Claim · model-written summary
The automatic system drastically reduced worker time for water level control and flow regulation.
- Taxon
- rice
Oryza sativae1 - Outcome
- time spent by workers for water level control and flow regulatione0
- Direction
- reducee0
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Verbatim
e0“it allows to drastically reduce the time spent by workers for water level control and flow regulation.”
e1“rice irrigation”
Title
Evaluating performances of the first automatic system for paddy irrigation in Europe
Daniele Masseroni; Peter Moller; Reece Tyrell; et al. Agricultural Water Management 2018. doi:10.1016/j.agwat.2017.12.019
Other claims from this paper (4)
- Method / resource Automatic irrigation did not demonstrate reduced water consumption, which ranged from 2000 to 3700 mm.
- Method / resource Automatic irrigation did not significantly increase rice yield of about 8 ton hectare−1.
- Method / resource The automatic system had no mechanical malfunction during the irrigation season.
- Method / resource The system price of 638 to 689 € hectare−1 agreed with farmers’ willingness to innovate.