YPARD Iran recently introduced the new irrigation system called Climate-Smart Irrigation (CSI) system for perennial plants and trees. This invention relates to agriculture, natural resources and environment, in which the capabilities of the invented device are used to increase the irrigation efficiency. This device optimizes the usage of irrigation water of perennial plants.
Collecting rainwater and surface water using the conventional methods, despite the possibility of their evaporation, cannot be an efficient method for conserving water for plant use. The ability of rain water to percolate makes it accessible for plants although, in the most cases, due to loss of vegetation, the water runs off and causes flood. Moreover, due to climate variations over the past few years, large amount of rainwater flows in the form of soil surface run-off and becomes inaccessible for plants. In perennial plants, the water usage efficiency (WUE) is very low when using drop irrigation due to the lack of water reaching the active parts of the root of these plants.
