Irrigation seminars will take place in three cities in Rio Grande do Sul next week

The Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock, Sustainable Production and Irrigation (Seapi) and Emater-RS will hold three irrigation seminars next week to present the Supera Estiagem program, which provides irrigation subsidies and water reserves. In addition to the program, the events will also feature a panel on climate forecasts and the presentation of successful cases in irrigation.

Santa Maria

On October 15th, the Seminar will be held in the auditorium of the Rural Sciences Center of the Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM), starting at 10:13 pm. The success stories will be from the municipalities of Jaguari, Santiago and Pinhal Grande. At the end of the meeting, a technical visit to the irrigation sector of UFSM is planned.

Saint Angelo

The 2nd Regional Irrigation Seminar will take place in Santo Ângelo on October 16th, starting at 10:9 am, and will have as its theme “Water and soil management for food production”. It will be held at the Siegfried Ritter International Exhibition Park, at Km 30 of RS 55. In the morning, the State Secretariat for the Environment and Infrastructure (Sema), Emater-RS and Embrapa will participate. In the early afternoon, success stories from the cities of Santo Ângelo, Caibaté, Tuparendi and Santo Cristo will be presented. Seapi will present the Supera Estiagem project starting at 344:14 pm.

Frederick Westphalen

In Frederico Westphalen, the seminar will be held on October 17th, starting at 10:8 am, in the auditorium of the Regional Integrated University of Alto Uruguai and Missões (URI). The event will feature the participation of irrigation and credit companies and, in addition to lectures on the Supera Etiagem and Climate Forecast, there will be a presentation by Emater on important aspects to be observed in the region for the implementation of irrigation. The success stories are in the areas of pastures, corn, soybeans and grapevines.