Flexible Frugal Flourishing Irrigation in a Pressure-Pot Warming World
This blog proposes a charter of 15 principles for flexible frugal flourishing irrigation in a pressure-pot warming world. Flexible means irrigated systems and irrigators adapted to dramatic fluxes in water … Continue reading
AI may not deliver irrigation performance gains
On the 5th June 2025 meeting of the Tony Allan Society, I argued that AI employed by irrigation scientists will not help us deliver significant analytical breakthroughs and improvements in … Continue reading
Can indicators and metrics guide resilience adaptation?
The diagram above shows two adaptation pathways for irrigated agriculture in a semi-arid drought-prone catchment over a period of 8-12 years. One pathway in green is becoming more resilient to … Continue reading
On the water literacy and distributive risks of GCEW’s ‘new’ drop of water
The 2024 Global Commission on the Economics of Water (GCEW) says we can create a new water drop by improving the recycling of water in two of its five missions, … Continue reading
Irrigation is colonising water and is being colonised; on research and teaching gaps in irrigation
I reflect on the current lack of meaningful irrigation research and teaching, and three consequences of this inaction. These are personal reflections spurred by being part of Lankford and Mabhaudhi … Continue reading
