Debets Schalke - Water Technology

Water saving: The rapidly growing population of the Earth requires enhanced agricultural innovation to scale up production with limited resources. Greenhouse cultivation reduces water consumption as compared to open-air farming.  There are four primary reasons: 1) plants lose less water through evapotranspiration, due to the decreased wind, increased humidity, and regulated temperature in the greenhouse environment, 2) drip irrigation systems improve the efficiency of water usage, 3) crops are spaced more closely, thus reducing water wastage, and 4) the crop cycle in a greenhouse is typically shorter than in the open-air, resulting in less water used over the entire growing season.