Furrow Irrigation and Raised Bed Planting (FIRB) optimizes water use by channeling water through furrows between raised beds, ...

The Flood Insurance Rate Maps used by FEMA are based on antiquated data and obsolete models. As a result, the U.S. government downplays flood risks for homeowners across the country—but ...

House Agriculture Committee members will have a lengthy markup next week to find the instructed $230 billion in budget reconciliation savings. Rep. Eric Sorensen, D-Ill., explains Democrats ...

Twenty-six river gauges are currently in major flood stage. Flood alerts remain in effect in Kentucky, Tennessee, Indiana and Arkansas in the wake days of deadly storms that devastated the central ...

“Flood irrigation supports one acre (about half a hectare), but ... Farmers are likely to use it when available to maximize profits and create a buffer for dry periods. Take maize, for example. The ...

The most recent 60-foot crest was during the flood of 2018 when the river crested at 60.53 feet. The river will be slow to fall back within its banks. At Cincinnati the river drops to minor flood ...

Governments strive for food security and large donors tend to finance and develop large irrigation projects. Second, smallholder farmers are pressured to grow staple crops such as maize ...

West Bengal state irrigation and waterways department has undertaken a new cost effective model to dredge the rivers and canals to ensure that flood impacts get minimised in the coming monsoon, said ...

Drip irrigation, which delivers water directly to the plant’s root system, offers significant potential for water savings compared to traditional flood irrigation ... oil seeds, pulses, maize, cotton ...

Worried by the impact of flooding on farmers’ food security and livelihoods, the Bauchi State government has called on farmers to actively utilise the huge opportunity dry season farming offers ...

At the same time, the construction of agricultural ponds functioned as water reservoirs, enabling controlled flood irrigation and ensuring the continuity of maize cultivation even during the driest ...