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
January 19, 2026
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
November 28, 2024
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
October 22, 2024
Bruce Lankford 