{"id":3212,"date":"2022-09-02T11:46:04","date_gmt":"2022-09-02T11:46:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deepdrop.es\/the-extreme-drought-in-malaga-and-the-deepdrop-irrigation-system-make-headlines-on-german-television\/"},"modified":"2022-09-02T11:46:04","modified_gmt":"2022-09-02T11:46:04","slug":"the-extreme-drought-in-malaga-and-the-deepdrop-irrigation-system-make-headlines-on-german-television","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deepdrop.es\/en\/the-extreme-drought-in-malaga-and-the-deepdrop-irrigation-system-make-headlines-on-german-television\/","title":{"rendered":"The extreme drought in Malaga and the DeepDrop\u00ae irrigation system make headlines on German television."},"content":{"rendered":"

German public broadcaster ZDF<\/a> reports on the extreme drought in the region
\nand its social, economic and environmental impacts. In turn, it presents how
\nsome initiatives seek to minimize these impacts. One of them is the
\nDeepDrop\u00ae subsurface and localized irrigation. In this post we gather the key ideas of
\nof the report “Extremd\u00fcrre in Spanien<\/a>“.<\/p>\n

This summer, and this is not a new phenomenon, but a trend that has been going on for years, the
\nThe water level of the Vi\u00f1uela reservoir has dropped to very low levels. As
\nAccording to the German television documentary, the reservoir was in the middle of its
\nAugust at 12% of its capacity, although the newspaper of Malaga, on August 17, headlines
\nan article as follows: La Vi\u00f1uela reservoir reaches its minimum figures.<\/a>
\nis at 11% of its historical capacity.<\/p>\n

This situation has even led to the uprooting of old trees by farmers.
\nto ensure the irrigation of young trees, to have a company from the sector
\nthat is no longer able to offer one of its services due to drought or because of the
\nyoung people are concerned about their future because their families will no longer be able to irrigate their
\nfields.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, Mr. Rafael Yus, coordinator of GENA-Ecologistas en
\nAcci\u00f3n, who denounces that this situation is a consequence of poor management of the
\nwater. It is not a question of drought, as it has always existed.<\/p>\n

Thus, necessity leads to the search for new solutions to better manage water in
\nthe agricultural fields of the Axarquia region, where the monoculture of avocado trees
\nis widespread. And it is at this point that the irrigation system is discussed.
\nDeepDrop\u00ae subway, already implemented in some farms.<\/p>\n

One of the farmers who has implemented it, as well as Ernesto Rico, director of the
\nDeepDrop\u00ae system explain the advantages of this simple device:<\/p>\n