Embrapa Instrumentação presented at Tecnofam 2016 - Technologies and Knowledge for Family Farming, a fair promoted by Embrapa Agropecuária Oeste in the city of Dourados – MS, an automatic solar irrigator that does not use electricity and can be built with low-cost materials.
The irrigator was developed by physicist Washington Luiz de Barros Melo, and according to him, the equipment can help small farmers keep their beds irrigated by the drip method.
Also according to the developer, besides saving water, it is possible to build the solar irrigator from plastic bottles, and the cost is around R$ 20.00.
Instructions for assembling the equipment can be accessed on the Embrapa Instrumentação portal: https://www.embrapa.br/documents/1355311/1528993/Manual+Irrigador+Solar/c14ebfeb-199e-4436-8f7e-1bed11742be6
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