54-country panel finds no robust African production decline during COVID-19
A 54-country mixed-methods study found no robust pandemic-period decline in African agricultural productivity or cereal yields, but identified persistent food-access ...
Tag: irrigation
Kashmir fruit growers manage inputs well but operate at inefficient scales
A study of 418 horticultural households in Kashmir Valley found that most apple, pear and cherry growers managed inputs efficiently ...
Research report: Lessons from a tropical deciduous shrub species: leaf fall can play a more important role than rain in leaf budding
A field experiment in Brazil found that manual leaf removal, but not irrigation alone, increased leaf-bud production in the Cerrado ...
Rising Aridity Could Expand Salty Soils Across Global Drylands by 2100
A new Nature Communications study projects an 8 percent expansion of saline soils in global drylands by 2100, with wheat ...
Algorithm Finds the Sweet Spot for Water and Nitrogen in Winter Wheat
Winter wheat feeds hundreds of millions of people, and nowhere is that more true than in the Yellow River irrigation ...
Ethiopian Irrigation Scheme Fails Its Own Water Tests
A new study finds the Lasho small-scale irrigation scheme in Ethiopia delivers only 80 percent of its design flow, irrigates ...
Reservoir water emerges as top source of vegetable contamination in Sahel farms
A five-method statistical study in Northern Burkina Faso finds that irrigation water source, not on-farm hygiene, is the strongest predictor ...
Fertilizer shortages and wild animal damage hold back wheat farming in Nepal’s Kanchanpur district
A survey of one hundred wheat-farming households in Nepal's Kanchanpur district finds that fertilizer shortages, wild animal damage, poor seed ...
Orange-Fleshed Sweet Potato Delivers a Yield Surprise on Ethiopian Irrigated Farms
An on-farm demonstration in Ethiopia's Sedeni irrigation scheme shows the Birtukanie sweet potato variety outperforming Jari in total yield and ...
How Rising Energy Costs Are Squeezing Food Security in Northern Bangladesh
A survey of 80 farming households in Rajshahi district reveals that energy costs make up 75 percent of irrigation expenses, ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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