New Chilean agriculture-climate observation centre to boost early warning for drought events
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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…
Impacts on Water Quality after Hurricane Sandy
Impacts on Water Quality after Hurricane Sandy
NOAA – Cooperative Remote Sensing Science and Technology Center
Center Director: Dr. Reza Khanbilvardi
The City College of New York
June 12, 2013
Product Review: Remotely accessible irrigation management tool from Koubachi
Cool!! Remotely accessible sensor for managing irrigation and other stuff. The device is sold by a Switzerland-based company called Koubachi. Too expensive for house plants but could be great for agricultural applications. http://allthingsd.com/20130613/high-tech-help-for-the-green-thumb-challenged/.
The review focuses on the remote (mobile) accessibility of the device, which is amazing, but doesn’t talk at all about how accurate the internal sensors are. If anyone has this information please leave a comment. I also will try to check on this.
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Toro Drip Tips
I thought the visitors to pragwater.com would find this link on drip irrigation tips useful.
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
Clinton Foundation
Erosion onUPRM Campus
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