Faridkot To check excessive extraction of groundwater, the agriculture department will conduct trials of rain gun irrigation method on the fields where paddy is sown through the direct seeding of rice ...

In view of the prevailing severe drought in Andhra Pradesh, the state government has decided to introduce rain guns which are micro irrigation tools to help save standing crops such as pulses, ...

Robert Wells – who has more than 35 years’ experience in irrigation – developed and trialled his system on clients’ farms after seeing sprinkler irrigation systems in the Middle East. “As most growers ...

Unlike the knowledge and awareness of the present day, about 25 years ago farmers never knew the effectiveness of water conservation and the need for preserving groundwater by using tubes and buckets ...

VIJAYAWADA: While taking stock of agriculture works, irrigation water resources and the rainfall this season to date in the State, the Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu stressed the importance of ...

Diesel and electricity are the main energy sources used to pump water through irrigation systems. It was, therefore, a double whammy when last year’s high prices hit potato growers in what was one of ...

ANANTAPUR: The previous TDP government had launched rain guns to water crops in Anantapur, a district where rains are scanty. Procured at a cost of Rs 29 crore, the equipment is now collecting dust as ...

On January 2, 2017, a public holiday Grekkon Limited supplied its first smallholder farmer in Kenya with irrigation material. Who knew that this marked the birth of one of the best irrigation ...