Horticulture Applications in South Africa
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Gas analyzers and monitoring systems for greenhouse gases from ruminants
Ruminant livestock generates a significant proportion of anthropogenic GHG emissions, and thereby contribute to Climate Change. Ruminants such as cattle, sheep, goats and buffalo produce meat and milk through enteric fermentation – a digestive process in which microbes decompose and ferment food in the digestive tract or rumen. This process produces methane which is emitted via belching. The amount of methane produced is directly related to the type of food consumed and the level of intake, in addition to ...
By Gasmet Technologies - a Nederman company Distributor in Johannesburg, SOUTH AFRICA.
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Soil moisture monitoring solution for irrigation monitoring industry
Delta-T Devices supplies high quality equipment to help horticultural growers and sports turf professionals monitor irrigation and control irrigation – using proven technology. Accurate measurements of growing conditions is key to effective precision irrigation – and we provide instruments that deliver reliable data to support critical decisions. The proven benefits of precision irrigation for growers include enhanced crop development (improved yield, quality and shelf life) alongside reduced ...
By Delta-T Devices Ltd. Distributor in Cape Town, SOUTH AFRICA.
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Analytical instruments for food and agricultural analysis
Individual solutions to meet the essential requirements for food safety. This article about Food Safety provides a first overview about Analytik Jena solutions for food and agriculture analysis. Food safety covers many aspects of the food chain – from point-of-origin to the nutritional value, the presence of pathogens, toxic metals, and other biological contaminants, to the elemental composition of animal feed and soil that affect animal and plant health. National and international directives help to ...
By Analytik Jena - an EndressHauser Company Distributor in Blackheath, SOUTH AFRICA.
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Centrifuges for edible fats, oils & biofuels
Centrifuges for Extracting Oil and Fat, and Manufacturing Biofuels. Centrifuges are often the focal point of process engineering systems used in oil and fat extraction as well as for manufacturing ...
By Flottweg SE Distributor in Gauteng, SOUTH AFRICA.
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Cereals moisture measurement for dryer efficiency
Material: Cereals (wheat, corn, canola) / Moisture range: 10 – 20 % / Installation: Hopper after dryer / Function: Dryer efficiency control APPLICATION A customer in the Food industry was looking for solutions to improve dryer efficiency and fuel consumption. ...
By ENVEA Distributor in Meyerton, SOUTH AFRICA.
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Belt presses for fruit juice & beverage
Beverage Production: High Quality And Improved Profitability. Mechanical separation technology in the manufacture of beverages optimises yield while guaranteeing consistent ...
By Flottweg SE Distributor in Gauteng, SOUTH AFRICA.
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Soil moisture monitoring for Agriculture Science and Research
Accuracy and ease of use make SM300 Soil Moisture Sensors well suited to irrigation applications. Readings can be used to optimise irrigation scheduling, or the SM300 can be installed as part of an automatic irrigation system. The sensor's compact size allows it to be installed in plant pots or grow ...
By Delta-T Devices Ltd. Distributor in Cape Town, SOUTH AFRICA.
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Soil moisture monitoring solution for meteorology industry
Delta-T Devices has over thirty years experience in designing and supplying environmental monitoring equipment – from a single sensor through to a complete advanced automatic weather station. Our range includes: data loggers, sensors, weather stations, mast and mountings, battery and solar power, a variety of communications options, and enclosures. Complex systems can be created with ease. These often include a wide range of inputs, such as soil moisture sensors, solar radiation sensors and meteorological ...
By Delta-T Devices Ltd. Distributor in Cape Town, SOUTH AFRICA.
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Irrigation solutions for Vineyard crops
Grapevine is a deciduous bush belonging to Vitaceas family. Its scientific name is Vitis vinífera. Its economic importance is due to its fruit, the grape, used so much for direct consumption as fermented to produce wine. ...
By Sistema AZUD, S.A. Distributor in Bellville, SOUTH AFRICA.
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Water filtration systems for sub-surface drip irrigation
It is an irrigation system that uses a main network to distribute the filtered and pressurized water to the emitting pipes under the surface of the terrain and together the crop line. The emitters in line supply a unique flow rate by each emitting point that is among the interval of 0,6-8l/h. The volume of water supplied under the surface of the soil (nearest the plants) generates a spatial distribution of the same named “dump bulb”. The shape and size of this “dump bulb” is different from the surface localized ...
By Sistema AZUD, S.A. Distributor in Bellville, SOUTH AFRICA.
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Irrigation solutions for Pear crops
It is a pyramidal-shape tree, of the rosaceous family, coming from oriental Europe and Occidental Asia. The bigger producers are China, Italy, United States and Argentina (source: FAO). The multiplication is done by seed and grafting. The pear, with difference to most of the fruits coming from deciduous trees, have better quality when they are harvested slightly ...
