Cellphone helps reduce irrigation costs
By Jet Hermida on Nov 11, 2008 in ICT and Small Farmers, News Clippings
TechTuesday presents this interesting news article about how small farmers in South Africa are using cellphone to better manage their irrigation system.
Small scale sugar cane farmers in South Africa have managed to potentially reduce their direct irrigation costs by US$300 per hectare thanks to the use of a high cellphone technology system that is providing them with practical, real up to date information about when to irrigate their crops.
A pilot project was implemented by the South African Sugar Association on two small scale irrigation schemes at Pongola in Mpumalanga province and Makhathini in KwaZulu Natal, meant at boasting production as well as saving water a precious commodity in these dry regions.
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