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New Farming technology reduces water use

Sector
Agriculture

Keywords
Technology Water Efficiency

From which SME is it?
MAGROWTEC

Location
Dublin, Ireland

Format
Physical

Years of implementation
7 years

Website

Abstract

An agriculture spray technology that helps farmers grow more by using less. The system, which has been three years in development, provides better coverage than conventional crop spraying systems. The two main benefits of the

MagrowTec system include a 70 percent drift reduction and a 20 to 40 percent increase in coverage. Their overall goal is to feed the world in a sustainable way, as well as meeting their environmental targets.


Relevance

MagrowTec has invested heavily in its research and development of its products. The research activities are geared towards introducing and progressing the next generation of technologies. All of which align with global food security and environmental challenges, whilst offering significant commercial potential to have an international impact.

MagrowTec has a vision, that working with customers in the field, will yield a paradigm shift in agricultural spraying and irrigation attuned to climate needs and future generation farming.


Concepts addressed within ESG

MagrowTecs key pillars are food security, planetary protection, and humanitarian needs. They reflect ESG as they look at waste management, pollution, resource depletion and product safety.


Impact & Achieved Results

The MagrowTec system helps by creating more of the optimum-sized spray – ensuring that more of the spray goes onto the weeds, crop canopy, buds, flowers, stalk, fruit or vegetable product itself or soil, giving better coverage and more protection.

MagrowTec helps improve crop protection, lower risk to the financial investment in the crop, increase the chance of higher crop quality and yield and reduce wastage of expensive resources like chemical inputs, water, time and money.


Indicators of performance and success

In its trails for its products in cotton fields the results have shown that there was a reduction of chemical costs by up to 25%. Reduction of chemical drift by up to 70%. Cotton yield increased by up to 300%.


Certifications


Challenges and recommendations

Bringing new innovative technologies to market and still being recognised as a brand with responsible attention to food security, planetary protection, and humanitarian needs.


Bibliography

Accessed on 04/7/23: https://magrowtec.com/