AB Sugar Announces Winning Idea From The Innovate Irrigation Challenge

AB Sugar are excited to announce that the winners of the Innovate Irrigation Challenge are two graduate civil engineers from Uganda – Samuel Mukisa and Yvonne Nalinnya. Both studied Civil Engineering at Makerere University and have a keen interest in irrigation in agriculture. Upon sharing the news that they had won, both were shocked and delighted having not expected to be chosen. On announcing the winning idea, Katharine Teague, Head of Advocacy from AB Sugar said: “We are delighted with the winning idea and the potential to introduce the concept…

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AB Sugar calls for ideas to tackle irrigation water loss

AB Sugar, in partnership with WaterAid and the Centre for Industrial Sustainability at the University of Cambridge, has today announced a worldwide initiative to generate new ideas to reduce water losses from irrigation in sugar, and beyond. AB Sugar is committed to reducing its environmental footprint; water and energy are the most vital resources for all its businesses and each are increasingly under risk in a world facing climate change, population rises and increasing constraints and depletion of natural resources. The Innovate Irrigation Challenge seeks to bring people together from…

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