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Submissions ranged from self-filling water bottles, to extreme dehumidification, to a large-scale water sources for greenhouse drip irrigation, to emergency water for lifeboats, to self-filling canteens for the military,
Fogquest http://www. fogquest. org Fogquest is a Canadian nonprofit that uses modern fog collectors to bring drinking water and water for irrigation and reforestation to rural communities in developing countries
ID=1722 Developed by James Dyson Award winner, Edward Linnacre, the Airdrop irrigation concept was developed for poor agricultural conditions in periods of severe drought.
Airdrop Irrigation works to provide a solution to this problem. Moisture is harvested out of the air to irrigate crops through an efficient system that produces large amounts of condensation.
and pumped to the roots of crops via sub surface drip irrigation hosing. A2wh http://a2wh. com/Developed by Joe Ellsworth in Seattle,
so any uptick in usage could lead to enormous gains Two of the most important technologies in farming are irrigation and fertilizers,
Irrigation schemes, meanwhile, require government support, which has until now been virtually absent. Once these two proven techniques become more widespread,
In the absence of fixed irrigation such low-cost, improvised irrigation methods are gaining ground and helping to improve yields.
What about more advanced technology? For years African governments opposed the genetic modification of crops,
Irrigation schemes are practically nonexistent. Transport links are terrible; where proper roads do exist, you ll often see police roadblocks capriciously set up to extract bribes from drivers.
what it is today#rovided farmers gain access to things like capital, electricity, and irrigation.
#Precision agriculture moves farmers into the high tech age A variable rate irrigation system installed to water crops saves hundreds of thousands of gallons of water.
#In Idaho, the nonprofit is collaborating with Millercoors to support farmers who upgrade their irrigation systems to new precision agriculture systems.
and computer-controlled irrigation covering thousands of acres that conserve millions of gallons of water each day.#
Yet the central technology in this effortvariable rate irrigation (VRI) wasn t a commercial endeavor delivered directly to farmers clamoring for the technology.
and much more. 2. Water Harvesting Irrigation Spikes Will it someday be possible to add atmospheric water harvesting ground-spikes next to every plant or tree in our garden?
planting, irrigation, etc. Scientifically viable in 2018; mainstream in 2020; and financially viable in 2021.
(and can according to existing law) offer lower rates to farmers who embrace low-risk water-smart practices like cover cropping no-till farming and more efficient irrigation.
For instance many farmers are now using methods like flow-through irrigation drip irrigation micro-sprinklers and more efficient use of groundwater to increase yields.
While the days of farmers using the divining rod to find water are passed long since many farmers especially in developing countries still rely too much on guesswork in making planting irrigation and harvesting decisions.
which provides the most agriculturally important irrigation in the state of Kansas and is a key source of drinking water for the region.
If current irrigation trends continue unabated 69 percent of the available groundwater will be drained in the next five decades the researchers said in a study published online today (Aug 26) in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
That's happening because of increased irrigation technology crop genetics and management strategies. But in some areas of the country's plains the properties of the groundwater and soil largely dictate the irrigation techniques Scanlon said.
In parts of Texas and Kansas the groundwater is brinier which means if some farmers employ more efficient irrigation techniques they will also be pumping up salty deposits that are washed not adequately away by rainfall.
This is a very nice study but we really need to address droughts and socioeconomic issues and other approaches to figure out the problem beyond the technical Scanlon said.
solar-lighting technology cookstoves drip irrigation and a line of Nokia cellphones. From their research as well as interviews with product designers the researchers drew up guidelines on how to design for emerging markets.
and reliability were also big factors for small farmers in choosing a system for drip irrigation--an efficient means of delivering small amounts of water directly to the base of each plant.
Farmers tended to choose systems that came with service plans along with extras beyond the irrigation system itself.
The researchers also found that modular irrigation systems were attractive: Farmers could easily buy a small system then add more components as their farms grow.
