Faridkot To check excessive extraction of groundwater, the agriculture department will conduct trials of rain gun irrigation method on the fields where paddy is sown through the direct seeding of rice ...

GUNTUR:The much publicised rain guns expected to be given to farmers on subsidised prices for protecting their standing crops is being seen as only a temporary alternative for wetting dry fields.

In view of the prevailing severe drought in Andhra Pradesh, the state government has decided to introduce rain guns which are micro irrigation tools to help save standing crops such as pulses, ...

The southwest monsoon is very active in some of the southern States, but the scenario is quite different in Andhra Pradesh, where there are several districts that have recorded deficit rainfall. The ...

Rain gun, a micro irrigation tool, has come as boon to farmers to increase fodder cover in the rain shadow Karur district. The district hardly has any dedicated area for growing fodder as the farmers ...

Robert Wells – who has more than 35 years’ experience in irrigation – developed and trialled his system on clients’ farms after seeing sprinkler irrigation systems in the Middle East. “As most growers ...

Diesel and electricity are the main energy sources used to pump water through irrigation systems. It was, therefore, a double whammy when last year’s high prices hit potato growers in what was one of ...

Provincial governments of Sindh and Punjab are trying to economise water use in farms by promoting sprinkler and drip irrigation systems. The objective is to boost agricultural productivity by ...

The long awaited rainy season is finally with us and is a great relief to many small scale farmers around the country who depend on the rains for farming. In the dry season, many farms are visibly dry ...