Demonstration on a commercial farm · September–October 2024

AWA® in
onion.

The sector with AWA® received 40-minute irrigation sessions compared with 55 minutes in the control, maintaining the same final harvest yield per hectare.

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Onion: crop featured in the AWA® report
Onion · September–October 2024

Less time per irrigation

−27.3 %

40 minutes versus 55 minutes per session

Yield maintained

Same harvest

Per hectare

Less irrigation time. Harvest maintained.

THE CROP AND ITS MANAGEMENT

The starting point.

Comparison
Sector treated with AWA® and control sector.
Irrigation duration
55 minutes in the control and 40 minutes with AWA®.
Volumetric water content
Monitoring averages at 15, 30 and 45 cm.
Matric tension
Monitoring average at 12 cm.

MONITORING RESULTS

The data,
in context.

Irrigation duration

Minutes per session

Yield per hectare

Index: control = 100

Mean volumetric water content · 15 cm

% · depth of 15 cm

Mean volumetric water content · 30 cm

% · depth of 30 cm

Mean volumetric water content · 45 cm

% · depth of 45 cm
Mean matric tension
Mean matric tensionControlAWA®
At a depth of 12 cm13.39 kPa13.34 kPa
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