Why Devint?
DEVINT was established in İzmir in January 2015 with the objective of scheduling irrigation by installing wireless sensor networks (WSN) in large agricultural areas, provide soil-based monitoring techniques and consultation services.
The developed wireless sensor network, which is integrated with 100% native software and solar panel, has been designed in a way to combine the needs of our customers with the academic and practical experience of our team in the fields of agriculture, irrigation and electronics.
Irrigation districts and pumps are controlled with remote wireless communication systems. Total irrigation amount is instantly measured and recorded with the flow meters installed at every irrigation area. Soil moisture measurement at irrigated areas can be instantly viewed and recorded. Total consumed energy amount is also measured and recorded instantly. Meteorological data is shown and recorded instantly. These data, which are recorded for an irrigation period for an irrigation area, can be recalled and allows efficiency calculations or irrigation estimations for the next irrigation period to be made easily.
Thanks to a user-friendly system that can be used by applications on both personal computers and smart phones, you can access the status of the system and agricultural area from anywhere you like and get instant notifications about system malfunctions.
You can get monthly, periodical or annual reports based on data collected from the land, analysis and consultation from our experienced team.
Environment-friendly manufacturing is ensured by the efficient use of water, fertilizer and energy.
A major saving can be achieved on manpower and time spent for irrigation and fertilization processes by the efficient use of manpower via remote access.
Why Precise Agriculture?
Global climate change and non-sustainable practices cause productivity loss in agricultural areas, and it increases the need for, primarily, the efficient use of water, and the technologies that increase agricultural production and decrease greenhouse gas emissions.
However, 70% of the available water on the globe is being used in agriculture. Agricultural usage has a rate of 90% in arid and semi-arid climates. But due to increased need for industrial and potable water, the agricultural water amount keeps decreasing, and irrigation water and fertilizers have to be used more efficiently in croplands.
Our country is also affected by the water shortage problem in the world. Also, waste of water increases day by day due to inefficient use of water in agriculture. Various technological developments, researches and implementations for a more efficient use of water throughout the world keep increasing to minimize this waste. But minimizing the use of water alone should not be enough. The water should be used correctly and in accordance with the biological structure of the plant. The irrigation technologies that are used in our country are primitive, and we mainly use manpower-based irrigation and fertilization procedures. This method spoils the mineral balance of the soil and causes the agricultural areas to be lost. The current technologies should be used more actively in this field in order to use time and manpower more efficiently in both large agricultural areas and hobby gardens.
Agriculture has a high potential in terms of implementing information and communication technologies. This technology aims to remove these problems and it is predicted that this will be possible by developing precision-based agricultural practices such as smart irrigation technologies.
Precision-based agricultural practices provides important contributions in protecting the environment in addition to increasing the economical profitability. These contributions come in the form of high efficiency in fertilization and spraying, and savings in operational costs.
The irrigation and fertilization procedures in precision-based agriculture is conducted at the right time and at right amount by monitoring the soil moisture, soil electrical conductivity and meteorological data thorough sensors.
