New research uncovers how ancient tides shaped the rise of Sumer. A newly released study questions established beliefs about how urban civilization first emerged in ancient Mesopotamia, proposing that ...

Iraq’s two great rivers once gave life to Mesopotamia, but now they are drying, leaving farms barren and livelihoods ...

Drew Gholson, a scientist with the Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station and irrigation specialist with the MSU Extension Service, attributes the intensifying pressure on the ...

Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation, Professor Ismat Gurashi, chaired Sudan's delegation to the Third Joint Ministerial Meeting of Arab Ministers of Water and Agriculture, held in Cairo on ...

Agriculture is a key sector in Nigeria, employing over a third of the population, but unpredictable weather makes farming ...

At the heart of the vast Bura Irrigation Scheme, tractors rumble and workers bend over neat rows of green shoots. On a ...

The Yuanyang Hani Terraces in Yunnan province were added to the 2025 World Heritage Irrigation Structures list together with three other Chinese sites in September. [Photo/Xinhua] The Yuanyang Hani ...

Solar-powered tube wells drive increased irrigation, expanding fields of thirsty rice crops Development coincides with rapidly depleting water tables in Pakistan's bread basket Farmers financially ...

SHENZHEN, China, Sept 28 (Reuters) - Tang Renjian, China's former Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, was sentenced to death with reprieve for bribery at a court in Jilin province on Sunday, ...

An almond orchard in Parlier provides a look into the future of farming. Researchers at UC Merced and the University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources installed an irrigation system ...

Farm Aid, the annual benefit concert for family farmers, is bringing its 40th anniversary show to Minnesota for the first time Saturday. A crowd watches Duluth bluegrass band Trampled by Turtles ...

Other artists expected to perform at Farm Aid 2025 include Dave Matthews, John Mellencamp, Margo Price, Kenny Chesney and Wynonna Judd. By Tim Chan Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson, Neil Young and John ...