Ramu Agri
Afr
Eng
Project background:
Additional irrigation during the dry season
Reason for irrigating oil palms is for additional irrigation during the dry season. This ensures a constant harvest of oil palm seeds for 12 months of the year. Without irrigation, the oil palms can only produce a crop during the rainy season.
All materials and pvc pipe are shipped from South Africa.
12 Meter cargo containers were loaded, total of 67. The project is divided into 4 phases. The irrigation manager of Ramu Agri, managed and had all the installation done over a period of 10 months.
| Client: | Ramu Agri Industries Ltd |
| Location: | Gusap Downs, Morobe province, Papua New Guinea |
| Crop: | Oil palms, oil from the seeds is used in the manufacturing of beauty products. |
| Project size: | 527 Ha |
| Irrigation: | Sprinkler sprayers, Rainbird LF 2400, 420L / h @ 2.0 bar Spray spacing: 10.0m Lateral space: 16.28m Palm tree plant spacing: 8.14m x 9.4m Precipitation of sprinkler sprayers: 2.6mm per hour |
| Filtration: | Amiad ABF 6000, 500m3/h per filter X 3 |
| System flow: | 1100 m3 / h, 25mm / week per ha for 5 days a week. |
