El Brujuelo
This farm has combined three sources of water to ensure availability. In 1990, they started using high salinity mine water thanks to a reverse osmosis desalination plant. In 2000 they built a dam on a stream running through their farm, with a sediment pond and a storage pond (45 million litres). In 2008 they joined […]
Helena Elvira Lendinez
This is a sloping piece of land where a pit is made in the upper part of each olive tree to accumulate rainwater so that the plant can use it after it infiltrates. to the pit capacity is approximately 1000-2000 litres, refillable each time it rains. The pits are aligned on the slope to collect […]
Agroconsulting
The implementation of a remote-control system with sensors managed by a Data Logger connected to a web platform (DSS). The station has 3 sensors connected at different soil depth levels (10, 30 and 55 cm); it also monitors air humidity, air and soil temperature, solar incidence. Control of the humidity of the wet bulb, control […]
Sireco
In the conversion of the farm from herbaceous crops to almond trees, Sireco was responsible for the installation of an automatic irrigation system, managing through the same head two sources of water, from a well and from a pond of the nearest irrigation community. The installation has 2 bands of above soil irrigation on each […]
Purificación A. Valderrama
Change from rainfed to in-ground irrigation strips with integrated drippers. Drippers are spaced 1.3 m apart and buried 20 cm deep, with flow rates of 1.6 liters/hour. The pipes are 16 mm buried on both sides of the olive tree lines. The olive trees are composed by several trunks with an increased water requirement; this […]
La Biñuñela
A dairy farm in which the productive breed was changed from the milk-producing Holstein to the Alpine Bruna breed, as a dual use for milk and meat. The aim of this measure was to better adapt to the climate of the region. In addition, a market-oriented genetic selection was carried out to produce milk with […]
El Capricho
Since 2009, when the farm entered organic production, they have tried to improve the soil, increase water use efficiency and enhance nutrition. Thus, they applied green manure, incorporated pruning waste and plant material, and also maintained vegetation covers, with the aim of creating a layer of surface humus. Since then, they have evolved in terms […]
Agroseguro
Agricultural insurance is a risk coverage resource available in the Spanish agricultural sector. The insurance has a public component, with Agroseguro being the managing institution at the national level. The insurance has several systems of coverage. The yield insurance we are analysing in this case seeks to guarantee up to 75 % of the historical […]
