Kenya: Duo working to help cut water waste by over 60%
The new technology which is aimed at ensuring low costs for managing the greenhouse is geared towards conserving water and provision of virtual green house farm care taker. The aim of the technology is to help farmers’ especially part time individuals to juggle farming with other chores and at the same time help keep low, the water bills especially for urban smart farmers.
The technology is also expected to benefit most farmers who are dealing with very delicate crops like tomatoes and green peppers. The innovators from Illuminum Greenhouse explained that automated feeding and irrigation program will erase the inconsistent feeding and irrigation schedules that are common with the conventional manual greenhouses.
“Most fertilizer and other crop nutrients are always mixed in the water for irrigation. For the manual case where one has to open the valve and close after irrigation, there are a times when because of commitments in life, one may not follow the schedule as outlined and as a result starve the crop at the most important time for it to develop causing long term effects that result in low and poor quality fruits. But the technology now eliminates these inconstancies and allows the farmer to command the feeding program of his greenhouse from the comfort of his office or even living room!”
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