Nutrinflow seminar on watering and irrigation systems

The Farmers' Council is organizing a seminar on the Nutrinflow project

For economically and ecologically efficient watering and irrigation systems.

In Riga, in the main building of AS “Latvijas Valsts meži”, Vaiņodes Street 1,  April 12, 2018.

Precision irrigation enables farmers to obtain better yields, while reducing resource consumption and environmental impact. The seminar will introduce vegetable, fruit and berry growers to the latest trends in technology development, as well as train them to accurately plan fertilizer consumption to obtain good yields and at the same time avoid the risks of nutrient runoff.
AGENDA OF WORK
9:30 Arrival and registration, morning coffee, tea, snacks
10:00 Opening of the seminar. Edīte Strazdiņa, Chairwoman of the Board of the KS “Mūsmāju dārzeņi”, member of the Board of the association “Zemnieku saeima”.
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10:10 – 10:30 Water management in agriculture – what, how and why? Maira Dzelzkalėja-Burmistre, association "Farmers' Assembly", expert of the Nutrinflow project. PRESENTATION
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10:30 – 11:20 Plant fertilization in covered areas.
Ilze Apenīte, representative of Agrimatco SIA. PRESENTATION
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11:20 – 11:40 Coffee break
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11:40 – 12:30 Benefits of drip irrigation
Water and energy savings
Underground irrigation systems
Watering using low pressure
Yield increase
Water and fertilizer
PRESENTATION
12:30 – 13:20 Greenhouses
Types of greenhouses
Reconstruction
Irrigation systems
Cooling
Frost protection
Watering through micro nozzles
Germination
Dubi Segal, representative of the company NETAFIM (Israel), Head of the Irrigation Equipment and Water Treatment Department.
PRESENTATION
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13:20 – 14:00 Lunch break
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14:00 – 14:30 Agronomy
Getting to know soil types
Getting to know the properties of plants
Water quantity calculations
Dubi Segal, representative of the company NETAFIM (Israel), Head of the Irrigation Equipment and Water Treatment Department.
PRESENTATION
14:30 – 15:00 Production management technologies
Wireless remote irrigation system control
Temperature for leafy vegetables
Thermal mapping of the growing field
Vegetation location and types and water quantities
Water and fertilizer planning and control for each field
Weather stations
Tensiometer
Dubi Segal, representative of the company NETAFIM (Israel), Head of the Irrigation Equipment and Water Treatment Department.
PRESENTATION
15:00 – 15:20 Questions, answers and discussions
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15:20 – 15:30 Seminar conclusion.
*Simultaneous English-Latvian translation was provided during the event.