Smart Irrigation

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Small Scale Farming: Simple, Successful, Sustainable

Small Scale Farming: Simple, Successful, Sustainable

Sugeno-san is a philosopher. His love affair with the land is poetry. “These trees are planted by our ancestors. These ‘tambos’ — the orderly descending terraces of rice paddy fields — are blessings from our communal mountains and forests. We smallholder farmers are the guardians of this Earth. It is our ancestral connection with their spirits. We pay our respects by respecting the land.” I realise that this deep and profound link between our planet and our humanity is being shattered by our human greed and ever-rising consumption.  Read more…

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An Agricultural Application of GOES-PRWEB

In this presentation a simple, web-based method for scheduling irrigation is presented.  The presentation was given at the 8th Annual NOAA CREST Symposium, The City College of City University of New York, NY, June 5-6, 2013.

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New Book: Evapotranspiration Principles and Applications for Water Management

I am happy to announce that our new book will be released soon.
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Global Agricultural Water Use and Outlook

Global Agricultural Water Use and Outlook

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Source: United Nations FAO

 

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How to make a 2-Liter SIP (sub-irrigated planter)

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NASA Study Projects Warming-Driven Changes in Global Rainfall

NASA Study Projects Warming-Driven Changes in Global Rainfall

A NASA-led modeling study provides new evidence that global warming may increase the risk for extreme rainfall and drought.

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Photos from TMAG 4035 Soil and Water Management Course, UPRM, Spring 2013

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Planting Trees Restores Soil in Haiti