All posts tagged "water"

The acreage devoted to a genetic variation of the Israeli pomegranate has tripled in Murcia. The crop’s...

23 August, 2018 – Good winter rains to date have largely broken the severe drought in the Western Cape. This positive outlook, linked to new plantings and new cultivars, brings the South African table grape industry back on its positive growth curve. The updated and online vine census, together with a concerted...

rrigated pepper crop had greater and more uniform growth rates than without irrigation. • Daily irrigation provided higher growth rates when the lowest depth of water was applied. • Irrigation every two days resulted in higher growing rates when the largest water depth was applied. • The experimental plot size was always...

In the world of irrigation technology, one eight-year old startup is rising to the top of the competitive pack. Denver-based SWIIM System – formally known as the Sustainable Water and Innovative Irrigation Management System – has software that creates a crop-water budget based on data collected over 60 times an hour and...

Technology developers in countries like Israel are setting up solar desalination plants with innovative membrane technologies to generate thousands of gallons of fresh water LONDON, June 5, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — The rapid depletion of natural resources and exacerbation of environmental issues following large-scale industrialization is intensifying the need for advanced environment and...

AUTOMATED irrigation systems could soon be the reality for farmers with commercial trials due to start soon....

The current drought as well as the predicted long-term drying trends in the Western Cape has serious...

The aim of farmer is to produce “more crop per drop”, hence there is need to find...

Weather conditions such as low spring temperatures, high summer temperatures and rain affected grape production during MY 2015/16....

Faced with the fourth consecutive year of drought and a second year of no water from the...