Netafim is one of Israel’s best-known success stories. The company was started in 1965 and became the world leader in drip irrigation systems, especially for arid farmlands. Now Netafim is now ...

It says its new pioneering drip irrigation method for rice can save 70% of the water currently used in rice production — requiring 1,500 liters (396 gallons) per kilogram (2.2 pounds) of rice ...

According to Netafim, 1,500 liters (396 gallons) of water is required per kilogram (2.2 pounds) of rice produced when using drip irrigation, rather than 5,000 liters (1,320 gallons) with the ...

Drip irrigation emerges to solve rice paddy problem. by Reuters Tuesday, 15 December 2020 07:00 GMT. People play in the mud as they plant rice saplings during National Paddy Day also called ...

"We believe this initiative represents the first use of drip irrigation in the U. for a rice crop," explains Kyriakos Tsakopoulos, president, principal and chief executive officer of Conaway ...

By integrating drip and micro irrigation technologies within the world’s rice paddies, farmers can simultaneously contribution to the international struggle against greenhouse gas emissions and ...

Drip irrigation allows farmers to choose any desired close spacing crop after rice in crop rotation. They can also shift from low-income crops to high-income ones after cultivating rice. In paddy ...

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - An Israeli company has developed a drip irrigation system for growing rice to replace the flooded paddies that have supplied the world with rice for generations but cause a ...

For three years the drip irrigation has yielded rice on par and at times even better quality than the flooded paddies, he said. It also allows them to rotate crops throughout the year.

Netafim, a company that pioneered drip irrigation decades ago to grow produce like potatoes and melons across Israel’s challenging arid landscape, has just finished a pilot scheme using its technology ...