Enhancing the sustainability and productivity of agriculture is the key to conserving the planet’s natural resources.

Netafim offers growers effective solutions to address major challenges:

1. Preventing depletion of water resources
   

2. Preventing groundwater pollution caused by unregulated and excess application of nutrients and manure.
   

3. Preventing the soil erosion and loss of fertility caused by surface run-off
   

4. Protection of fresh water sources by preventing recycled water from entering rivers and lakes
   

5. Saving energy
   

6. Encouraging bio-organic farming

Challenge No. 1

Preventing depletion of water resources

Solution:
Precise irrigation to sustain water resources
Well-designed drip irrigation systems ensure water goes directly to the plant’s root zone and not to the surrounding soil area. This lessens evaporation on the soil surface and water leaching below the root system. Monitoring and control of water and nutrients improve yield and quality.

Facts & Figures:
Drip irrigation compared with flood irrigation reduces water loss by 30-40%. Drip irrigation compared with overhead irrigation reduces water loss by 10-20%.

Benefits:
Significant water saving Enhanced quality Higher yields

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Challenge No. 2

Preventing groundwater pollution caused by unregulated and excess application of nutrients and manure.

Solution:

High-accuracy Nutrigation™ delivers. water and nutrients directly to the root zone:

• Nutrigation™ ensures water is delivered under the foliage minimizing surface soil moisture and leaf wetting.
• Nutrigation™ enables growers to monitor and apply exact fertigation protocols for individual crops and soil types.
• Accurate Nutrigation™ forecasts achieve optimal yield and quality,and prevent over use of fungicides and herbicides.
  

Facts & Figures:
Research proves that drip irrigation is clearly more efficient in the application of nitrates and other macro and microelements,than other irrigation methods. The mineral use efficiency in drip irrigation is estimated at 20% to 30%higher than flood irrigation and 10% higher than sprinklers.

Benefits:

• Less percolation of harmful substances into aquifers
• Reduced risk of leaf diseases and weed infestation
• Higher yields

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Challenge No. 3

Preventing the soil erosion and loss of fertility caused by surface run-off
Solution:
Controlled low flow drip irrigation solutions that reduce soil erosion

• Solutions for all types of topography and soil types, particularly acute slopes.
• The physical features of the soil are conserved.
• Evaporation rates are lowered.

Benefits:
Run-off and leaching are minimized

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Challenge No. 4

Protection of fresh water sources by preventing recycled water from entering rivers and lakes
Solution:
Environmental drip irrigation that enables recycled water to be used for agricultural and landscape irrigation

• Municipalities are able to irrigate extensive landscape areas without breaching water saving restrictions.
• Growers can irrigate crops with recycled water coming from nearby urban areas and industrial zones.

Benefits:

• Reduced quantities of recycled water enter rivers and lakes
• Fresh water reserves are not over-exploited

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Challenge No. 5

Saving energy
Solution:
Low-pressure drip irrigation systems with minimal energy requirements

• Designed to minimize water use and be less dependent on energy.
• A solution with lower power needs than other irrigation methods such as irrigation gun machines.

Benefits:

• Less water is pumped and energy needs are reduced
• More natural resources are conserved

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Challenge No. 6
Encouraging bio-organic farming
Solution:
A comprehensive bio-organic package for open fields and greenhouses

• Ecologically friendly irrigation solutions and customized professional applications.
• Special drip irrigation technology ,green head control and hydraulic planning.

Benefits:

• Environmental and water conservation are promoted
• New growth and profit opportunities open up

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