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Irrigation system that can tell when farm soil is dry

Students and a lecturer at Meru University of Science and Technology have developed a sensor-based automatic irrigation system.

The innovation is aimed at reducing the labour cost and amount of water wasted in overhead and furrow irrigation methods.

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