/channels/news_feeds/all/term/Robert%20Broughton/rss en /channels/channels/news/building-agricultural-capacity-quebec-342523 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>In the <b>1960s</b>, only about three percent of the land in Quebec was suitable for cultivation. The Province’s population and need for food outstripped the yield from Quebec farms. More than half of Quebec’s most fertile lands required improved water management – either better drainage or supplemental irrigation to maximize productivity and yield. Over more than four decades, <b>Emeritus Professor Robert Broughton’s</b> work would revolutionize soil drainage in Quebec, leading to increased food production and capacity in Quebec’s irrigation and drainage industry.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/broughton_mac_the-macdonald-journal_000431640-v50-51-1989-90-01_0010_500px-1.jpg?itok=CFKJIH74" width="160" height="87" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">29 </span><span class="month">September </span><span class="year">2022</span></div></div></div></div></div> Thu, 29 Sep 2022 21:09:30 +0000 webfull 183229 at /channels