Drip irrigation technology is economical, effective, and increases crop productivity.

(Baonghean) - Drip irrigation is one of the new advances in irrigation technology in agricultural production, with outstanding advantages such as saving water, reducing labor and costs, and improving the quality of agricultural products; considered a solution to improve crop productivity and production efficiency. This new irrigation technology is being widely applied by farmers in many regions in Nghe An province, contributing to changing the face of agricultural production.

This year's harvest, the first crop of Van Du orange garden with an area of ​​1ha (with 500 orange trees) of Mr. Nguyen Viet Hung's family (Quyet Tien village, Chi Khe commune, Con Cuong district) yielded a bumper crop, reaching a yield of 80kg/tree. Compared to the average yield of orange growers in the area, Mr. Hung's orange garden is 30% higher. His "secret" to production is thanks to the application of Israeli drip irrigation technology, the method of wrapping around the tree roots.

Thanks to the application of drip irrigation technology, the Van Du orange garden of Mr. Nguyen Viet Hung's family (Quyet Tien village, Chi Khe commune, Con Cuong district) has produced a bumper first crop.

Previously, his family had to install a system of irrigation pipes from the Lam River to irrigate the orange garden. Each time he flooded the 1-hectare orange garden, it usually took at least 1 day, and he had to hire 3 workers to irrigate continuously every day; not only did he have to pay for the labor, but the electricity and water bills for irrigation each day also cost nearly a million VND. However, since applying drip irrigation technology to the orange garden, economic efficiency has increased significantly.

Drip irrigation technology wraps around the roots to save 50% of water volume, reduce labor and investment costs for farmers.

Mr. Hung said: After installing the drip irrigation system, just open the valve, the system automatically waters hundreds of orange trees at the same time. There is no need to spend money on hiring workers and the automatic irrigation system will water 1 hectare of oranges in just under 2 hours. The advantage of this modern irrigation system is that it saves more than 50% of the water volume, so my family only needs to use one well to water the entire orange garden.

Not only does it contribute to reducing irrigation costs, drip irrigation technology can also reduce the work of fertilizing. Accordingly, for easily soluble fertilizers such as nitrogen, potassium, liquid fertilizers, etc., it can be applied to the garden thanks to the drip irrigation system through a mixing tank attached to the main control valve. Thanks to that, the productivity, quality and appearance of Mr. Hung's orange garden are superior to those of orange growers using traditional irrigation methods.

With practical efficiency in agricultural production, Israeli drip irrigation technology has been widely applied in Nghe An, in the production of many types of crops such as: cucumber, orange, squash, sugarcane, dragon fruit, leafy vegetables of all kinds...

By investing in installing a drip irrigation system in rows, the productivity of Mr. Le Minh Tam's squash garden (Son Ha hamlet, Nghia Son commune, Nghia Dan district) is 35% higher than with traditional irrigation methods.

Previously, Mr. Le Minh Tam's family (Son Ha hamlet, Nghia Son commune, Nghia Dan district) grew green squash but the yield was low. This year, Mr. Tam boldly invested in installing a drip irrigation system in rows, serving to irrigate 1 hectare of green squash. Thanks to that, the yield of the squash plant is 35% higher than the traditional irrigation method (reaching 2 tons/sao). Not only is the yield higher than before, the quality and appearance of the fruit are also better, so Mr. Tam's family sells green squash at a very good price.

Mr. Tam excitedly said: Using the drip irrigation system, my family no longer has to struggle to water the squash every day, especially in the dry season, and also saves on electricity and water costs; especially the squash yield has increased a lot compared to before. Because, with the drip irrigation system, the irrigation water is supplied directly to the plants, there is no loss due to evaporation and the water penetrates deeper. Drip irrigation also has the ability to maintain uniform moisture in the cultivated soil layer, and at the same time, combined with soluble fertilizer or spraying pesticides, so crop yield increases; limiting pests and diseases.

In addition to the practical benefits, drip irrigation technology can be applied on many types of terrain, including plains and mountains, and can be applied in the production of many types of crops. Therefore, this modern irrigation technology has met the maximum needs of agricultural production of farmers.

With the desire to improve crop productivity and increase income, recently, many farmers have chosen to use the drip irrigation system of ATESO Agricultural Solutions Company Limited - one of the pioneers and prestigious units in supplying products and installing Israeli technology drip irrigation systems in the Central region.

Mr. Vo Trong Phuc's family (Dien Chau) applied drip irrigation technology, his dragon fruit garden grew rapidly.

Sprinkler irrigation technology at FVF farm.

According to Mr. Luu Hai Huyen - Director of ATESO: From 2016 to now, we have deployed the installation of this modern irrigation system on an area of ​​over 200 hectares, in many provinces in the Central region. Currently, ATESO is providing high-quality irrigation equipment - genuine from Israel, the US, Korea, the price is very suitable for the investment capacity of the people.

Drip irrigation systems with many methods: irrigation around the base, local irrigation, sprinkler ... meet the needs of diverse crop production in different terrains of farmers in all regions. With the desire that farmers can widely apply water-saving irrigation technology, the company will increase a number of specialized engineers to guide people on the methods of installation, maintenance, use, and operation of irrigation systems ... to promote the advantages of drip irrigation systems, reduce costs and maximize production efficiency for farmers.

Dinh Nguyet