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How Netafim looks at the world
April 5, 2011
Eytan Markovitz
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Water, how big of an issue is it?
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Source: Blue Planet Run, Rick Smolan, 2008
1 kg of beef: 15,000 liters
1 pair of jeans: 4100 liters1 kg of rice: 3400 liters1 T shirt: 2700 liters
1 liter of milk: 1000 liters1 glass of beer: 75 liters1 Kg of Apples: 70 liters
1 slice of bread: 40 liters1 cup of tea: 30 liters
Average amounts of water required to produce : day needs - to - day our E f f i c i e n t w a t e r u s
a g e i s
t h e f i r s t s t e p t o w a r d s
e f f i c i e n t f a r m i n g
Water efficiency is a global need!
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3rd millennium’smajor challenge
Watersupply
Population &Food demand
Efficiency Technology
Netafim’s offer tackles both
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A few words about Israel1. Importance of water - 1/3 of the country is a
desert, while the other 2/3 gets rain only 5months a year
2. Innovation – with little natural resources, Israelis focusing on developing new technologies
3. Drip irrigation – was invented in Israel andproved to be the most efficient irrigationmethod
4. Agriculture & Food production – Israeli farmersare among the most productive farmers in theworld, combining efficiency and knowledge
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Why water efficiency is advanced in Israel?1. 1/3 of the country is a desert2. No rain between May and October3. Strong strive for innovation
Israel’s major farming area is inthe Arava desert, where annual
rainfall is around 50mm
Over200mm
below
200mm
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A few words about Netafim1. Netafim is the world’s pioneer of drip, inventing drip in 19642. It took more then 20 years before drip was recognized as the
most efficient irrigation method3. It took another 10 years before drip was recognized as the most
efficient technology to produce more crop with less water, lessfertilizers, less chemicals, less energy, and less labor
4. Now a days drip is used in all continents, in almost all crops,and in almost all types of soil
5. In 40 years Netafim had produced more then 40 billion drippers6. Since its establishment in 1965 Netafim is the largest drip
company in the world
Netafim’s dripper was honored by anofficial Israeli post stamp
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What can technology do?
With technology
Without technology
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The Heart of the technology – The Dripper
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The evolution of drip technology
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Why drip irrigation is so successful?• Highly efficient use of water (more yield / less water)
• Easy to install and maintain
• Ensures plants get the optimal proportion of water and nutrientsneeded (less fertilizers, less chemicals, less labor)
Irrigating the field vs. Irrigating the crop
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How drip works?
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Farmers that adopted drip systems haveachieved:
1. Increased productivity - higher yields2. Water saving – more land can be cultivated
3. Saving of fertilizers and chemicals – costreduction, environment friendly4. Energy saving (electricity or diesel) - cost
reduction, environment friendly5. Labor saving – farmers can cultivated larger
fields
Measuring water efficiency
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Comparison of water efficiencies:
Too dry
Too wet
Perforated pipe Mini sprinklers
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Irrigating the field
Irrigating the crop
Furrow irrigation
Drip irrigation
Greenhouse gasesemitted to theenvironment areboosting global
warming
Drip applies waterdirectly to the soilaround the plants,eliminating gasemission and reducingevaporation water loss
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How drip helped in India(as an example)
How successful can drip irrigation be?
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Examples from India
Figuresfrom
India
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How drip helped in Potato(as an example)
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PotatoPotato -- IndiaIndia
Drip irrigated PotatoProjectSabarkanta, Mahesana GandhinagarLocation
Kufri Lauvkar, Kufri BadshahVariety
FarmersAreaDuration
# 87391.5 ha90 – 100 days
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b e r
Y i e l d
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Drip Furrow
40% increase !
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PotatoPotato -- ChinaChina
Drip irrigatedPotato
Project
Guyuan, Hebei,China
Location
42
48.6
30
35
40
45
50
T u b e r Y i e l d
( T o n s / h a )
Center Pivot SDI
240
145
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100
150
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250
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( m m
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Cente r Pivot SDI
Subsurface
DripIrrigation
16% increase !
39% saving !
