Drip irrigation and fertigation protocol

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Written By Georgette Mrakadeh-Keane

Netafim

Rice is an important staple for over 60% of the world’s population. Traditionally rice cultivation involves transplanting seedlings into puddled fields that are continuously submerged by 5-10 cm of water throughout the growing season. Unproductive water loss in the form of seepage and percolation from submerged rice fields accounts for 50-60% of the total water inputs in the field.

According to Netafim drip irrigation system is the most effective irrigation methods for:

  • Increasing water use efficiency by minimizing all unproductive water losses

  • Increasing fertilizer use efficiency

  • Increasing crop yield

  • Minimizing field preparation costs

  • Lowering greenhouse gas emissions

  • Reducing arsenic uptake and accumulation

Georgette Mrakadeh-Keane
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