Overview
Make informed choices and maximize your yield
Irrigation requirements are calculated every day using the newest satellite data. The results of the calculation are then emailed or sent via WhatsApp to the user. The contents of the recommendation consist of the following columns:
The calculation-model
also applies the following parameters:
- Irrigation
system efficiency.
- Wetted
area.
- Irrigation
frequency.
- Soil
texture.
- Crop type.
The system is designed to be user friendly
The
setup of a farm with a few irrigation blocks can take less than one hour. The first
recommendation will be supplied the next morning. No help of marketing personnel
is needed to do the setup.
Recommendations
can be made via email or WhatsApp. Normally managers of a farm would like to
receive the recommendation in a summary via email whereas personnel that manage
a specific field prefer WhatsApp. Any
combination of these methods is possible.
Payment for the service is integrated on the website.
Users
normally do a pre-payment of any amount they prefer, and service fees are deducted
every day from the prepaid balance.
If the balances reach zero, the service is automatically
stopped with no further financial obligation.
Benefits
Optimisation
of input costs
- Saving
water.
- Improved efficiency
of fertilizer, herbicide and pesticide sprying program
- Save
electricity.
No labour is used
Potential Benefits
- Increased yield.
- Improved quality.
- Increased net profit.
- Reduction of disease pressure
Sound Principles
Although the
system provides highly accurate and effective guidelines for irrigation management,
it does not replace sound farming practices.
Examples include the following:
- Irrigation
to provide proper germination of seed
- Managing
water run-off on soils with a low infiltration rate
- Reduction
of anaerobic conditions in the soil