Cassava

During the fourth quarter of 2020, Agrinoze tested the impact of its unique approach to precision irrigation on Cassava, as part of a south-east Asia precision irrigation project.
Cassava is a tropical root crop, originally from Amazonia, that provides the staple food of an estimated 800 million people worldwide.

The traditional Cassava cultivation benchmark:

• The average Cassava yield in the country is approximately 23 tons/Ha/year.
• The typical growth cycle is nine months, one cycle a year.

Early Harvest

• Three months after planting, the Cassava roots were harvested for testing.
• The roots were measured and tested by a local lab and were found to be suitable for marketing after a third of the typical cycle.

200% yield increase

• Running 2-3 cycles per year means an annual yield of 60-70 tons/Ha/year, compared to the benchmark of 23 tons/Ha/year.
• These results demonstrate Agrinoze’s ability to give the plants what they need even in a dense spacing protocol, reach the full genetic growth potential of the plants, and run more growth cycles per year compared to conventional agriculture.
• Using our irrigation solution in a dense planting protocol can generate up to 3 times the yield compared to conventional methods.
• Water and fertilizer savings were very significant compared to the benchmark, especially since there were 3 times more plants per hectare compared to the benchmark. Approximately 50% of water and 50% of fertilizers can be saved.