A drone view shows a coffee beans plantation in a farm in Guaxupe, Brazil, February 17, 2025. ... A central pivot irrigation system costs around 1.5 million reais ($263,000) each.

Israel-based Netafim said on Wednesday it won a contract from Brazil's Etanalc to be the sole provider of irrigation equipment and related services for the world's largest drip irrigation project.

Drought hit coffee farmers in Brazil hard last year, drying up trees and driving global prices to record highs. As he inspects rows of plants laden with green coffee cherries, a long irrigation ...