Qatar’s harsh environment, reliance on imports and blockades by land, air and sea have seen its people look toward new technologies, in order to achieve better food security. Through expansion in ...

Those aspiring to start their own small-scale farm can now apply for a one-year apprenticeship to bolster their abilities to start and run their own small-scale operation. The new Nevada Farm ...

The University of Nevada, Reno’s Desert Farming Initiative has had to take a pause in providing more than a dozen local growers with organic plant starts for their farms and agricultural programs, due ...

Thank you for your recent article by Tony Davis entitled “Environmentalists: Farm Subsidies Discourage Water Savings.” I read this after a recent road trip from Tucson to Santa Barbara where I drove ...

The researchers have essentially carried out modification of desert sand into soil using polymers for reaping its full ...

Once, growing vegetables here under the harsh Southern Nevada sun and in soil stripped of nutrients was nearly impossible.

Every couple of years, some enterprising engineer resuscitates the idea of towing an iceberg to the Arabian Peninsula to slake the thirst of the water-poor, energy-rich countries of the Persian Gulf.

THE BEST WAY to see the town of Prince Albert is to hike up a jagged path to the top of a koppie (small hill) just outside town. From there, you can take in the surrounding Karoo, a semi-desert ...