irrigação

Renewable Energy

USA covers canal with 2,556 solar panels and transforms irrigation into a clean power plant in the middle of a drought-stricken region

Noel Budeguer 04/06/2026 at 21:02

Science and Technology

Water pipelines may conceal a new source of hydroelectric energy, according to a project by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory that investigates how municipal, industrial, and irrigation systems could generate electricity using existing infrastructure and with less environmental impact.

Carla Teles 22/05/2026 at 20:14

Agribusiness

Extreme weather disrupts rice production in Asia, and Brazil takes on a strategic role as a reliable supplier with tropicalized seeds, precision irrigation, and rice-soy-cattle rotation.

Carla Teles 21/04/2026 at 10:16

Interesting facts

Egypt wants to draw 10 million cubic meters of water from the Nile per day into the desert, irrigate a new agricultural frontier, and build a city where there is currently only sand.

Ana Alice 20/04/2026 at 10:25

Economy

Drought in northern Bahia forces family farmers to invest in expensive irrigation and seek microcredit from Banco do Nordeste; with high interest rates and a default rate of 6.5%, the debt becomes a threat to the crops.

Carla Teles 04/04/2026 at 09:32

Com produtividade até oito vezes maior e colheita de até 100 toneladas por hectare, nova mandioca da Embrapa avança no DF com irrigação automatizada e manejo (2)

Agribusiness

With Productivity Up to Eight Times Higher and Yields of Up to 100 Tons Per Hectare, Embrapa’s New Cassava Advances in the Federal District with Automated Irrigation and Management That Reduces Waste

Carla Teles 12/03/2026 at 14:18

No sul da China, uma fazenda abandona a irrigação manual sob calor extremo, instala fibra óptica, sensores no solo e câmeras, automatiza a fertirrigação em 900 acres e alcança 20 mil toneladas de produção, gerando US$ 20,5 milhões

Science and Technology

In Southern China, A Farm Abandons Manual Irrigation Under Extreme Heat, Installs Fiber Optics, Soil Sensors, and Cameras, Automates Fertigation on 900 Acres, and Achieves 20,000 Tons of Production, Generating $20.5 Million

Noel Budeguer 10/02/2026 at 12:16

Tocantins dispara no agro, cresce mais que média do Brasil em grãos, pecuária e irrigação, vira potência do Arco Norte e tem uma das maiores margens de expansão do país (2)

Agribusiness

Tocantins Thrives in Agriculture, Grows Faster Than Brazil’s Average in Grains, Livestock, and Irrigation, Becomes a Powerhouse of the Northern Arc, and Has One of the Highest Expansion Margins in the Country

Carla Teles 06/01/2026 at 18:29

Adolescente chinês cria sistema de condensação com tubos e garrafas reutilizadas para irrigar plantações

Science and Technology

14-Year-Old Creates System Using Steel Tubes, Reused Bottles, and Thermal Gradient That Condenses Water From Air to Irrigate Crops

Fabio Lucas Carvalho 06/12/2025 at 17:05

Programa cria ações de irrigação sustentável, amplia acesso a crédito e prioriza agricultores em áreas com escassez hídrica

Agribusiness

Government Launches National Program to Transform Family Farming Irrigation with Efficient Technologies, Renewable Energy, and Focus on Water Scarcity Regions

Fabio Lucas Carvalho 19/11/2025 at 19:24

Agribusiness

King Of Agribusiness Expands Dominance: SLC Agrícola Plants 836,000 Hectares And Bets On Billion-Dollar Irrigation

Roberta Souza 04/10/2025 at 16:26

Produtor rural terá acesso à mentoria gratuita ao contratar crédito do BDMG.

Agribusiness

Rural Producer Wins Free Mentorship When Taking Out BDMG Credit To Invest In Sustainable Agriculture With Bioinputs Irrigation Cooperatives Sicoob Sicredi Cresol Lines

Rodrigo Souza 23/09/2025 at 13:51

USA covers canal with 2,556 solar panels and transforms irrigation into a clean power plant in the middle of a drought-stricken region

Water pipelines may conceal a new source of hydroelectric energy, according to a project by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory that investigates how municipal, industrial, and irrigation systems could generate electricity using existing infrastructure and with less environmental impact.

Extreme weather disrupts rice production in Asia, and Brazil takes on a strategic role as a reliable supplier with tropicalized seeds, precision irrigation, and rice-soy-cattle rotation.

Egypt wants to draw 10 million cubic meters of water from the Nile per day into the desert, irrigate a new agricultural frontier, and build a city where there is currently only sand.

Drought in northern Bahia forces family farmers to invest in expensive irrigation and seek microcredit from Banco do Nordeste; with high interest rates and a default rate of 6.5%, the debt becomes a threat to the crops.

With Productivity Up to Eight Times Higher and Yields of Up to 100 Tons Per Hectare, Embrapa’s New Cassava Advances in the Federal District with Automated Irrigation and Management That Reduces Waste

In Southern China, A Farm Abandons Manual Irrigation Under Extreme Heat, Installs Fiber Optics, Soil Sensors, and Cameras, Automates Fertigation on 900 Acres, and Achieves 20,000 Tons of Production, Generating $20.5 Million

Tocantins Thrives in Agriculture, Grows Faster Than Brazil’s Average in Grains, Livestock, and Irrigation, Becomes a Powerhouse of the Northern Arc, and Has One of the Highest Expansion Margins in the Country

14-Year-Old Creates System Using Steel Tubes, Reused Bottles, and Thermal Gradient That Condenses Water From Air to Irrigate Crops

Government Launches National Program to Transform Family Farming Irrigation with Efficient Technologies, Renewable Energy, and Focus on Water Scarcity Regions

King Of Agribusiness Expands Dominance: SLC Agrícola Plants 836,000 Hectares And Bets On Billion-Dollar Irrigation

Rural Producer Wins Free Mentorship When Taking Out BDMG Credit To Invest In Sustainable Agriculture With Bioinputs Irrigation Cooperatives Sicoob Sicredi Cresol Lines

In the cold desert of Ladakh, where it hardly rains, engineer Sonam Wangchuk created the ice stupa, a tower that freezes winter water and stores it for irrigating crops in the spring, a simple engineering feat that mimics nature.

Almost 6,000 residents live concentrated along a single street nearly 9 km long in the interior of Poland. Houses form a continuous row, and behind them, narrow agricultural strips emerge, creating one of the most unusual rural patterns in Europe.

They planted a sea of eucalyptus to produce cellulose, but the monoculture turned into a green desert, dried up springs and rivers, and pushed families out of regions in Minas Gerais and Bahia.

Chinese woman planted trees for decades while sand buried part of her house, received $5,000 from an American in 1999, and helped transform the desert into a forest of 8 million trees in China.

Júlia Pimentel, an 11-year-old from Minas Gerais, independently invented a new formula to calculate the square root using simple addition and multiplication, and her method was published in one of the most important mathematical scientific journals in Brazil.

Hidden beneath a small entrance in Namibia’s underground, the largest underground lake in the world is the size of 2 football fields, 264 meters deep, and even has rare animals that survive without sunlight.

Heir bought 23,000 degraded acres in the Scottish Highlands, fenced the area, planted nearly 1 million native trees, and transformed empty mountains into a forest officially recognized after meeting 15 evaluation criteria over 20 years.