Smart Drip Irrigation System using IoT

For centuries, agriculture has been either heavily weather-driven or instinctive. The result is perpetual crop yield and quality concerns, increasing investments and reducing profits. But the introduction of technologies like AI, IoT, etc., is helping farmers mitigate farming risks and positively contribute to agricultural yield, informed decisions, and smart irrigation. Let’s focus on the smart drip irrigation system part of this blog.

The Need for an IoT-Based Smart Drip Irrigation System

Water scarcity has been a concern for Indian farmers throughout. Depleting groundwater resources, reducing rainfall, and uneven water distribution are all together massively contributing to the current plight of farmers in India.

Not to forget, tactical problems on the ground, like poor quality of pipes, leakages, and untimely irrigation schedules, which lead to water wastage and affect soil moisture content. In many cases, farmers have been found to be buying water to complete the water needs of their crops, thus increasing the overall farming investment.

If farmers focus on sustainability, they will realize that the key to growing more and a better yield is not buying more resources. It is to optimize the available ones and grow more from less via technology-based smart drip irrigation solutions!

Technologies like IoT can be of significant help in this regard. They can enable farmers to automate irrigation systems and help them derive better results.

IoT-Based Automatic Drip Irrigation System

IOT-Based Drip Irrigation system ensures the precise irrigation and nutrigation based on crop type, stage, location by taking inputs from sensors, previous year data, satellite images etc. Such an IoT-based automatic irrigation system helps in the following ways.

Ensures efficient water and nutrient supply.
Automated operations help save efforts and labor resources.
Farmers don’t have to step out every time to operate the irrigation system.
The IoT system can enable farmers to analyze the soil moisture content, crop growth phase, and corresponding water requirement. Thus, it can help them make informed and data-driven irrigation decisions.
Irrigation takes place on time and only for the required time.
The system delivers the right amount of water and nutrients directly to the plant’s root zone at the right time.
Precision supply reduces water and nutrient use and wastage.
The system reduces drought and climate change impact on crop yield.
No saturation and excellent soil aeration (maintains field capacity)

Reducing rainfall is surely a concern. But what’s even more serious is the amount of water wasted. No farmer in the world can afford to lose water only because they do not have the right technology to optimize its use. Thus, if technology is the need of the hour, farmers should not run away from or delay its adoption.

An IoT-based smart drip irrigation system can help automate Irrigation & Nutrigation to enable a more prudent and optimized water use and catalyze better and higher crop growth.

While things are changing, widespread adoption must bring a paradigm shift. Netafim, one of the world’s leading drip irrigation solution providers, is already working towards it. The company provides IoT-based drip irrigation solutions to help farmers achieve production and quality levels with minimal resources.

To know more or to adopt Netafim’s IoT-based smart drip irrigation system, visit https://www.netafimindia.com/contact-us/.

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