Testing automatic irrigation in paddy rice fields: lesson learned in a northern Italy rice farm
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Data di Pubblicazione:
2022
Citazione:
Testing automatic irrigation in paddy rice fields: lesson learned in a northern Italy rice farm / F. Gangi, G. Scotti, G. Ottaiano, A. Galli, R. Ceriani, O. Gharsallah, A. Facchi, D. Masseroni. ((Intervento presentato al convegno Interregional Conference Sustainable Production in Agroecosystems with Water Scarcity : Conferencia Interregional PRODUCCIÓN SOSTENIBLE EN AGROECOSISTEMAS CON ESCASEZ DE AGUA (SUPWAS) tenutosi a Albacete : 5-7 September nel 2022.
Abstract:
Rice is one of the major staple food crops in the world. In Europe, Italy is the main rice producer, with almost
all of the production concentrated in the north-east of the country. Traditionally rice is grown in fields flooded
from before seeding to close to harvest. This water management technique requires a huge labor for farmers
who have to manually adjust inlet and outlet gates in order to maintain a constant ponding water level in the
fields. A new water soft-path strategy based on the introduction of automatic water flow rate regulation
systems is under investigation in a rice farm of about 40 ha located south of Milan, in northern Italy. The
general purpose of the experimental activity is: (i) to test their reliability in a traditional rice context, and (ii)
to assess their environmental and economic sustainability. The installed instrumentation is constituted by
four PikoGate® automatic gates positioned in strategic points of the farm irrigation canal network and Ferit®
water level sensors installed in five groups of fields. To date, automatic gates and water level sensors have
been installed and tested, and a new irrigation algorithm has been implemented to allow the automatic
management of a predetermined ponding water level in the fields, which may change in time based on sitespecific
conditions. Results achieved so far will be presented describing the adopted automatic solutions and
their responsiveness to the site-specific conditions.
Tipologia IRIS:
14 - Intervento a convegno non pubblicato
Keywords:
irrigation management; automatic system for irrigation; remote-controlled gate; water level sensor; real-time monitoring
Elenco autori:
F. Gangi, G. Scotti, G. Ottaiano, A. Galli, R. Ceriani, O. Gharsallah, A. Facchi, D. Masseroni
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