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This article explains how internet-based smart irrigation systems combine sensors, weather data, solar-powered pumping, cloud platforms, and mobile applications to imp...
Sprinkler irrigation is a pressurized irrigation method that applies water to crops in a rainfall-like pattern through pumps, pipes, valves, risers, sprinkler heads, a...
Drip irrigation systems are precision water-delivery technologies that apply water slowly and directly to the crop root zone through emitters, lateral pipes, filters, ...
Modern pumps are at the heart of today’s irrigation, water-supply, and agricultural development systems. From solar-powered borehole pumps to intelligent variable-spee...
The Awash Valley Irrigation Development Projects form one of Ethiopia’s most historic and important irrigated agricultural corridors. Built around the Awash River, the...
The Senegal River Valley irrigation schemes form one of West Africa’s most important transboundary agricultural-development corridors. Shared mainly by Senegal and Mau...
The Bura and Galana-Kulalu irrigation projects represent two of Kenya’s most important efforts to transform the lower Tana River region and the semi-arid coastal hinte...
The Tana-Beles development corridor is one of Ethiopia’s most strategic water, energy, and irrigation landscapes. Built around Lake Tana, the Blue Nile/Abbay system, a...
The Kandadji Irrigation and Water Security Program is one of Niger’s most strategic Niger River development projects. Located in the Tillabéri Region, the program comb...
The Office du Niger Irrigation Scheme in Mali is one of West Africa’s largest and most important irrigation systems. Created in 1932, it diverts Niger River water at t...
The Mwea Irrigation Scheme in Kirinyaga County is Kenya’s leading rice irrigation system and one of East Africa’s most important irrigation projects. Supported by wate...
Koysha is a major 2,160 MW hydropower project under construction on Ethiopia’s Omo River. As part of the Omo-Gibe cascade, it is designed to strengthen national electr...