The plastic-and-stainless-steel device, topped by a tiny solar panel, determines the amount of water to be delivered to the garden each day, using Mr. Aramburu’s Wi-Fi network to comm... Read more
In the future farmers will be able to download their own sensors To help farmers irrigate their crops more efficiently and save water, Yoshihiro Kawahara, an Associate Professor in the depar... Read more
Thanks to a new app, smart phones could help monitor irrigation water use according to need. This could ensure that food is available on our table is the produced in a sustainable way. In Eu... Read more
By far, the largest demand for the world’s water comes from agriculture, as more than two-thirds of the water withdrawn from the earth’s rivers, lakes and aquifers is used for ir... Read more
An innovative effort would embed sensors in agricultural fields in a bid to cut down on irrigation–saving farmers money and preserving water for endangered species. By June 15 g... Read more
Winning the prize will mean I can develop and test the Airdrop system Edward Linacre won the 2011 James Dyson Award for his Airdrop irrigation system, designed after an inspirational... Read more
More crops with less water. The invention that achieved that won the title Innovation of the Year from the Dutch business community. The people behind the invention say they are making a mod... Read more
As the saying goes, necessity breeds invention. Farmer Roger Barton needed to water his crops, and he needed fuel to run his irrigation system. The trouble came in 2008 when diesel prices re... Read more