Análise de viabilidade de custo de um sistema de irrigação automatizado de baixo custo em pequenas propriedades de agricultores familiares no município de Feira de Santana

Abstract

The objective of this work is to carry out the cost feasibility analysis of an irrigation system assembled with equipment made with low cost or reused materials. The high cost of the equipment needed for agriculture makes it impossible for many families to achieve a profitable crop, often limiting production to something for own food alone. Through a market research it was possible to compare the cost of conventional equipment used for irrigation with equipment made using low-cost or reused materials from electronic waste or discard of domestic reforms. Comparing the cost of implementation of the two systems, a 45.14% reduction in the total cost of an irrigation system with the equipment made compared to "conventional" equipment was observed. This reduction is observed in large part because of the construction of the pump to perform the irrigation, this presented a flow rate similar to the commercial pumps that were considered for the study. The system besides presenting viability is a social technology, since it has the purpose of meeting the needs of those who are often excluded because they are not part of the portion of the society that holds the monetary power. Thus, it seeks to bring to the excluded class the means of production with a lower cost and with another form of assembly.