The African Development Bank (AfDB)- funded water project in Mozambique has provided irrigation kits, constructed boreholes, small dams and water troughs that increased access to water for people and cattle and helped boost farmers’ yields, benefitting around 60,000 people
Water & Irrigation
Saturas and Kerlink collaborate for automated irrigation control system
Saturas Ltd, Israeli startup and the developer of a breakthrough stem-water measurement system for smart farming, has announced that the IoT specialist Kerlink will provide Saturas with LoRa-based sensors for automated irrigation control system
AfDB approves US$21.783mn to scale up solar-powered irrigation in Sudan
The African Development Bank’s (AfDB) has approved a grant to the government of Sudan to accelerate the adoption of solar-powered irrigation pumps in the country’s West Kordofan and North Kordofan states
Smart irrigation controllers to see rapid growth in coming years
Smart irrigation has been benefitted with the advent of Internet of Things (IoT), thus pushing the growth of smart irrigation controllers market at a global level, according to Persistence Market Research
AB Sugar announces winning idea for irrigation water loss
Samuel Mukisa and Yvonne Nalinnya, who studied civil engineering at Makerere university and have a keen interest in irrigation, have been announced as the winners of AB Sugars Innovate Irrigation challenge