Growing awareness about benefits of irrigation automation fuels growth of the irrigation automation market.

AFTER a year of being able to draw 85% of their annual water allocations from the Kouga Dam, Gamtoos Valley farmers are facing the bleak prospect of having their water allocations cut dramatically for the coming water year, as the Kouga Dam level sinks below 10% capacity.

The Hydro-Rain B-hyve controller allows farmers to remotely control and monitor center pivot irrigation systems.

The year 2020 has the eerie feel of the first chapter in a dystopian novel, but the idea that something must be done about climate change isn’t new.

N-Drip combines flood irrigation with the high yields and precision of conventional drip systems. Its technology makes use of existing field infrastructure without the need for pumps or filters, as used in existing precision irrigation technologies.

Water. We drink it each and every day (hopefully) and without it, we could not exist. However, the water we rely on for our health may also be giving us unknown doses of drugs without us realizing it. 

Acid rain can have serious implications for the environment -- especially aquatic environments and soils.

Welcome to the Pliocene – an ancient proxy for a future world in which big carbon can rewrite global temperatures and expanding oceans can swallow liveable land.

VIRIDIX, A DEVELOPER of datadriven precision irrigation systems, and Talgil, a manufacturer of professional irrigation controllers, have partnered to provide the global farming community with an integrated precision irrigation solution.

Our current path is unsustainable, much damage has already been done, but it’s still not too late if we’re willing to get our act together.

Globally, there is an imbalance between water availability and water demand. The main cause of this mismatch is agricultural irrigation, which accounts for about 70% of freshwater withdrawal.

Recently, news reports revealed plans by a Canadian oil and gas company, ReconAfrica, to explore for oil and gas in some of Africa’s most sensitive protected areas.

Water is the most abundant substance on Earth and vital to our existence. Here are some facts to think about when you’re enjoying that next cold drink of water.

The World Meteorological Organisation’s State of the Climate in Africa 2019 report has just confirmed some dreadful news for South Africa – drought and extreme heat conditions are set to persist until at least 2024.

Choking up with emotion at times, scientist Nicolette Forbes took to Zoom last week to urge critics to allow nature – not bulldozers – to heal Lake St Lucia, the largest estuarine lake in South Africa and symbolic battleground between developers and conservationists.

In 2010, the United Nations recognised access to clean water and sanitation as a fundamental human right. However, over 4.1 billion people around the world, particularly in low- and middle-income countries, still do not have access to this human right.

There are many jaw-dropping structural feats around the world, each with its own interesting engineering designs.

Without altering current levels of water consumption and pollution, almost half of the world's population will suffer severe water stress by 2030, damaging the well-being of millions of people, according to a new report from the International Resource Panel (IRP).

As a result of the recent and almost constant rain in many regions of the state, one can see the evidence of too much soil moisture. In some fields there is standing water.

Five African countries: Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Malawi, South Sudan, and Niger, are among the world’s top 10 nations to be the worst affected by climate change through disruptions to productivity in key economic sectors including agriculture, roads, dams, and other infrastructure according to the new Global Climate Index 2021 released by Germanwatch.