FIGARO (311903)

  https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/311903

  FP7 (2007-2013)

  Flexible and PrecIse IrriGation PlAtform to Improve FaRm Scale Water PrOductivity

  Precision technologies to improve irrigation management and increase water productivity in major water-demanding crops in Europe (KBBE.2012.1.1-03)

  irrigation  ·  productivity  ·  agriculture  ·  climatic changes

  2012-10-01 Start Date (YY-MM-DD)

  2016-09-30 End Date (YY-MM-DD)

  € 8,036,698 Total Cost

  Description

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.

  Complicit Organisations

3 Israeli organisations participate in FIGARO.