In our region, in particular, capturing water is especially difficult because we are on an island. Our infrastructure consists of water reservoirs supplied mainly by runoff. We collect the water.
A lot of the irrigation infrastructure in our region is moving towards automation, for instance, controlled by tensiometer. It's similar to the drainage principle Ms. Craiovan explained, further to the research in Ontario. If it's too difficult for a plant to draw water because of soil tension, it becomes dry, so it's important to provide the plant with a certain range of soil tension through irrigation. The soil has to be irrigated just enough for the plant to function properly, but not too much. Excessive irrigation of a raspberry plant, for example, will kill it. Therefore, the plant needs a very specific level of irrigation for optimal production in a year. Automated irrigation is possible by controlling soil tension. At the right time, the computer receives a signal to open the irrigation valves in a certain crop area.