Drip irrigation systems
Implementation
Mid term
Sustainability components
- GHG emissions
- Air quality
- Soil
- Water
- Biodiversity
- Animal welfare
- Economic
- Social
- Technical feasibility
Climate risk region
Southern
Weather event addressed
Spring and summer
Farming system
CEREAL CROPS
Vegetables
Description of the measure
Tubes buried a few cm (semi-buried; annually changed; standard )or up to 20 cm (buried; lasts 2-3 years;thicker)
Comments on sustainability
Water saving, avoids evapotranspiration. Very efficient if combined with tensiometric probes. Less irrigation needed. Optimized use of fertilizers. As the soil surface is not wet, no weeds grow and herbicides treatments are completely eliminated. May need investment, especially for buried tubing (not for semi-buried which uses the same thecnology)