Consulting and adaptation strategies
We offer consulting solutions for the design of adaptation measures, plans and strategies aimed at increasing climate resilience.
About the project
The Riego-Asesor project aims to develop and validate in field conditions a comprehensive virtual advisory system (On-Line) that makes available to end users an irrigation decision making system, focused on fruit and vegetable crops typical of intensive agriculture in the Mediterranean basin of the Segura river, in Spain.
Objectives
The specific objectives are:
- Development and implementation of forecasting tools for meteorological variables to predict the reference evapotranspiration (ETo) and effective precipitation, and therefore the water needs of crops in the coming days.
- Selection, calibration and implementation of semi-mechanical models to estimate soil water balance and crop productivity from applied water.
- Compilation in a continuously updateable database of: i) good irrigation practices and agronomic results, ii) location of climatic stations and available agronomic data, and (iii) crop coefficients to determine the potential water requirements of crops.
- Construction of the RIEGO-ASESOR tool (On-Line irrigation advisor) and implementation and validation in commercial plots.
Funded by
Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge through grants to third-sector entities or non-governmental organizations that carry out activities of general interest considered to be of social interest in the field of scientific and technical research and environmental protection under state jurisdiction. This research has been funded by the Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge but does not express its opinion.
