Implementation of efficient irrigation management for a sustainable agriculture (LIFE+ IRRIMAN)
Description:
The project aims to implement, demonstrate, and disseminate an efficient irrigation management schedule for three areas Spain (two in the Segura Basin and on in the Guadalquivir basin). A sustainable irrigation strategy for with woody crops in Mediterranean agro-ecosystems will be based on reduction of water supply during non-critical periods, the covering of water needs during critical periods and maximising yields per unit of applied water.
The project will implement demonstration plots where sustainable irrigation protocols will be applied. Different cropping zones will be selected with the most representative fruit trees, including peach, table grapes, citrus, apricot, early apricot and almond.
Project information
Lead
Alejandro PEREZ PASTOR UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE CARTAGENA
Partners
UCO(Universidad de Córdoba), Spain CEBAS-CSIC(Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas), Spain FENACORE(FEDERACION NACIONAL DE COMUNIDADES DE REGANTES DE ESPAÑA), Spain CARM(Consejería de Agricultura y Agua de la Comunidad Autónoma de la Región de Murcia), Spain CRGC(Comunidad Regantes Genil Cabra. Colectividad Santaella), Spain
Source of funding
LIFE13 ENV/ES/000539, Total budget 1,713,654.00 €, EU funding 840,193.00 €
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Published in Climate-ADAPT Oct 18 2016 - Last Modified in Climate-ADAPT Dec 12 2023