Hidrovolution™
Hidrosoph's methodology for identifying room for improvement, structuring the solution and evaluating the value created.
Method, continuity and evaluation of results
Goals may cover productivity, quality, consistency, costs and the use of resources, according to the reality of each farm.
Hidrovolution™ rests on three principles: real value, simplicity and support suited to the service, backed by Irristrat™ and by the history that each season leaves on your farm.
Three principles
Information with value
Providing data is not enough. What matters is understanding how the information is used and what benefit it brings: sometimes it changes a decision, other times it confirms, on solid grounds, that the plan is right.
Every recommendation has to help you decide better, at the right time, with less effort and less uncertainty.
Simple to use
The simpler it is, the more it gets used. Irristrat™ was created to change the way farmers access irrigation information.
On the computer or the phone, it shows first what matters for the decision: how much to irrigate, how the soil is doing and what weather is coming.
With support
Our agronomy team sets up the system with you, follows the season with the support included in the service and is available when needed.
Every contact helps us know your farm better or improve the system, so that you can use the information with more autonomy and confidence.
Five steps, one cycle of continuous improvement
The five steps apply to every service level, with the depth suited to the goal and the service contracted.
Define
Characterise the farm, how decisions are organised, the goals and the constraints; agree on the baseline and the evaluation criteria.
Design the solution
Before contracting, define the service level, the monitoring and the delivery conditions, according to the expected value and the feasibility of the solution.
Prepare
Configure and check the system and the data, preparing users for the scope contracted.
Implement and follow up
Irristrat™ provides the information and, when included, the irrigation plan. The technical support included in the service follows up on use, validation and the handling of deviations.
Evaluate and learn
Compare results with the goals during the season, identify improvements and prepare the next cycle. The final evaluation, after harvest, deepens that learning.
The cycle repeats throughout the year, following the needs of the farm.
Benefits sought
The goals of each project are agreed with the farm and may include:
We apply it in olive groves, citrus, avocado, almonds, vineyards, fruit orchards, vegetables, maize, berries, pasture, gardens and golf courses.
- Higher productivity and quality, more consistent from season to season.
- Irrigation water matched to the needs of the crop, without waste where there is room to avoid it.
- Lower energy costs for irrigation.
- Fertilisers and crop protection products used with more care.
- Less impact on the environment.
Irristrat™ is where the methodology happens
It brings together climate, soil, plant and irrigation data, records what was done and shows the result of each season; in the Plus and Total levels, it also calculates the irrigation plan. And it works with equipment from the leading brands.
Discover Irristrat →Shall we talk about your irrigation?
Write to us or call one of our offices in Évora, Lisbon or Madrid.