Irrigation from river water supports 25% of global food production. The first complex societies arose in river valleys – from the Nile to the Indus to the Yangtze to the Tigris and Euphrates. Why did ...

Watering our lawns and gardens is a thankless chore, and it can be particularly wasteful when done with a hose in one hand and a beer in the other. Irrigation systems have made home watering simpler ...

Evaluate the effects of various soil moisture levels and row widths on growth and yield of full season and double cropped soybeans. Determine the optimal irrigation management strategy for full season ...

The Honghe Hani Rice Terraces in Honghe Hani and Yi autonomous prefecture, Yunnan province, date back to the Tang Dynasty (618-907). [Photo provided to China Daily] Four ancient Chinese irrigation ...

In 2022-23, of the 141 million hectares of gross sown area in the country, nearly 73 million hectares, or 52%, had irrigation access. For the first time, more than half of India’s cultivated land now ...

WASHINGTON, June 9, 2023—The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved a $148 million loan to support the Indian state of West Bengal in harnessing surface and ground water through ...

The Honghe Hani Rice Terraces in Honghe Hani and Yi autonomous prefecture, Yunnan province, date back to the Tang Dynasty (618-907) (PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY) Four ancient Chinese irrigation projects ...