The Reservoir

Now, let’s visit our impressive reservoir—a critical component of our precision-based agronomy. It is a vast reservoir with a diameter of 219 meters and a radius of 109.5 meters, reaching a depth of 6 meters and holding up to 30,000 gallons of water. Its interior is carefully lined with a damp-proof membrane or black polythene sheets to ensure water retention and structural integrity. Yet, the story of our water supply extends further upstream. Our main source of water is the Afram River, from which a high-pressure pump draws water directly. This water travels through a 500 mm underground PE pipe for approximately three kilometers before reaching the reservoir. Once stored, the water is efficiently channeled through a sophisticated underground pipe system into distribution chambers, ensuring that every part of our farm receives the precise amount of water needed for optimal growth.

Our irrigation strategy is an exercise of dedication to efficiency, designed to support every stage of rice growth.

At transplanting, the fields are gently flooded to a depth of 1cm. In the following weeks, water depth increases steadily—reaching 2cm after one to two weeks, maintained at 3cm for three to six weeks, and rising to 5cm between seven and ten weeks—before being drained at eleven weeks to prepare the fields for mechanized harvesting. This carefully calibrated process, combined with the robust water delivery system from the Afram River, guarantees that our crops receive just the right amount of water at every stage.