Currently, micro-irrigation facilities cover 24 per cent of the state's gross sown area (GSA). There are plans to expand ...

CHUADANGA: In Bangladesh’s farm belt, solar-powered irrigation pumps are promoted as a way to cut diesel use, lower ...

Hot, dry conditions test even the best irrigation strategies. Christo van der Westhuizen, agronomist at Netafim Southern and ...

Naidu will address a public meeting, followed by a visit to the Pandeekallu reservoir site near Vemulapadu, where he will ...

THE government has directed irrigation schemes to operate as commercial enterprises, emphasising business planning, market research, and professional management to boost productivity and rural ...

Agriculture is the backbone of India’s rural economy employing nearly half of the country’s workforce and supporting food security for over 1.4 billion people. However, the farmers’ community ...

The Minister for Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries, Frank Tumwebaze has said Uganda is strengthening its partnership with the World Bank to boost agricultural productivity through investment ...

Bangladesh’s farmers are testing solar irrigation as diesel costs rise and fuel supplies tighten. Experts say wider grid ...

VIJAYAWADA: Andhra Pradesh has emerged as the top-performing State in the country in the implementation of the Micro ...

The PMKSY aims to enhance access of water on farms and expand cultivable areas under assured irrigation, improve on-farm water use efficiency, introduce sustainable water conservation practices etc.

, March 29 -- Diesel shortage in Bangladesh's northern districts is disrupting irrigation at a critical stage of the Boro season, raising fears of a drop in rice production and deepening anxiety among ...

On two rooftop chili plots in Gazipur, a farming region in central Bangladesh, the finding took shape inside a working irrigation system rather than a laboratory simulation. There ...