Low-Cost Smart Farm Irrigation Systems in Kherson Province: Feasibility Study

Agronomy

Oleg Bazaluk¹  Sergiy Lavrenko²  Valerii Havrysh³  Yuliia Mazur⁴  Vitalii Nitsenko⁵ 

[1] Belt and Road Initiative Institute for Chinese-European Studies, Guangdong University of Petrochemical Technology, Maoming 525000, China;Department of Agriculture, Kherson State Agrarian and Economic University, 73006 Kherson, Ukraine;Department of Tractors and Agricultural Machinery, Operating and Maintenance, Mykolayiv National Agrarian University, 54020 Mykolaiv, Ukraine;Educational and Scientific Institute of Management, Economics and Finance, Interregional Academy of Personnel Management, 03039 Kiev, Ukraine;SCIRE Foundation, 00867 Warsaw, Poland;

关键词: smart irrigation;    water-use productivity;    yield;    irrigation strategy;   

DOI  :  10.3390/agronomy12051013

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

The growth of the world population requires an increase in food production. Its solution requires the introduction of advanced technologies, including automated irrigation systems. Commercially available smart irrigation systems are not widespread because of their high cost. A low-cost smart irrigation system based on satellite monitoring is proposed to schedule irrigation. The purpose of this study was to investigate the smart irrigation system during five-year field experiments. Water-use productivity, irrigated water-use productivity, and payback period were used as indicators to evaluate the low-cost irrigation system. This study was carried out for four crops: wheat, corn, sunflower, and rapeseed. The results obtained were compared to conventional irrigation systems. The experiments were designed at five farms locations. Their results showed that average water-use productivity rose from 4.09% (wheat) to 9.8% (sunflower). An increase in yields varied from 5.72% (wheat) to 13.42% (corn). Corn had a maximum yield deviation (26.72%). The payback period depended on the crop variety and the plot area. The payback period for wheat production under the proposed system was the longest (up to 82 months). Payback periods for corn, sunflower, and rapeseed production were shorter (from 3 to 12 months). Therefore, the smart irrigation system provides advantages and can be recommended as a low-cost solution.

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