Breeders of Tamarugal in Chile has installed an innovative technical irrigation system

A total of 30 hectares includes the Alfalfa Production Center in the Carmelo sector in the Pampa del Tamarugal National Reserve, a tripartite initiative that brings together the efforts of the Pampa del Tamarugal Indigenous Peasant Association, CONAF and SQM, and which is currently in the installation stage of the technified irrigation pipes, a pioneering system in Chile that through buried tapes seeks to better moisturize the land, directly attacking the roots and optimizing water consumption. This is how Alejandro Riquelme, an agricultural engineer at SQM and in charge of the Atacama Tierra Fértil program, explained it: “Currently, ranchers have finished burying the pipes in sector A, covering 7.5 hectares and starting work in sector B, with which the installation of the tapes would be completed in 15 hectares, which means 50% of the total project”. It should be noted that these tasks are carried out entirely by the beneficiaries themselves, who through training and joint work ...