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+74+74+43.5+43.5Drip overDrip overRainfedRainfed
+36+36+24.5+24.5Drip overDrip overRain GunRain Gun
+ 50mm+ 50mmsizesize
TotalTotalyieldyield
Yield increaseYield increase(%)(%)ParticularsParticulars
PotatoPotato -- GermanyGermany
Drip technology improvesproductivity in all countries,even in rainy Germany
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Netafim and Sustainability
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Our CommitmentTo Sustainability
CORPORATESOCIALENVIRONMENTAL
Reduce water depletion &contaminationReduce soil erosionReduce use of fertilizers seepinginto reservoirs and aquifersUtilize recycled water for irrigation
Save energy required for irrigationPreserve scarce farm land &utilize marginal landsPromoting sustainable irrigation &sustainable agriculture
Leaders in the U.N. CEO WaterMandate
Initiate voluntary educationalprojects & interventions
Promote sustainable waterpractices
Share advanced agroknowledge & technologies
Capacity building amongfarmers in emerging markets
Triple Bottom Line: People, Planet, Profit
Maintain high level oftransparencyAdhere to a comprehensiveBusiness Code of ConductStrictly follow standards thatmaximize corporate
sustainabilityUncompromising commitment toemployeesMaintain integrity & honesty
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Netafim’scommunity responsibility
officer
Netafim is a proud memberof the UN’s
“CEO WaterMandate”
Netafim’ssignature
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A comprehensive gravity-based dripirrigation system, developed for smallfarms with little or no electricityEmbedded know-howand means for self sufficientagricultural productionEconomical and simple to operateMaximizes productivity using existingresources
No additional investment in infrastructureIncorporates planning, training, technical& agronomic field support by Netafim
Family Drip System (FDS™)
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Family Drip System – main components
As low as
1 meter
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Promoting advanced farming Leading farmers into the future byEducating and ImplementingIntelligent Precise Drip Systems
Low Pressure System LPS ™
L P S LPS ™
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Low Pressure System LPS ™
Dramatically reduces the energyrequirements, allowing irrigationof larger farms with given amount
of energy
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Low Pressure System LPS ™
Requires as low as 5 meters for pressure
Fi ld t i i g f FDS ti
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Field training for FDS operation
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Netafim & Yamaha Motor cooperation
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Netafim & Yamaha Motor cooperation
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Focused social activities: Water, Food, KnowledgeFor communities in and around our irrigation projectsEmphasis on capacity building
People:
Social Responsibility
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Andhra Pradesh Micro Irrigation ProjectProject area – 434,352 ha
Project cost $249 million187,000 farmers (March 2008), holding plotsof 1 hectare and up
Crops: Fruits, Vegetables, Spices, FieldcropsGovernmental support in the way of subsidy.The drip irrigation equipment was subsidizedby 50% to 70%More then 50% of framers increased theiryields by 25% to 100%, saving at least 25%of their water
Good Practice:
The Indian APMIP
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Good Practice: Yellow River, ChinaZhongwei City, Ningxia Province, ChinaTurnkey irrigation system for 2,000 hectares of desert landMore than 6,000 farmers, with plots of about 2.5 Ha. each
2 cash crops: Chinese Dates and WatermelonsWatermelons are grown between the rows of the Date trees, maximizingland use, giving the farmers quick income until the dates mature.
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Yellow River - ImpactReduce amount of water used for agriculture, so more wateris left for domestic and other uses
Improve the lives of local farmers by increasing their incomefrom agriculture, slow down migration to the cities, a processaccompanied with poverty, increased social unrest and
crime rateUse marginal land for agriculture purposesStop desertification – a serious challenge for ChinaPartners: Farmers, Chinese Government at all levels(village, county, province and Central Government inBeijing), and Netafim
Good Practice: Post Conflict Region
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Kandahar region
120 plots,0.5 to 1 ha. Each
Table Grapes, Pomegranates, vegetables
Good Practice: Post Conflict Region,
Afghanistan
Af h i T i i & k l d T f
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Training seminar:6 weeks training seminar
Co-sponsors: USAID (RAMP -Rebuilding AgricultureMarkets Program), Central
Asia Development Group, &NetafimHeld in Doi Tung, Thailand,
2005
Afghanistan – Training & knowledge Transfer
G d P ti S th t S th
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Good Practice: South to South
Sugar Cane, Swaziland
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Swaziland - Impact
11,600 Ha. Sugar Cane at the Simunye Sugar EstateA cost analysis of seven different irrigation options wasundertaken and the one that offered the best return wasconversion of the dragline sprinkler system to subsurfacedripA post investment audit* confirmed a sucrose increase of15% and water saving of 22% compared to the sprinklersystem, better than originally expected.
*Booker Tate Limited, Oxfordshire, UK
G d P ti Kit i K
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Kamale and Wingoo watercatchments zones in NzambaniDistricts, the semi arid Easternprovince of Kenya200 poor small scale vegetablegrowersFamily Drip System (FDS™)
Mostly women and old people thatcannot continue irrigating withbuckets from the wellsPartners: FAO (main donor),
Amiran Kenya, Ministry ofAgriculture, Agrosphere (NGO)
Good Practice: Kitui, Kenya
Kit i I t
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Kitui - Impact140% increase of harvested yield,200% increased income80% increase in vegetable growingcapacity and knowledge (through pre-post learning training impact testtool)
Other basic farm management relatedknowledge increased of 65% (throughpre-post learning training impact testtool).Switching from bucket irrigation todrip saved around 60% water
G d P i
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Good Practice: Green Walls, Singapore
Reduces airconditioning usage
G d P i
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Good Practice: Urban Green, Tokyo
Reduces airconditioning
usage
Further innovation –
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Further innovation
Reducing gas emission
Methane and N2O are the dominant GHG emission.Paddy fields account for around 20% of human-related emissions of methane.
Reducing gas emission
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Reducing gas emissionDrip irrigation for rice dramatically reduces gas emission
Drip irrigated rice(Texas USA)
Netafim is experimenting Drip Irrigationin Rice for already a few years.
The major targets are:1. Reduce water usage2. Reduce usage of fertilizers and chemicals3. Maintain or improve quality
4. Reduce the emission of greenhouse gases from rice fields.5. As a result of the above – allow global increase of food production withgiven resources and environment care.
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