Group members:

Acuña, Samantha
Felicia, Gillian Roselle
Gabatan, Jeremy
Gabrinao, Haide
Julongbayan, Diel Aldred
Nacu, Grace
Navarro, Jayson Nocomora
Romero, Anjela
Valdez, Vanessa Mikaela
 What is water that is used to grow fresh
Agricultural produce and sustain livestock.
Water
  Irrigation
 Pesticide
Agricultural  Fertilizer Application
water use:  Crop cooling
 Frost control
 TYPICAL SOURCES :
Where does
-Surface water
agricultural
water come -Ground water from wells
from -Rain water
Sources of water
used on the farm  surface water
can be grouped
into three types  well water
 municipal water
  Preharvest water is used for crop irrigation, cooling,
frost protection, as a carrier for fertilizers and
pesticides, and for washing tools and harvest
Pre-harvest water containers, handwashing, and drinking.

vs. Postharvest
water  Postharvest water is used for washing and
transporting produce, cooling, applying waxes and
coatings, handwashing, and drinking.
TREND AND NEED
  Journey 2050: Water

As you watch discover:

Watch the  How is water used in agriculture?
video “Journey  What methods do farmers use to irrigate their crops?
2050 Water”  What best practices can be implemented to use water
more efficiently in agriculture?
  Improving soil conservation

 Planting perennial crops

Best practices that  Using mobile technology to save water

can be implemented  Improving rainwater harvesting
to use water more
efficiently in  Implementing micro irrigation

agriculture  Using intercropping, agroforestry and

cover crops
 No-Till
Farming
Improving soil
conservation
 Perennial
Crops
Planting
perennial crops
 Turn irrigations on
and off remotely

Using mobile
technology to save
water
 Zai Planting Pits

Improving
rainwater
harvesting
 Irrigation
through
Drippers,
Sprinklers,
Foggers and
other
Implementing emitters.
micro irrigation
 Tomatoes or
Eggplants +
Lettuce

Using
intercropping,
agroforestry and
cover crops

Agroforestry Winter Rye

  Drought-Resistant Seeds

5 Growing  Drip Irrigation

 Measuring Water Flow
trends in Farm
 Data Analytics
Irrigation  Drilling More Wells
  Routine maintenance is important
 Perform a water audit
Important things to  Review irrigation
consider when
 Save money
planning to renovate
 Use new technology
or install an irrigation
system:  Update equipment
 Drip Irrigation
 Irrigation  Irrigation systems may range from manual operation
and monitoring to fully automated with computer
System controls and monitoring
Performance
  checking the drainage of the irrigation
water during and after irrigation activities
 determining soil moisture requirements
 determining the water table levels
Monitoring to  measuring the soil salinity levels
determine if the  measuring water quality
performance of  monitoring the climatic data of the region
irrigation system is including rainfall, temperature, frost risk
consistent  determining the presence of plant/ crop
and soil nutrient deficiencies.
  damage by pests and vermin
 organic material (algae is a particular
External factors that problem in some systems)
may affect the  weather conditions
operation and  mechanical damage to the system
performance of an
irrigation system.  power failures affecting the operation of
the pump (if applicable).
  water distribution uniformity and any flow
variations
The monitoring  all maintenance activities including leaks
process should and outside interference
also include  system efficiencies
procedures for  water table levels
recording:
 pump run hours.
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https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF01103711
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