The Amish farmers reinventing organic agriculture click here
USA: Funds to support community supported agriculture farms click here
CLIMATE CHANGE
USA: How scientists linked the California drought to climate change click here
DRAINAGE
USA: Kentucky farmer looks at controlled drainage to improve corn fields, yields click here
DROUGHTS
Climate change causes long droughts in New Zealand; Economy loses $1.3 billion click here
USA: Drought plays out differently in various regions of California click here
FLOODS
USA: Scientists reject climate change link to Colorado floods click here
FOOD SECURITY
Without national strategy, local food producers struggle to stem Canada’s growing hunger problem click here
Sierra Leone News: FAO launches its first rapid assessment on food security click here
Food security successes earn World Food Prize click here
IRRIGATION
Nigeria embarks on irrigation to boost rice, sugar cane farming click here
USA: Effective irrigation: Getting water to crops when they’re thirstiest click here
WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
Central Asian States are world’s leading water wasters click here
Asian Development Bank to develop water resources strategy for Azerbaijan click here
LATEST PUBLICATION(S)
Susanne M. Scheierling, et al., 2014, How to assess agricultural water productivity? Looking for water in the agricultural productivity and efficiency literature, World Bank, Policy Research Working Paper 6982 click here
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