Why does the gaiasense app improve the way you water?

• Reference evapotranspiration index (ETo)
  With the ETo index you can know which day or week your crop needs more or less water. How can you learn this? Simply by comparing daily water loss (ETo index) from day to day or from week to week.
  Higher values mean your crop lost a lot of water and will probably need more in the next day or week. However, the ETo index does not tell you how much water was lost. You can, however, calculate it by connecting to other gaiasense packages, where, among other things, the ΕΤc index is calculated, which measures water loss in a specific crop and specific soil, climate and field conditions.
• Precipitation index
  With the precipitation indicator you can find out how much rain has accumulated in a certain period of time. Precipitation, like reference evapotranspiration (ETo), is measured in millimeters (mm – equivalent to cubic meters per hectare), which are accumulated over a certain period of time.
  High rainfall values in a particular 24-hour period mean that the rain that fell on that plot of land increased the humidity significantly and you don’t need to irrigate.
  Statistics show that you can reduce the amount of irrigation water by up to 43% if you properly utilize the information from the water indicators of gaiasense1. In other words, this means: a) a reduction in production costs, since you save irrigation water from unnecessary watering, b) greater protection of your crop, since the extra moisture can favor the growth of certain fungi, and c) better quality agricultural products.

With the gaiasense app you can learn more about your crop, better control your irrigation and reduce your production costs.