• Water-saving irrigation: not too wet, not too dry but just right!
    Water-saving irrigation: not too wet, not too dry but just right!

    RECIRCULATE research is revealing new approaches to water-efficient food production in Ghana and beyond. The title of Sustainable Development Goal 6 “Clean water and [...]

    Published On: November 6, 2020Categories: The Flow, WP3
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  • Bringing a little corner of Africa to Lancaster
    Bringing a little corner of Africa to Lancaster

    RECIRCULATE post-doc Ryan Edge shares the joys and challenges of growing rice at 55°N Have you been enjoying the blogs in The FLOW?  I [...]

    Published On: October 28, 2020Categories: The Flow, WP3
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  • Communicating Research – Part Two: It’s good to listen
    Communicating Research – Part Two: It’s good to listen

    Working with local communities for wider adoption of agricultural technologies in rural Africa In the first part of this blog I described the challenge [...]

    Published On: October 8, 2020Categories: The Flow, WP3
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  • Communicating Research – Part One: It’s good to talk
    Communicating Research – Part One: It’s good to talk

    Working with local communities for wider adoption of agricultural technologies in rural Africa There is no doubt that having access to sufficient nutritious food [...]

    Published On: October 8, 2020Categories: The Flow, WP3
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  • 2020 Annual Meeting goes virtual
    2020 Annual Meeting goes virtual

    The RECIRCULATE 2020 Annual meeting, originally scheduled to be hosted by the University of Benin, Nigeria, was conducted as a series of online events [...]

    Published On: September 29, 2020Categories: KE, News, WP1, WP2, WP3, WP4, WP5
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  • RECIRCULATE Encourages Stakeholders to have their say on Water-Efficient Irrigation in Ghana
    RECIRCULATE Encourages Stakeholders to have their say on Water-Efficient Irrigation in Ghana

    Researchers and growers working together to co-design research for improved irrigation systems for sustainable food production For the GCRF-funded RECIRCULATE project, working with stakeholders [...]

    Published On: September 23, 2020Categories: The Flow, WP3
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  • How can our research findings help farmers?
    How can our research findings help farmers?

    The RECIRCULATE project, work package 3, is developing eco-innovative technologies for optimizing water usage in food production, but how can we ensure the potential [...]

    Published On: March 13, 2020Categories: The Flow, WP3
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  • Disseminating new irrigation techniques to rice farmers in Ghana
    Disseminating new irrigation techniques to rice farmers in Ghana

    Inadequate water and nutrient supplies limit crop yields in Ghana. Farmers need to manage these resources wisely to ensure long-term agricultural sustainability and local [...]

    Published On: March 12, 2020Categories: The Flow, WP3
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  • Research study begins on effect of novel irrigation techniques & nutrient source on tomatoes
    Research study begins on effect of novel irrigation techniques & nutrient source on tomatoes

    The RECIRCULATE team is pleased to welcome Bright Mayinl Laboan to the project. Bright will be leading research at the CSIR Water Research Institute, [...]

    Published On: March 9, 2020Categories: News, WP3
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  • Research study begins on the commercial potential of irrigation scheduling in Ghana
    Research study begins on the commercial potential of irrigation scheduling in Ghana

    The RECIRCULATE team is pleased to welcome Gilbert Osei to the project. Gilbert's research at the CSIR Institute for Industrial Research will explore the [...]

    Published On: March 9, 2020Categories: News, WP3
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  • Research study begins on effect of novel irrigation techniques on greenhouse gas emissions
    Research study begins on effect of novel irrigation techniques on greenhouse gas emissions

    The RECIRCULATE team is pleased to welcome Dr Abdul-Rauf Malimanga Alhassan to the project. Abdul-Rauf will be leading the implementation of experiments assessing the [...]

    Published On: March 9, 2020Categories: News, WP3
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  • WP3 project meeting in Kumasi, Ghana
    WP3 project meeting in Kumasi, Ghana

    The WP3 research teams from three CSIR Ghana research institutes (Crop Research Institute, Insititute for Industrial Research and Water Research Institute) and Lancaster University [...]

    Published On: February 7, 2019Categories: News, WP3
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