EFFIDRIP: "Enabling next generation commercial service-oriented, automatic irrigation management systems"
EFFIDRIP is an ICT-based tool for supporting the management and supervision of irrigation and fertigation in tree crops. It offers a cost-effective tool that provides the end-users (farmers or technicians) effortless irrigation and fertilization management, as well as easy and reliable supervision of the state of the irrigation system. The tool establishes automaticaly the accurate daily water and fertilizer volumes as well as the optimal applicaion strategy in terms of cost, productivity and environmental impact to achieve the highest efficiency depending on the given irrigation system and site-specific conditions.
Design, implementation and validation of an ICT based platform was completed. The EFFIDRIP system was tested at three pilot sites, in Spain, Portugal and Greece. The results showed that in all three cases EFFIDRIP delivered a seasonal volume of irrigation within the range expected from FAO recommendations. The results ranged from an increase of 48% in water productivity by young apples to 47% more water due to the severe deficit irrigation applied by the farmer. The tool permit fruit farmers to increase water, fertilizer and energy use efficiency up to 15%.
See also: https://smart-akis.com/SFCPPortal/#/app-h/technologies?techid=116
Smart-AKIS: European Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Systems (AKIS) towards innovation-driven research
in Smart Farming Technology
Ongoing | 2016-2018
in Smart Farming Technology
- Main funding source
- Horizon 2020 (EU Research and Innovation Programme)
- Geographical location
- Greece