Tag Archives: Drip Irrigation
Global Compact CEO Water Mandate in Mumbai, India
From March 5-7, I attended the Conference on Corporate Water Stewardship of the UN Global Compact CEO Water Mandate conference in Mumbai, India. The sessions in this multi-stakeholder conference focused on a wide range of water-related challenges facing India and the world in general, as well as the spectrum of actions that companies are taking in India and elsewhere to mitigate water risk and support more sustainable water management. Randhir Chauhan Presents Netafim India’s Success Stories in Drip Irrigation Achieving … Full article click here >>
Our first comprehensive sustainability report offers extensive transparency into our global sustainability activities
As Netafim’s Chief Sustainability Officer I am constantly involved in our extensive global sustainability activities. Last week we have published our first comprehensive sustainability report. This was a great opportunity to stop and look back at what we have achieved so far, and I must say that my heart is filled with pride as well as encouragement and hope for the future. About the report The report, which is written in accordance with the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) guidelines at … Full article click here >>
Taking sustainability to the next level by reusing wastewater for irrigation
I always talk about how drip irrigation uses less water to grow more, but this is only one side of the story. Since agriculture uses 70% of the world’s available fresh water, in order to enhance sustainability even further, we need to not only use less water for irrigation, but reuse the water that was already used – irrigation with recycled wastewater. Challenges of wastewater recycling Wastewater has been recognized as being effective for irrigation. Of course it has to … Full article click here >>
Rio+20 Participants Renew Their Commitment to a Promising Future
Igal Aisenberg, the CEO at Netafim, and I recently returned from the amazing Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs organized this conference as a follow-up to the historic UN Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) that took place 20 years ago. Rio+20 is considered a top-level high-profile conference. Thousands of world leaders, heads of state, government representatives, NGOs, and participants from the private sector and … Full article click here >>
Netafim Booth Attracts a High Level of Interest at Agritech 2012
As I return from Agritech 2012, I wanted to share how proud I am of Netafim’s participation during the event. Our booth was a great success. Our ultra-large-screen movie presentation – “The Evolving Story of Netafim and Drip Irrigation” – and “future wall” of innovations were a big hit among customers and random passersby alike. Our meeting rooms were buzzing with activity from morning till night. Over 900 customers, government officials and guests toured our three Israeli manufacturing sites during … Full article click here >>
Netafim™ Nominated To A Prestigious Mining Award For Flatnet™ Innovation
By Natan Barak, Marketing Director of Emerging Markets Division at Netafim Netafim™ was nominated among Anglo American’s leading 2011 suppliers in the category of innovation. We were one of four supplier granted at AA’s fourth annual Supplier Conference in London in last November. The innovation award “recognizes outstanding achievements based on groundbreaking innovation that has delivered measurable value for AA and its stakeholders.” Netafim was nominated for the award by AA’s Chile-based Mantos Blancos Division for introducing FlatNet™ pipes to … Full article click here >>
Winner of “Netafim Your Day” Video Contest is Selected
Netafim employees from eight countries submitted 29 videos to the four-month long “Netafim Your Day” video contest. The countries represented in the contest were USA, Israel, Brazil, China, India, Mexico, France, and Peru. It was very interesting to see in the videos, the great differences between the cultures of the various countries. On the other hand, it was even more interesting to see how much the Netafim employees in the different countries have in common. Many excellent videos were submitted, … Full article click here >>
The Success of The Family Drip System (FDS) In Brazil
Post By Natan Barak, Marketing Director of Emerging Markets Division at Netafim. Family agriculture, widespread in the arable land of Brazil, and based on food supply and subsistence agriculture, results in low productivity. Improvement to grower’s quality of life Facing the growers’ challenges, Netafim developed its exclusive Family Drip System – FDS (in Brazil, under the Kif Net brand).Drip irrigation has proved to have many benefits, including a significant increase in productivity and saving important natural resources such as water and … Full article click here >>
Netafim Increases Use of Drip Irrigation for Staple Crops in Developing World
For the past forty years, Netafim has been successfully introducing its drip irrigation systems in the developed world, mainly in farms growing high value crops, such as table grapes, strawberries, and cherry tomatoes. Many of these projects are medium to large scale projects that are based on investments for profit. They are economical in their nature, and implement drip irrigation as a means to increase profits. However, we have long recognized that our innovation can have an impact on more … Full article click here >>
