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The bright future of controlled drainage

Mohamed Youssef demonstrates controlled drainage.

NC State University’s agriculture water management expert, Dr. Mohamed Youssef, believes there is a bright future for controlled drainage — and the future is now.

Youssef shares how advancements in controlled drainage can help conserve water, increase crop yields and improve water quality in a featured Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) blog posted by Maggie Monast.

Monast wrote this blog after touring Youssef’s agricultural water management research sites in eastern North Carolina, which are funded in part by a grant from the Environmental Defense Fund. You can read the full post here: EDF’s Growing Returns Blog