project - EIP-AGRI Operational Group
Resilience 4.0 of infrastructures and crops to invasive species
Resilencia 4.0 de infraestructurs y cultivos frente a especies invasoras
Kontext
The project addresses a large-scale problem at a national and European level: the proliferation of invasive alien species (IAS) (with the most well-known being the zebra mussel) in continental waters and their harmful effects on irrigation systems.
According to the Spanish Society of Malacology, the zebra mussel alone has caused losses of €1.6 billion in the United States. In Spain, the Ministry of Environment allocated €300 million to combat the species between 2003 and 2006, providing an additional annual budget of €100 million to control the invasion of the zebra mussel. An estimated economic impact on susceptible irrigation systems (sprinkler, drip, and localized) is around €60 million per year.
It is worth noting the presence of some "traditional" IAS animals (not riparian plants or algae) that have been persistently present for 23 years spreading to almost all peninsular basins. The main traditional IAS are the well-known zebra mussel and the Asian clam.
However, the list is now joined by the more recent appearance of other "emerging" IES such as the apple snail, which also started in the Ebro River and is spreading to Spanish basins with known impacts on rice production in the Ebro Delta, or bryozoans that are already affecting different basins.
An IAS can interact with the environment in various ways when introduced. In the best-case scenario, it adapts to the new environment and ends up in relative equilibrium with the preexisting community without significantly altering it. However, these invasions are characterized, among other things, by high growth rates, great adaptability, strong dispersal capacity, and a lack of natural enemies in the new ecosystem, whether predators or resource competitors, rapidly spreading and effectively occupying the territory.
There is a classification of the impacts based on the irrigation method: flood, sprinkler, and drip. Regardless of the irrigation intake, screens and gates in channels with different IES presence, where sprinkler, drip, or pressure irrigation predominates, the affected facilities are distribution pipes, valves, pressure and lift pumps, filters, and sprinklers.
The typology of costs related to the aforementioned impacts mainly refers to the increase in labor costs for maintenance and operation, as well as cleaning and removal supplies.
Activities
(1) Creation of a repository of marked images for artificial vision. (2) Advances in the control of emerging invasive species. (3) Optimization of the control of traditional invasive species. (4) Definition of specifications and conceptual design for sampling, perception and analysis. (5) Design, development and implementation of monitoring stations for artificial vision. (6) Field testing of the technologies used.
Activities
(1) Creación de repositorio de imágenes marcadas para visión artificial. (2) Avances en la lucha contra especies invasoras emergentes. (3) Optimización de la lucha contra especies invasoras tradicionales. (4) Definición especificaciones y diseño conceptual muestreo, percepción y análisis. (5) Diseño, desarrollo e implementación de estaciones de monitorización por visión artificial. (6) Pruebas en campo de las tecnologías utilizadas.
Project details
- Main funding source
- CAP Strategic Plans 2023-2027 for Operational Groups
- Additional funding source
- No additional funding source
- Project contribution to EU Strategies
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- Improving management of natural resources used by agriculture, such as water, soil and air
- Protecting and/or restoring of biodiversity and ecosystem services within agrarian and forest systems
- Territorial scope
- Cross-border
Budget information
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EAFRD contribution EUR 323 453.54
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National co-financing EUR 80 863.39
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EAFRD contribution EUR 64 551.50
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National co-financing EUR 16 137.87
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EAFRD contribution EUR 40 045.11
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National co-financing EUR 10 011.28
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EAFRD contribution EUR 21 520.58
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National co-financing EUR 5 380.14
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EAFRD contribution EUR 18 706.68
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National co-financing EUR 4 676.67
3 Practice Abstracts
El impacto económico de las Especies Exóticas Invasoras (EEI) en el uso del agua es significativo y se traduce en costos millonarios. El proyecto pretende incrementar la eficiencia en la dosificación mediante la utilización de productos más respetuosos con la infraestructura y el medioambiente, cantidad y tiempos de dosificación optimizados y sincronización con uso de redes (campañas y momentos puntuales de riego). Para ello se realizará un análisis de viabilidad técnica de los resultados y repercusión económica y medioambiental de la tecnología. Una dosificación cuidadosa de productos químicospuede reducir los costos de control de EEIs hasta en un 80% y mantener las redes más limpias. La digitalización de las estaciones de monitorización de EEI, combinada con sistemas automáticos e inteligentes, se incluye en el proyecto para hacer escalables estas soluciones. La implementación de las soluciones propuestas podría generar un ahorro de alrededor de 16 €/ha/año.
