Following the machines, people and ideas shaping agriculture. Selected developments, clear context and a link to the original source.
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20 stories matching “Irrigation”.
ATB and GFZ reported the installation of an AgroHyd-X rainfall radar in Brandenburg, combining local precipitation monitoring with farm measurements to develop more useful information for agricultural water management.
An AWS announcement in November 2023 described how Aerodyne’s DRONOS and Agrimor platforms linked aerial data, crop assessment and application services for farms in Malaysia and Indonesia.
The 2025 GreenTech Americas programme in Querétaro connected hydroponic cultivation, labour efficiency, irrigation and climate adaptation, bringing protected-crop technology discussions into a Latin American production context.
Grain SA’s 2025 NAMPO Cape preview described smart irrigation, GPS guidance, livestock tracking and integrated sensor dashboards, showing the breadth of digital farming tools being presented in South Africa.
The University of the Free State’s new greenhouse combines applied crop trials with training in data-led management under semi-arid conditions.
New Macdonald Campus infrastructure combines hands-on greenhouse teaching with a joint plant-phenotyping platform involving Université de Sherbrooke.
Tomato and cucumber greenhouses in Almería will test sensors, hyperspectral measurements and automated ventilation within the European AgriDataValue project.
A study of five organic vegetable crops reports water and yield benefits from an automated system tested with growers in Sa Kaeo.
AgriSMART Lestari combines remote monitoring and automated irrigation with a pilot using kenaf biomass as a mushroom-growing substrate.
A Danish–German project aims to help growers retain irrigation water longer by measuring the nutrients that bulk salt readings cannot distinguish.
A low-cost monitoring module combines three-depth moisture measurements with weather variables to investigate broccoli growth in a small experimental plot.
CARI reports a new sensor installation intended to support smallholder advice, agricultural research and climate-resilience demonstrations in Liberia.
