DAVAO CITY — Rivulis Irrigation, an Israeli company specializing in micro-irrigation solutions, is eyeing fruit and vegetable farms in the Davao Region, starting with banana plantations.
DAVAO CITY — Rivulis Irrigation, an Israeli company specializing in micro-irrigation solutions, is eyeing fruit and vegetable farms in the Davao Region, starting with banana plantations.
“It is solid for us to have the banana plantations because we are already active in banana plantations and we think our experience and our product range can fit, especially for vegetables and pineapple, of course banana and corn as well,” Ilan Tamir, Rivulis Irrigation business development manager, told BusinessWorld in an interview on the sidelines of the Davao Agri Trade Expo 2018 (DATE 2018) held Sept. 20-22.
He said the company’s technology, which covers the whole irrigation network from reservoir to sprinklers, can increase crop yields by at least 10%, minimize fertilizer input, and reduce manpower requirements.
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