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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

4

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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+

+

+

+ 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 401peter.durand@irrigation.org.aupeter.durand@netafim.com