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HotSpots H2O: Flooding Is Latest Strain on South Sudan
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Torrential rainfall is battering one of the world’s poorest countries, laying bare its weak infrastructure.
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The Transformation and Innovation of Agriculture – Interview with Naty Barak
J. Carl Ganter sits down and talks with Naty Barak on the transformation and innovation in the agriculture sector.
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U.S. Irrigation Continues Steady Eastward Expansion
Irrigated farmland in the United States climbed to a record-high 58 million acres in 2017, according to new federal government data.
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Toxic Water, Toxic Crops: India’s Public Health Time Bomb
Raw sewage and industrial wastewater contaminated with metals and chemicals irrigate much of the India's food.
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Egypt’s Nile River Pressured by Population Growth, Rising Sea Level
Threats to the Nile and explosive population growth are pushing Egypt toward severe water scarcity.
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Kansas Farmers Cut Ogallala Water Use – And Still Make Money
Groundwater conservation helped the imperiled aquifer and did not hurt the bottom line, farmers find.
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Drought-Hit Zimbabwe Unravels Amid Humanitarian, Economic, and Political Crises
Protests threaten to unseat Mugabe government, while four million people face hunger.
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Slideshow: Water On The Prairie
North Dakota’s prairie pothole wetlands are under threat from rapid oil and agricultural development.
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Water Scarcity, Public Protest Slow Foreign Farmland Purchases
New GRAIN study finds changed conditions in international “land grabs.”
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Lake Huron’s 9 Aquaculture Farms Drawn Into Michigan Legislative Furor
Ontario and Michigan express caution about expansions.
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Southern Africa Droughts Jeopardize Food for Millions
Though El Nino has peaked, its effects linger across the continent.