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* Low-pressure irrigation boosts African Market Gardens * Seen as potential to break cycles of hunger * Experts question scaling up, fret over water By David Lewis KEUR YABA DIOP, Senegal, May 6 ...

Water scarcity, high temperatures and sandy soils have been a problem for farmers, especially women farmers, in Mauritania trying to grow vegetables under harsh conditions to feed their families and ...

Pioneered in Israel, drip irrigation saves water and fertilizer by delivering droplets of water to the base of plants. But off-the-grid farmers aren’t able to use the technology without expensive ...

Water trickles out of a tiny black plastic tube and flows onto a spot near a young banana plant. The set-up looks simple, but it works with precision. The tube delivers just the right amount of water, ...

It's long been established doctrine in international development circles that diesel engines are the most cost-effective tools for pumping water and powering villages. But Robert Freling has been ...

Precision irrigation can be characterized as irrigation systems that apply water more precisely in comparison to the traditional irrigation methods and sprinkler systems. These frameworks are ...

The Israeli farmers who pioneered the revolutionary technology known as drip irrigation weren’t trying to solve one of the world’s most urgent problems. They were just trying to survive. They lived in ...

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KEUR YABA DIOP, Senegal (Reuters) - As the world's aid agencies scramble, yet again, to feed millions of hungry in Africa's Sahel, some smallholders in the semi-arid region are reporting bumper ...