improve irrigation management for the purpose of increasing water productivity in major water-demanding crops on farm level, today announced that it has begun conducting field tests of its new innovative precise drip irrigation system in nine European countries. FIGARO (Flexible and ...
By FIGARO
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European Union awards FIGARO consortium €6 million for new precision technologies to improve irrigation management
Tel Aviv, Israel – The European Union (EU) has awarded FIGARO (Flexible and Precise Irrigation Platform to Improve Farm Scale Water Productivity), an international Consortium led by Netafim Ltd , €6 million to develop new precision technologies to improve irrigation management to increase water productivity in major water-demanding crops. FIGARO researchers will focus their efforts ...
By FIGARO
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Solar-powered irrigation improves food security in West Africa
Solar-powered irrigation that delivers water directly to plant roots could help ensure food security in Africa, say researchers. Their study in the Sudano-Sahel region of West Africa indicated that this irrigation method could increase both household income and nutritional intake, particularly during the dry season. The food supply in many parts of sub-Saharan Africa is considered insecure in ...
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Japan & ADB to help Viet Nam improve water management and irrigation systems
Japan and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) are helping Viet Nam improve its water management and modernize its irrigation systems. The Japan Special Fund, through ADB, will provide a $1 million grant to help design a project to upgrade the quality of water-related public services and improve the management of Viet Nam’s water resources used for irrigation. For its part, Viet Nam will contribute ...
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Proper Irrigation of the Garden Using Intelligent Measurement Technology
In addition to the factors of light, temperature and nutrient availability, water is one of the most important prerequisites for healthy plant growth. If a plant lacks water, this not only inhibits growth, but in the worst case even leads to death of the plant. Since dry periods in summer are not uncommon, irrigation is of particular importance in practice. Water: The basic criterion for a ...
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2022 AlmondBeat Report #2 - 4 irrigation tips to prepare for the heat
Temperatures are swinging from high to low, rain fall sporadically and unexpectedly - The only thing that hasn't changed during the last couple of weeks in the Central Valley - is that everything is changing. And with water scarcity, increased input costs and regulations affecting irrigation decisions (CNN reports that the state's two largest reservoirs — Shasta Lake and Lake Oroville - ...
By Phytech
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Jelly Belly Candy Company Selects ValleyCrest and HydroPoint for Major WeatherTRAK Installation
HydroPoint Data Systems, Inc. and ValleyCrest Landscape Maintenance announced a partnership today with Jelly Belly Candy Company to implement the WeatherTRAK Smart Water Management solutions across the 35-acre campus, which includes corporate headquarters, manufacturing, warehousing and a public tour center in Fairfield, California. Using the proven ...
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Watering the world
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. Hundreds of dime-sized drippers along the length of each tube trickle water directly onto a plant’s base. A farmer can control the timing and amount of watering, ...
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