GUNTUR:The much publicised rain guns expected to be given to farmers on subsidised prices for protecting their standing crops is being seen as only a temporary alternative for wetting dry fields.

Faridkot To check excessive extraction of groundwater, the agriculture department will conduct trials of rain gun irrigation method on the fields where paddy is sown through the direct seeding of rice ...

Rain gun, a micro irrigation tool, has come as boon to farmers to increase fodder cover in the rain shadow Karur district. The district hardly has any dedicated area for growing fodder as the farmers ...

Potato growers could get 15% more yield and cut water usage by the same percentage by switching from rain guns to drip irrigation, according to on-farm trial results. That’s what farm manager Matt ...

Robert Wells – who has more than 35 years’ experience in irrigation – developed and trialled his system on clients’ farms after seeing sprinkler irrigation systems in the Middle East. “As most growers ...

Provincial governments of Sindh and Punjab are trying to economise water use in farms by promoting sprinkler and drip irrigation systems. The objective is to boost agricultural productivity by ...

ANANTAPUR: The previous TDP government had launched rain guns to water crops in Anantapur, a district where rains are scanty. Procured at a cost of Rs 29 crore, the equipment is now collecting dust as ...