The Consulate General of Israel to South India in collaboration with United Planters Association of Southern India (UPASI), Jain Irrigation Systems and NaanDanJain Irrigation (Israel) launched a smart IoT irrigation project in a tea plantation (a first of its kind in the tea plantation in the country) near Ooty.
has been in vogue for tea for many years though. Smart IoT irrigation is an innovative Israeli technique that uses water judiciously and helps farmers achieve higher levels of crop yield with minimal amount of water.
The irrigation system has been installed on a 5-acre tea garden in the United Nilgiri Tea Estates Company Pvt. Ltd. (Chamraj group) in Allada Valley near Ooty.