Water is one of the most important resources for our development and evolution. The sector where much water is use is in agriculture. Let’s find out more tegether.

Water: a resource for development and evolution

Water is a key resource for the development of any human activity. This is especially true for agricultural activities, where its availability is the essential condition to achieve satisfactory and profitable crops, both in terms of unit production yields and in terms of quality content referred to the chosen target market. Unfortunately, water is not available in unlimited quantities, especially in the reality in which we live, where recent climatic changes have resulted in a significant decrease in rainfall, causing a decreased recharge of aquifers and a growing shortage of water accumulations in basins.

Optimised water usage

For this reason, we urgently need to think about how to implement interventions aimed at rationalizing and optimizing the use of water in its many applications. This need is particularly acute in the agricultural sector in view of the very considerable volumes required for the accomplishment of the crops productive cycle.

Water saving in agriculture is closely dependent on the consistency of the interventions, both at consortium level and at the individual company, as well as of constant routine and extraordinary maintenance of water pipes aimed at reducing losses and, consequently, at ensuring the full efficiency of them. A very important contribution to optimization of water use comes from the choices regarding cropping systems and behaviors taken by the agricultural entrepreneur. They must rest the application of the irrigation technique on more technical knowledge, on water requirements of individual crops in relation to the specific agronomic situations (soil), and on the micro climate contingent evolution.

Water shortage and efficiency

Water scarcity in some areas and the increase of irrigated land surfaces are a problem. This should imply a reflection and arise the need of finding alternative sustainable solutions. Using VALDUCCI drip irrigation technique is a real solution that would allow a substantial water saving. In fact, with drip irrigation system water efficiency is 90-95%.

For this reason, drip irrigation is considered the best choice both for higher yields and higher quality. The water saving we could achieve by using this technologies is essential for our planet.