The economic impact of Invasive Alien Species (IAS) on water use is significant and translates into million-dollar costs. The project aims to increase efficiency in dosing by using products that are more respectful of infrastructure and the environment, optimizing dosing quantities and times, and synchronizing with the use of networks (campaigns and specific irrigation moments). To achieve this, a technical feasibility analysis of the results and the economic and environmental impact of the technology will be carried out. Careful dosing of chemical products can reduce IAS control costs by up to 80% and keep networks cleaner. The digitization of IAS monitoring stations, combined with automatic and intelligent systems, is included in the project to scale up these solutions. The implementation of the proposed solutions could generate savings of around 16 €/ha/year.
El proyecto dotarà a los diferentes sectores implicados con los procedimientos y desarrollos del proyecto de estaciones de monitorización inteligentes que, trabajando en entorno cloud, proporcionan información sobre la presencia de diferentes EEIs en las aguas analizadas para la detección temprana de EEIs en diferentes estados, siendo ellos larvarios o adultos. Se creeará una base de datos de imágenes con marcaje de las diferentes EEIs que pueden detectarse. Además se testearán las estaciones de monitorización mediante visión artificial para que sean capaces de adecuarse a cualquier tipo de red, diferentes EEIs previstas y marco temporal. También se pretende desarrollar y llevar a cabo pruebas de técnicas, sustancias y dosificaciones de lucha contra las EEIs emergentes, incluyéndolas en las capacidades del futuro servicio. Esto se realizará mediante la incorporación de visión artificial en las estaciones de monitorización de EEIs.
The project will provide the different sectors involved in the procedures and developments of the project with intelligent monitoring stations that, working in a cloud environment, provide information on the presence of different IAS in the analyzed waters for the early detection of IAS in different states, whether they are larvae or adults. A database of images with marking of the different IAS that can be detected will be created. In addition, the monitoring stations will be tested using artificial vision to be able to adapt to any type of network, different expected IAS, and time frame. It is also intended to develop and carry out tests of techniques, substances, and dosages to combat emerging IAS, including them in the capabilities of the future service. This will be done by incorporating artificial vision in the IAS monitoring stations.
The present INVASORES 4.0 Project aims to become a new paradigm for the fight against Invasive Alien Species (IAS) in the water infrastructure sector (and in particular in irrigation systems). Development of intelligent IAS concentration monitoring stations for the fight against traditional and emerging invasive species in irrigation, crops and other infrastructures, with scientific, economic efficiency and environmentally-friendly criteria.
It is planned to obtain a database of images with labeling of the different IAS that can be detected. Work on artificial vision monitoring stations that have been tested and capable of adapting to any type of network, different planned EEIs and time frame, and analyze the technical feasibility of the results and the economic and environmental impact of the technology.
El presente Proyecto INVASORES 4.0 pretende convertirse en un nuevo paradigma para la lucha contra las Especies Exóticas Invasoras (EEIs) en el sector de las infraestructuras hidráulicas (y en particular en sistemas de riego). Desarrollo de estaciones de monitorización de concentración de EEIS inteligentes para la lucha frente especies invasoras tradicionales y emergentes en riegos, cultivos y otras infraestructuras, con criterios científicos, de eficiencia económica y de respeto medioambiental.
Está previsto obtener una base de datos de imágenes con marcaje de las diferentes EEIs que pueden detectarse. Trabajar en estaciones de monitorización mediante visión artificial testeadas y capaces de adecuarse a cualquier tipo de red, diferentes EEIs previstas y marco temporal y analizar la viabilidad técnica de los resultados y repercusión económica y medioambiental de la tecnología
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