The irrigation system is an important part of the agricultural sector because it can paralyze the agricultural world if there is no water to irrigate the places where plants grow.
As technology develops today, environmentally friendly irrigation systems are also being developed in the agricultural sector.
Of course, this irrigation system was created in a concise manner, intended to make it easier for farmers to work without incurring large costs, to produce maximum harvests and to be environmentally friendly.
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Those who have tried using this technology admit that environmentally friendly irrigation systems are more efficient than ordinary irrigation systems.
This type of environmentally friendly irrigation system
The irrigation process in conventional agriculture generally still waits for water to be sent from upstream or rainfall, as a result, the harvest can only be done twice a year.
As a substitute, farmers will use wells on their agricultural land. However, those who already have wells are sometimes constrained by the cost of diesel fuel or electricity bills.
1. Smarkle
Recently, a group of students from General Sudirman University, Purwokerto, succeeded in creating a smart irrigation system called Smarkle. This irrigation system uses the internet of things using a vertical wind turbine to drive a water pump.
This means that there are no costs at all if farmers use this environmentally friendly irrigation system.
Another advantage of this technology is that it can automatically spray water because there are sensors planted in the ground when the humidity is detected to be low.
According to the manufacturer, the environmentally friendly irrigation system is very suitable when used for cultivating vegetables, especially on slightly sandy soil.
2. Solar panel irrigation
Technology using solar panels is an important breakthrough discovered by experts. The sun is a source of energy that is used to drive a water pump so that it can irrigate agricultural land.
Even though at first this solar panel irrigation seems expensive, if you look at the long-term benefits, this irrigation system actually reduces cost overruns in the future. How come?
You no longer need to pay money to buy fuel or pay electricity bills,
Just install it once, then the flow of electricity from the solar panels will make the irrigation system automatic. Plus, rice fields are open spaces so the chance of getting hot sun is very high.
3. Drip irrigation
In this third irrigation system, the process for supplying water to plants is given according to the plant's growing point. Reporting from the page bbppbinuang.bppsdmp.pertanian.go.id, the drip irrigation system is an efficient and environmentally friendly solution because it uses water sparingly.
4. Hydram irrigation
This type of irrigation is actually based on the use of a hydram pump to distribute water without using any fuel at all. It could be said that this technology is appropriate, because it only uses the water pressure itself and then re-emits it.
This technology can be said to be very cheap because it only uses gravitational force to send water from the bottom to the top. Example. The position of the river water is far below the rice fields, so the hydram pump technology can transport water from the river to the rice fields without using fuel energy, or sourced from the sun.
Benefits of environmentally friendly irrigation systems
Environmentally friendly technology is highly recommended if we also implement organic farming patterns because the two can go hand in hand and support each other.
So what are the benefits of an environmentally friendly irrigation system, here is the review
1. Does not depend on electrical energy
2. Save operational costs
3. Does not produce harmful carbon emissions
4. Avoid over watering (excess water)
5. Save water usage
6. Save energy
These six benefits are of course very profitable for farmers, and what is certain is that the harvest can be maximized because water is always available without incurring a penny of routine costs.
Costs are only incurred once in the initial stage, when the process of building an environmentally friendly irrigation system installation begins, the rest is just a matter of enjoying the results.
Environmentally friendly irrigation systems for agriculture should be widely introduced by the government. This is an example of the government's commitment to ensure that Indonesian agriculture can be as optimal as possible while reducing damage to environmental pollution.
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