Increase agricultural production and productivity with the Barind project

The Barind Multipurpose Development Authority (BMDA) will ensure irrigation of 3,490 hectares of agricultural areas using surface water in the drought-prone region with a target of producing 27,920 tonnes of crops annually, reports news agency BSS. Required number of pumps, pontoons and pipelines will be installed at different points of nearby rivers including Padma, Mohnanda, […]

Southern Europe braces for a summer of climate change-fuelled drought

As France emerges from its driest winter since 1959, according to the government website Propluvia, drought “crisis” alerts are already active in four departmental effects, restricting the withdrawal of non-priority water – for agriculture. For. Portugal is also experiencing the early arrival of drought. Nearly 90 percent of the mainland is suffering from drought, with […]