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IRRIGATION

Medium-term budget: Dismay about lack of assistance for farmers

During his Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement delivered on Wednesday (27 October), the Minister of Finance, Enoch Godongwana announced that government planned to increase spending...

‘Agri sector outlook cautiously optimistic, despite challenges’

This was according to Dr Piet Croucamp, political analyst at the North-West University Business School, who said the global decline in demand for agricultural...

Water rights litigation creates uncertainty for SA farmers

The recent Constitutional Court decision on the transferability and trading of water rights will create uncertainty and erode investor confidence in the agricultural sector,...

Tanzania: Let’s Focus On Irrigation Farming-MPs

MEMBERS of Parliament have hailed President Samia Suluhu Hassan for raising the budget of the Ministry of Agriculture budget and called upon the government...

Zimbabwe: Farmers Call for Micro-Irrigation

Farmers have called on the Government to increase investment in micro-irrigation facilities for smallholder farmers to ensure household and national food security. The calls come...

The pros and cons of drip irrigation

Many types of irrigation are available; it will pay you to explore all the options carefully before making a commitment. It is well known, for...

ETHIOPIA: Israel’s Water Ways to supply modern irrigation systems

Water Ways Technologies has won a contract worth almost $297,000 for smart irrigation and drip systems in Ethiopia. The Israeli agro-technology company will install...

MADAGASCAR: The World Bank grants $40 million for irrigation development

The World Bank is granting $40 million to the government of Madagascar. The funding will allow the development of irrigated agriculture, within the framework...

Only 88,950 out of 3.4 million hectares irrigated, agric outputs suffer

A total of 3.4 million hectares of land in Nigeria need irrigation. However, only 88,95 hectares currently benefit from the practice, leaving the rest...

Irrigation schemes in sub-Saharan Africa are consistently falling short of their promises

Irrigation schemes in sub-Saharan Africa don’t measure up to their plans according to new research into the projects by scientists. Many of the schemes...

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