Drip Irrigation: Promising Approach for New Paths For Urban And Peri- Urban Horticulture

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About us

• Netafim Agricultural Financing Agency Pvt. Ltd.
  (NAFA) was promoted by Netafim Group, Israel to
  finance the stakeholders in micro-irrigation
  value chain. Netafim invented and pioneered the
  adoption of drip irrigation system across the
  world with the mission to promote a global change
  in the way water is used in agriculture.
• In India, Netafim is present for more than two
  decades, extending benefits of drip irrigation
  technology to farmers across the country,
  covering more than 18 lakhs acres of farms of
  more than 8.5 lakhs farmers.

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Drip Irrigation Promising Approach for New Paths
For Urban And Peri- Urban Horticulture

• The horticulture sector, that encompasses a wide
  range of crops from fruits to plantation crops
  and flowers, accounts for more than thirty
  percent of the total agriculture output in India.
  Over the last few years, the sector has gained
  prominence by contributing a growing share in GVA
  of the agriculture and allied sectors. 
• The Indian horticulture area has grown by more
  than 2.6 per annum, whereas it has witnessed an
  annual production growth by more than 4.8 over a
  decade.

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Benefits of Drip Irrigation

• Reduces the input cost and improves the quality
  of the crop produce.
• Almost 80-90 increase in water-use efficiency
• 30 of saving in electricity cost per hectare
  (due to reduced hours)
• 30 saving in fertilizer consumption
• Almost 50 increase in productivity
• All above resulting in boosting farmer income by
  more than 40

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Why Micro-irrigation Is Required?
Agriculture and in particular horticulture sector
have always been full of uncertainties and
climate-change is adding more complexities to it.
Uneven distribution of rainfall, draughts, floods
and resultant water-stress has caused multiple
challenges for Indian farmers to make
horticulture climate-resilient and profitable.
Therefore, adaptation of micro-irrigation becomes
the need of the hour which has an ability to
tackle countrys twin challenge of water scarcity
and increasing crop yield at a macro level.
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PROBLEM The Government is trying to raise
awareness about the benefit of latest
technologies.However,availability of timely
finance to farmers has been another major
hindrance in adoption of micro-irrigation
systems. While most financial institutions focus
on providing solutions for their working capital
need, supporting them with capital expenditure to
adopt automated technologies for better business
model is taking precedent too in the current
situation.   SOLUTION Doubling farmer income and
in-turn increase horticulture production yield
can only be achieved if agriculture is practiced
scientifically with technology interventions
coupled with timely efficient financial
solutions.

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