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On one corner of my desk at the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) office in Egypt sits a tiny succulent. It is a pretty plant with wide green leaves, and to most, it is just a splash of life on a busy desk filled with water models and data analytics. But for me, it has become a laboratory for testing smart irrigation ideas on a miniature scale. Like many others who lack green ...
Pakistan, despite being an agricultural country, faces significant challenges in its farming sector, particularly in water management. This issue is especially pressing in rural areas where access to clean drinking water is also a daily struggle. Sustainable water management is an urgent need requiring awareness raising as well as practical and affordable solutions. The International Water ...
The greenhouse drip irrigation systems are among the most advantageous inventions that modern horticulture is experiencing, just because they try to minimize the use of water and other inputs in order to grow plants as much as possible in the right direction. Such drip irrigation is designed in a way to feed water directly to the plant’s roots for minimal wastage of water and nutrients. ...
As the climate change and water scarcity issues keep growing, homeowners and business owners are in need of finding ways to better green their lawn. Their traditional sprinkler systems waste a lot of water by over-watering or improper scheduling, hence an increased water bill to pay and also harming the environment. Enter the smart sprinklers system an innovative technology that does not only ...
The agriculture sector is improving and so demand for proper and effective water management for crop health has increased to maximize yields. Among the various tools of irrigation, a water sprinkler for agriculture is one of the most effective tools. This blog post will detail several irrigation sprinkler types, benefits for farming, and how these contribute to agriculture sustainability ...
Water is an essential resource, especially in arid and semi-arid parts of the world such as the Middle East. However, one of the most pressing issues this region has to deal with is non-revenue water (NRW). This phenomenon brings significant economic losses for water utilities and exacerbates the already precarious water situation in the region. Non-revenue water refers to water that is produced ...
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Tourism is a major economic driver, with direct spending of €2.3 trillion per year worldwide. According to the year’s first UNWTO World Tourism Barometer, international tourism ended 2023 at 88% of pre-pandemic levels and analysts expect 2024 to be the year of full recovery. However, more tourism also brings greater water consumption and, therefore, increased water stress in tourist ...
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By partnering with Crop Intelligence, Decisive Farming will offer farmers a robust solution for interpreting soil moisture and weather data, leading to confident decision-making and improved crop yield potential. Crop Intelligence offers an advanced app that interprets data from environmental sensors measuring precipitation, ...
The digital transformation of water utilities in the Middle East is unquestionably a pivotal tool for turning around a very worrying situation. The current (and future) challenges facing the region center on implementing solutions that draw a horizon of sustainability and water efficiency. In this scenario, digital transformation is key. There are major challenges ahead for the water sector in ...
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The Role of Soil Sensor Technology: Soil sensor technology allows farmers to measure and monitor various crucial parameters in the soil, including moisture content, temperature, nutrient levels, and pH. ...
Fieragricola is an event that aims to explore topics such as sustainability, agro-ecology, circular economy, protection of soil, resources, environment and nature. Finapp had a stand with its innovative probe and gave a speech on the irrigation advice that can be obtained through new, non-invasive soil moisture sensors with CRNS ...
Participating citizens will benefit from Sensoterra soil moisture sensors connected to the Dutch National KPN LoRaWAN network for hourly soil data Customized education for gardening practices, step-by-step plans, and neighbourhood workshops to ensure healthy urban green spaces Access to a person al environment dashboard ...
Urban Control, the solution provider that creates intelligent devices based on IoT open standards, announced that their customer City of London Corporation (City Corporation) has been named as the winner of the 2022 Itron Innovator Award for proactively addressing the City’s pressing needs related to climate disruption and disaster recovery. The award, presented at the Itron ...
The Delta-T Devices ML3 ThetaKit makes it possible to rapidly check irrigation uniformity and turf characteristics. Regular measurement of soil moisture content allows continual assessment of grass health, giving early warning of potential problems - and enabling preventative action before damaging physical change in the turf has occurred. In the video below, ...
Our second video featuring Dr Mark Else (NIAB EMR’s Head of Crop Science) looks in detail at how the NIAB EMR research teams use the Delta-T Devices WET-2 and SM150T Sensors to monitor soil moisture, temperature and pore EC (electrical conductivity) within their WET Centre strawberry ...
In each of the 12 subplots three Delta-T Devices SM150T Soil Moisture Sensors were installed horizontally at a depth of 20 cm, with the cables relayed back to three GP2 Data Loggers through conduit piping (Figure 3). ...
The cutting edge techniques used to achieve these impressive results revolve around important research by a NIAB EMR team led by Dr Mark Else - using several Delta-T Devices instruments, including the QS5 PAR Quantum Sensor, SM150T and ML3 ThetaProbe soil moisture sensors, GP1 Data Logger, and the GP2 Advanced Data Logger and ...
Thankfully, technology is taking much of this uncertainty out of agriculture. With sensors that determine soil moisture levels, software that pinpoints specific areas of the field for treatment, and platforms that offer accurate and highly localized weather forecasts less is left to chance – leading to more efficient deployment of ...
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The savings will be achieved via peak load shaving to reduce significant capital expenses, time-of-use implementation to leverage cheaper power at off-peak hours, soil-moisture/water-level sensor-based pump-set operation to intelligently reduce energy and water used for agricultural purposes, air conditioning system cycling to drive both energy ...
This deficit irrigation approach is now being tested on a commercial scale using new sensor and telemetry technologies developed for the soft fruit industry. The ongoing ADHB-funded research project (currently in year two) is taking place at Neame Lea Nursery in Spalding, Lincolnshire, and uses deficit irrigation systems based on Delta-T Devices’s SM150T ...