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WWF, Water conservation workshop, 18 October 2017, Graham & Rhona Beck Skills Centre, Robertson

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FruitLook... Supporting Efficient Farming

WWF, Water conservation workshop, 17 October 2017, Graham & Rhona Beck Skills Centre, Robertson

Dr Caren Jarmain info@fruitlook.co.za

Presentation Content

“What’s” ◦ Intro to FruitLook

◦ Data available

“How’s” ◦ Uses of FruitLook

◦ Become part

◦ Get support

FRUITLOOK IS…

Free...

Satellite derived data...

on growth, water and nitrogen..

every week...

from August to April...

going back to 2010...

For more than 200,000ha of fruit... [9.5 million hectares in total in Western Cape…….]

Once off registration & selecting fields...

Via: ...SAVING...

How to use FruitLook

PLAN & understand 1. Understand “pictures”

and “values”

2. How much water did my crop use

3. Where to place probes

4. How to harvest

5. Effectivity of production

GROWTH WATER

USE

MONITOR 1. Weekly overview

table Growth

Plant stress (ETdeficit)

2. “Curves” Temporal deviations

3. Pictures Spatial changes

GROWTH PLANT STRESS

EVALUATE & Integrate 1. Production problems &

successes Long term data (Year comparison)

Comparison with other blocks (Problem vs. prima blocks)

2. Management practices Water: Production vs. Water use

Growth: Production vs. Growth

3. Should I manage my block differently ? Zones, etc.?

GROWTH PLANT STRESS

NITROGEN

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