Approximately 70 per cent of global freshwater consumption is used in the agricultural sector, yet water use efficiency in many countries is below 50 per cent. Nuclear and isotopic techniques provide ...

Water is the lifeblood of agriculture. In India, nearly 60% of net sown area is rainfed, making efficient water use vital ...

Imagine biting into a juicy almond or savoring a sweet strawberry, only to realize that each mouthful comes at a hidden cost.

Using isotope and nuclear techniques, this Section works to improve resource use efficiency by crops and in cropping-livestock systems, and to protect soil and water resources for sustainable and ...

This article is authored by Pilot Neeraj Sehrawat, chief strategy officer, Kailash Kher Foundation and Mukesh Kestwal, chief ...

Sustainable agriculture takes many forms ... Farmers minimize tilling and water use, encourage healthy soil by planting fields with different crops year after year and integrating croplands ...

His research is currently funded by the Nevada Agricultural Experiment Station and the National ... The Cushman lab has developed novel strategies for improving plant water-use efficiency through ...

The Agricultural Soil & Water Studies Laboratory (Ag-SWSL ... and promote adaptive management practices Develop and evaluate farm-scale technologies to improve water use efficiency, reduce ...

“These are the same conditions that are best for agricultural crops and vegetation has been shown to be most efficient at using available water under mesic [moderately watered] conditions where ...