The sight is not uncommon in California: water moving slowly across farm fields, in broad sheets or through a grid of ditches, propelled only by the pull of gravity. Flood irrigation is a tried and ...

If you want to grow the healthiest plants with the most amount of flowers possible, it may be time to consider installing a drip irrigation into your garden beds. Doing so will allow for optimal ...

As the water scarcity looms large in Madurai, superintendent of police V Balakrishnan has initiated a cost-effective way of drip irrigation for watering plants in gardens. Using the innovative drip ...

For marginal and small farmers with small landholdings, having a mechanism for optimum use of water is a boon. At a time when the Prime Minister had announced setting up a task force to study the ...

Keeping potted plants properly hydrated requires more than just sporadic watering. With the right method, you can ensure ...

Farmer James Nyamai states that drip irrigation has helped in growing at his farm Machakos county on Wednesday, January 21st, 2015. The chicken farm contains 2,043 chicks.[PHOTO: ANGELA MAINA/STANDARD ...

According to the new system, a six-foot gap is laid between each row where the seed-sticks are planted."The six-foot space is necessary for drip irrigation and mechanised farming. MADURAI: A new ...

Irrigation is a common agricultural/horticultural practice that uses a number of methods to add water to the soil in times of insufficient rain. Choosing the ...

PM Modi is likely to use the traditional natural drip irrigation method, achieved by placing an unglazed clay pot filled with water parallel to the roots of the plant thereby providing water to the ...