Saving water, feeding smarter: drip irrigation and liquid fertilizers
Growers across Europe are looking for smarter ways to hold onto water and use it more efficiently. Recent reporting and grower experience — including coverage by Change Inc — show a shift from simply “finding more water” to using water and liquid fertilizer more intelligently. Freshwater lenses, rainwater harvesting, water basins and level-controlled drainage are all part of that shift. One solution that keeps coming back: drip irrigation.
Saving water and fertilizer through the same line
With drip irrigation, water is delivered slowly and precisely to the root zone through tubing, rather than spread across the whole field with sprinklers. That cuts evaporation and run-off significantly. The real advantage: the same tubing can deliver fertilizer straight to the plant. This combination, known as fertigation, gets both water and nutrients exactly where the crop needs them. For growers, that means less loss, more even crop development, and often a higher yield per litre of water and per kilo of fertilizer.
Liquid fertilizers, built for the job
Fertigation requires fertilizers that dissolve completely and flow through drip lines without clogging. Liquid fertilizers are ideally suited to this. Benefert supplies BeneLIQ: liquid fertilizers developed for drip irrigation and fertigation systems. Because nutrition reaches the root directly and in a controlled dose, crops use it more efficiently than with traditional broadcast fertilization.
At a time when water availability is under pressure, this is more than a sustainability benefit — it’s a practical, economic one too: less input, more return.
Curious whether liquid fertilization through drip irrigation fits your crop? Get in touch with Benefert for tailored advice or explore the BeneLIQ products on our website.
Source: based on reporting by Change Inc on water storage in agriculture