By Sistema AZUD, S.A. Distributor in Bellville, SOUTH AFRICA.
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Irrigation solutions for Potato crops
The potato started in the Andes and it is one of the crops of greater importance Worldwide. The potato came to Europe in the XVI century by two different ways: one was in Spain around 1570 and the other was by the British Islands among 1588 and 1593, from where it was expanded to the rest of Europe. The annual production is of 300 million tons of the fresh tuber expanded in 19.5 millions of hectares planted. Asia and Europe are the regions with bigger production worldwide, with more than the 80% of the production. ...
By Sistema AZUD, S.A. Distributor in Bellville, SOUTH AFRICA.
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Irrigation solutions for Cucumber Crops
Cucumbers come from the tropical areas of South-Asia and they grow in greenhouses in different climates. They are smooth and the colour, depending on the variety, can change from light green to dark green, reaching a yellowish colour when it is completely mature. They produce good outputs in warm and cold climates. Under extreme conditions ventilation and heating systems are necessary. The bigger producers are China, Turkey, Iran, United States, Japan and ...
By Sistema AZUD, S.A. Distributor in Bellville, SOUTH AFRICA.
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Irrigation solutions for Cucumber crops
Cucumbers come from the tropical areas of South-Asia and they grow in greenhouses in different climates. They are smooth and the colour, depending on the variety, can change from light green to dark green, reaching a yellowish colour when it is completely mature. They produce good outputs in warm and cold climates. Under extreme conditions ventilation and heating systems are necessary. The bigger producers are China, Turkey, Iran, United States, Japan and ...
By Sistema AZUD, S.A. Distributor in Bellville, SOUTH AFRICA.
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Irrigation solutions for Apple Crops
It is a tree from the rosaceous family and comes from the Asiatic south-east. It is one of the most extended fruit trees, cultivated worldwide, due to its feeding value, easiness to the adaptation to different climates and quality of the products obtained in the industry: juices, cider, liquor, marmalade, sweets and jellies. The bigger production of apple is in China, United States, France, Italy and ...
By Sistema AZUD, S.A. Distributor in Bellville, SOUTH AFRICA.
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Irrigation solutions for Cotton Crops
The cotton is one of the most Worldwide Spreads crops, due to the production of the fibre to the textile industry and the oil of its seeds. The worldwide production is of 26 millions of tons of seeds. The main producers are China, United States and India, although cotton is produced in more than 100 ...
By Sistema AZUD, S.A. Distributor in Bellville, SOUTH AFRICA.
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Irrigation solutions for Peach crops
It is a fruit tree of great importance worldwide, coming from china and from the rosaceous family. The countries of bigger production of peach are the United States, Spain, Italy and Greece. Spain, from the European point of view is the third producer with 900.000 tons and 78.000 hectares. Most of the production (around the 70%) is intended for the fresh consume and the rest to the industry. The main producer areas in Spain are: Valle del Ebro, Lérida y Murcia. ...
By Sistema AZUD, S.A. Distributor in Bellville, SOUTH AFRICA.
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Irrigation solutions for Tomato crops
Tomato is one of the most spreaded agricultural products all around the world and even of higher economic value. Its demand is continuously increasing and with it, the crop, production and trade. The world production is of 85 millions of tons (FAO 2007) and the countries with higher productions are China, Mexico, United States, Turkey, Spain, Italy and Egypt. Continentally, according to FAO data, Asia participates with no more than 50%, followed by America with a 20%, Europe 15% and the rest comes from Oceania and ...
By Sistema AZUD, S.A. Distributor in Bellville, SOUTH AFRICA.
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Irrigation solutions for Date crops
The date palm trees are from the Palmaceae family. They come from the Persian Gulf and they grow in the arid and subtropical regions. The main producers are Egypt, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Iraq and Algeria (source: FAO). Its fruit, the date, make bunches of until 25 kg of mature fruit and it reaches it whole development in several months. It has an oval shape, it is smooth and with a long and grooved seed. In some countries, the fruits are covered with paper bags to protect them from the elements (rain, dust) ...
By Sistema AZUD, S.A. Distributor in Bellville, SOUTH AFRICA.
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Irrigation solutions for Sugar Cane crops
The sugar cane is a plant which assimilates easily the solar radiation, having a efficiency near the 2% of energy conversion incidental in the biomass. This capacity increases the commercial possibilities to the profit of numerous products to extract, in most of the cases of higher value and economic importance than sugar. The cultivation of sugar cane presents itself as an opportunity of high value against other types of cultivations. Nevertheless, this crop also suffers the problems of water shortage. Taking ...
By Sistema AZUD, S.A. Distributor in Bellville, SOUTH AFRICA.
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