SUCCESS STORIES
PROJECT IN ETHIOPIA – VEGETABLES FOR THE CANNING INDUSTRY
Customer’s objective: Production of green and white asparagus for the canning industry
Surface area: 1137 ha
Crops: White and green asparagus and another 6 crops to be grown after the initial success.
Planning phases: The project was divided into 2 phases of about 5000ha each. Each phase was in turn subdivided into 5 areas of 100ha each, and these into plots of 15ha.
Water storage ponds: 2 storage ponds (one in each phase) of about
160,000m3 were built.
Equipment:
- 10 SUPERNUTRITEC 9500 fertigation units.
- Control of 4 fertilizers + 1 acid. Each unit contains 2 pH and EC probes.
- 1 NUTRITEC 9500 unit for the seedbed.
- 1 CLINVERTEC unit.
- 9 tanks (8 fertilizers + 1 acid) with a 3000 l capacity.
- Automatic self-cleaning filter head.
- PC with monitoring and control software on each head.
PROJECT IN MOROCCO – PRODUCTION OF BERRIES
Customer’s objective: Production and exportation of berries for fresh consumption.
Surface area: 400 ha
Crops: Bilberries and raspberries
Planning phases: 400ha divided into 36-ha modules.
Water storage ponds: 2 ponds with a storage capacity of 5300m3.
Equipment:
- 11 SUPERNUTRITEC 9800 drip-irrigation units.
- 6 NUTRITEC micro sprinkler irrigation units.
- 8 tanks (7 fertilizers + 1 acid) with a maximum capacity of 15000m3.
- Automatic self-cleaning filter head.
- PC with software to monitor and control all 17 units.
- A specific programme was tailor-made for the customer to control the actual water consumption requirements.
PROJECT IN EGYPT – VEGETABLE CROP PRODUCTION
Customer’s objective: Production and supply of vegetable crops for human consumption.
Surface area: 200 ha
Crops: Soilless and soil-based cultivation of vegetable crops (tomatoes,
peppers, cucumbers, etc).
Planning phases: 200ha divided into 10-ha projects.
Water storage ponds: 1 pond every 10ha.
Equipment:
- 1 NUTRITEC unit every 10ha to control 4 fertilizers + 1 acid + 1 supplement.
- Climate equipment: Pulse-activated low-pressure FOG SYSTEM.
- 5 tanks with 3000m3 capacity.
- Automatic self-cleaning filter head.
- PC with control software every 10ha.