irrigation

Extreme water stress affects a quarter of the world’s population, say experts

17 countries including India, home to 1.3 billion people, are identified as having ‘extremely high’ water stress. Photograph: Pratik Chorge/Hindustan…

5 years ago

State of Growth: conservation and technology critical to meeting future water demand

Photo: Water flows through an irrigation ditch at the Colorado State University Arkansas Valley Research Center.”Water is obviously a very…

6 years ago

Farmers’ protest is a sign water politics is about to go into hyperdrive

Photo: The confluence of the Murray and Darling rivers. Farmers believe water is not being allocated fairly according to the…

6 years ago

Shallow Waters

In a warmer world, the fight for water can push nations apart — or bring them together The Rio Grande…

6 years ago

California’s ‘dry farmers’ grow crops without irrigation

The environmentally conscious practice relies on rainwater to grow seasonal crops DECEMBER 18: Jim Leap is photographed on his property…

6 years ago