INNOVATIONS IN ON-FARM IRRIGATION7TH March, 2017
PETER DURAND – IRRIGATION AUSTRALIA LTD
Introduction
ABOUT ME
• Director, Irrigation Australia Limited - Australia’s Peak National body representing the irrigation industry
• Business Development Manager, Netafim Australia/New Zealand – global business dealing with smart irrigation solutions
AGENDA
• Background information• Global• Australian
• Innovations• Application methods on-farm• Technology
• Conclusions
Limited resources Use of waterGrowing demand for food
Global food security and water challenges
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Land
80%
20%
77%
18%
Flood
5%
Irrigationmethod
Pivot /sprinkler
Drip
+2.4B people (+32%)
69%
19%
Municipal
Industrial
Water
12%
Agriculture
Calorie consumption per capita from 2950 to 3130
By 2050:
20% less arable land per person
25% water deficit (demand-supply gap)
4 billion people will live undersevere water stress
70% of the water is used to irrigate 20% of the landIrrigation is mostly inefficient
By 2050:
Food production will need to increase by >50%
Source: FAO – How to feed the world 2050; 2030 Water Resources Group, OECD outlook
Where agriculture exists
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Agricultural exposure to water stress
Agricultural efficiency map
Farm structural changes
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Source: USDA, BCG analysis
200
450295 243
350
800
494380
600700
490
160120 140
1,090
Corn Soybean HayCotton Rice
US farm consolidation, midpoint farm size by crop (Acres)
• Growing need for higher yields and adoption of advanced solutions
• Increasing number of farm family members who choose to leave agriculture Labor Shortage Retiring farmers are forced to sell their land
1. Farm consolidation
2. Entry of Ag Investors
3. Advanced practice adoption
22 17
42 46
7154 56
90
UKGermanyFrance
20001970 2010
Europe farm consolidation, average farm size (Ha)
1997 20071987
Growing demand for foodGlobal population growth and increasing consumption
Limited supply factorsScarcity of arable land and water
Increased demand for water-efficient solutions and higher food productivity
Inefficient use of waterIn the agriculture sector
Consolidation of ‘on-farm’ players
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+
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+ BASF 5.8
Dow + DuPont
Crop protection Seeds & Traits
14.8
23.1
Syngenta + ChemChina
14.6
Bayer + Monsanto
Annual sales ($B)
APPLICATION METHODS
Source: Howell, T.A. 2003. Irrigation Efficiency, in Encyclopedia of Water Science. Marcel Dekker, Inc. New York, New York. 1076 pp
Irrigation Method Efficiency Range
Gravity/Flood 40-80%
Sprinkler – wheel-move 60-85%
Sprinkler - Gun 55-75%
Pivot/Lateral (sprinkler) 75-90%
Microsprinkler 70-95%
Drip 70-95%
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YOY Rainfall is highly variable (3rd in the world). This affects water availability and the grower’s decisions on permanent irrigation methods such as drip and sprinkler
Source – #Australian Bureau of Statistics – Water Use in Australian Agriculture *Bureau of Meteorology
804915
688671767
254243243225220
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
1.000
600
800
1.200
1.400
1.600
400
200
1.374
683645
1.447
SurfaceSprinklerDrip
Irrigation methods in Australia
IRRIGATION METHODS
11Source: ABS – Agricultural Water Use in Australia – 2013/2014
59%
9%
2%
4%
3%
7%
13%
2%1%
Surface (e.g. furrow, flood, basin, border check)
Drip or trickle irrigation - subsurface
Drip or trickle irrigation - above ground
Sprinkler irrigation - solid set (overhead, permanent or portable)
Other irrigation systems
Sprinkler irrigation - microspray (including microsprinkler)
Sprinkler irrigation - portable irrigators (e.g. handshift, end-tow lateral, side roll)
Sprinkler irrigation - hose irrigators (e.g. travelling gun, rotating boom, travelling boom)
Sprinkler irrigation - large mobile machines (e.g. centre pivot, linear or lateral move)
Irrigation methods
TECHNOLOGY
DIGITAL FARMING
QUOTE
“It is not the quantity of water applied to a crop, it is the quantity of intelligence applied which determines the result – there is more due to intelligence than water in every case”
Alfred Deakin, 1890Quoted during a speech to a Conference for ‘Irrigationists’
CONTACT
Peter Durand+61 407 975 [email protected]@netafim.com