Modern technology helps farmers save water

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Irrigation scheduling The MyCanesim system, which was developed through funds from the Water Research Commission and the South Africa Sugarcane Research Institute (SASRI), uses the potential of sophisticated information communication technology combined with participatory methods to assist sugarcane growers to save water while improving their crop yields. The system received the WatSave Award in the category ‘Innovative Water Management’ from the International Commission on Irrigation & Drainage last year. Developer Dr Abraham Singels, a principal scientist at SASRI, explains that deciding how much and when to irrigate are important decisions that sugarcane growers have to make. “These decisions can have a direct effect on the profitability and sustainability of irrigated sugarcane production.

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