Objective
The objective of the FIGARO project is to significantly reduce the use of fresh water on farm level through developing a cost-effective, precision irrigation management platform. The platform will be structured for data acquisition from monitoring devices and forecasting tools, data interpretation, system control, and evaluation mechanisms enabling full decision support for end users at farm scale. These tools will be integrated with multiple state-of-the-art irrigation technologies and strategies as well as newly adapted devices leading to further increased water productivity. The flexibility, cost-effectiveness, ease of use, minimal maintenance of the system and often, increases in crop yield, will boost its acceptance and up-take by the end-users (the farmers, extension workers). In addition, as added value the system will enable reduction of fertilizer use, further supporting sustainable use of natural resources and adaptation of agricultural practice to climate change. To achieve this, the FIGARO project will develop a holistic and structured precision irrigation platform which will offer farmers flexible, crop-tailored irrigation scheduling protocols for their specific fields taking into account spatial variability management.
Fields of science
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- engineering and technologycivil engineeringwater engineeringirrigation
- social scienceseconomics and businesseconomicsproduction economicsproductivity
- agricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesagriculture
- natural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesatmospheric sciencesclimatologyclimatic changes
Call for proposal
FP7-KBBE-2012-6-singlestage
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Coordinator
67892 Tel-Aviv
Israel
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Participants (17)
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CH1 6EH Chester
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2740-278 Porto Salvo
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1049 001 Lisboa
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40126 Bologna
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40137 Bologna
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32000 Haifa
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691 00 KOMOTINI
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69100 KOMOTINI
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7522 NB Enschede
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00153 Roma
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92545 Jerusalem
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8260 VIBY J
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