A smart irrigation system powered by artificial intelligence can tell sugarcane farmers when and where to water their crops in an advance that could one day revolutionize agriculture—and help preserve ...

Farmers in Ethiopia are slashing growing costs while increasing the yields, and protecting the environment with solar-powered ...

Verdi, which launched today at TechCrunch’s Startup Battlefield, refers to its smart valve clusters as “swarms.” The term denotes the kind of high-density implementation the company is looking to roll ...

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Rwanda Agriculture and Animal Resources Development Board (RAB) is training 312 Scheme Farmer Promoters (SFPs) from 19 irrigation schemes in a new capacity-building drive aimed at strengthening farmer ...

With declining Ogallala Aquifer levels and rising input costs, efficient irrigation is more critical than ever for Kansas farmers. Since 1989, irrigated acres in western Kansas have dropped by nearly ...

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Niger State farmers have lamented the rising cost of petrol, saying it is making it increasingly difficult to keep irrigation ...

Your post-workout almond milk and fruit smoothie might one day leave your pocketbook significantly slimmer too, as water shortages in western U.S. states threaten to alter the price and availability ...

What if farmers could use half the water than they are now without sacrificing crop yield? Arizona would be a different place. There are roughly 946,000 acres of farmland in the state, according to ...