Abstract
FLOW-AID is an on-going 6th Framework European project (2006-2009) with the
objective to contribute to sustainable irrigated agriculture by developing an irrigation
management system that can be used for crop production in cases with limited water
supply and marginal water quality. The project integrates innovative sensor technologies
into a decision support system, taking into consideration boundary conditions and
constraints for a number of practical growing systems in the Mediterranean. It focuses on
innovative, simple and affordable, hard- and software concepts for deficit irrigation;
particularly a maintenance free tensiometer, a wireless and low-power sensor network; an
expert system to assist annual farm zoning and crop planning in view of expected water
availability and quality; and an irrigation scheduler for allocation of water for multiple
plots at farm level. The system is being evaluated at four sites located in Italy, Turkey,
Lebanon and Jordan. The sites are chosen in such a way that they differ in the type of
constraints, irrigation structures, crop types, water supplies (availability of amount and
quality), the local goals, and their complexity. This paper describes the overall concept
and briefly the progress of the first year research.
| Original language | English |
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| Publication status | Published - 2008 |
| Event | International symposium on strategies towards sustainability of protected cultivation in mild winter climate - Duration: 6 Apr 2008 → 11 Apr 2008 |
Conference
| Conference | International symposium on strategies towards sustainability of protected cultivation in mild winter climate |
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| Period | 6/04/08 → 11/04/08 |