The other Johns Hopkins team aims to improve the irrigation of vegetable gardens that provide nutrition and income for families in remote rural communities in South africa.
and provides much needed irrigation water for the cultivation of winter vegetables. In an additional effort aimed at sustaining the benefits from the EWB-USA effort a team of undergraduate
and other help to the community in running these irrigation systems. It's important because the water allows the farmers to grow more vegetables during dry seasons for their own use and for sale to others.
and community gardeners in other regions to run their own ram pump irrigations systems without relying on outside assistance.
And because of the country's climate and geography irrigation is now widespread burdening rivers and groundwater supplies.
If balanced with more water-efficient irrigation systems locally restructuring these regions could reduce national water use
In particular corn production and trade at the domestic level might be an area to target as changes could significantly reduce national water use for irrigation.
and used for irrigation more rapidly than it is replenished. Water used during crop production is referred to as virtual water.
and irrigation sources--and determined how much water was transferred between provinces through food trade. To obtain estimates of these water transfers the researchers analyzed how much food was traded between provinces
The researchers found that irrigation accounts for about 25 percent of water used to produce crops
However those numbers skyrocket in Xinjiang Ningxia and Inner Mongolia where irrigation water is used predominantly for crop production (85 percent 69 percent and 49 percent respectively.
They found that domestic corn trade leads to significant losses of irrigation water resources (such as rivers reservoirs and groundwater.
and their exports lead to large national water savings for both rainfall and irrigation water.
Everything in Israel has irrigation--80 percent of the country. Not because it saves water;
Metaphorically speaking, he's betting the farm that the next revolution in agriculture will be more about software and machines than soil and irrigation.
New irrigation system helps farmers conserve water Infographic: What is the water footprint in the U s
while decreasing the amount of water needed for irrigation. That's just one of the high-level takeaways shared by Ian Hope-Johnstone, director of agricultural sustainability for Pepsico global operations, with whom
and better manage irrigation needs. An infographic (below) created by Float Mobile Learning suggests that a growing number of North american farmers are now using smartphones
Smarter home irrigation technologiescontributor s Note: This is an ongoing column in water sustainability, consumption and management issues.
I received in the past week from two companies seeking to provide smarter home irrigation technologies. These companies, Cyber-Rain and ET Water, have released both recently cloud services that provide guidance about
What we are providing is smart irrigation in the palm of your hand. XCI Cloud gives property owners
ET Water's GNOME Smart Irrigation Calculator, which is billed as ET Water's first consumer application doesn't rely on any particular sensor technology.
Plant types Soil composition Slope of the soil Sun exposure The type of irrigation you're using (hose versus sprinkler versus drip lines, etc.
there are many smart irrigation technologies, but these cloud-based services will probably become more ubiquitous.
IBM analytics technology helps Sun World use drip irrigation to decrease its water usage by 8. 5%.That difference is readily apparent in a new agribusiness case study that was brought to my attention by the IBM mid-market group.
The company has been acting on its water consumption to change irrigation techniques, a practice that has helped now it reduce water usage by 8. 5 percent per unit since 2006.
and fertilizer and irrigation canals and be outraged that fashionable elitists back home were trying to deny them these things.
With 70 percent of the world's water supply going to irrigation, the cheapest source of water is going to our farmers.
With low-flow irrigation and other off-the-shelf devices, we're reducing it by 50 to 70 percent.
A lot of what we're starting to see is pickup of much more efficient irrigation. They need the financial incentive.
The first outdoor technologies to be labeled under the effort will be irrigation controllers, which control the frequency
Watersense-blessed irrigation controllers will be tied into local weather data, so that plants and grass will be watered only when conditions call for it.
The new irrigation controllers could hit the market by spring 2012, just in time for next year's landscaping season.
the value of wastewater Greenpeace challenges apparel industry to come clean Pushing for more disclosure Smarter home irrigation technologies Smart grid gains ground with water managers 3 water
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