(Baonghean.vn) - Farmers in Thanh Chuong district (Nghe An) are growing clean tea using modern technology. Automatic water sprayers have appeared for the first time in the mountainous region of Nghe An.
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| Using automatic sprinklers not only saves watering time but also brings high economic efficiency to people. Currently, many tea-growing households in Thanh Chuong district are investing in automatic sprinkler systems to prevent drought for this industrial crop. |
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| The automatic sprinklers on the tea hills are like fireworks in the middle of the day. Investing in an automatic sprinkler system is quite expensive, including a water pump, a water hose and an automatic sprinkler system. Each hectare of tea costs about 30 million VND, but it has a long-term effect. |
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| Ms. Nguyen Thi Hai, a worker of Production Team No. 1, Youth Volunteer Team No. 5, shared that previously, with an area of 2,700 m2Her family's tea plants need to be watered for 5 to 6 hours each time. Since installing the automatic irrigation system, her family only spends 2 hours watering. In particular, she does not have to spend time moving the water taps to different locations like before. |
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| The pipe and faucet systems are installed quite simply. |
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| According to some households, when growing tea in high terrain, water pumps with reasonable capacity should be used, especially submersible pumps using single-phase electricity. |
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| Tea areas irrigated with automatic sprinkler systems will have less water loss, retain moisture well and produce higher tea yields than other forms of irrigation. |
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| Since having an automatic irrigation system, tea growers in Thanh Chuong have been more proactive in case of dry weather. |
Ho Phuong
