Bruce Lankford

Systems- & people-centred water and irrigation

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

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

May 29, 2025