FIGARO

Flexible and PrecIse IrriGation PlAtform to Improve FaRm Scale Water PrOductivity

 Coordinatore NETAFIM LTD 

 Organization address address: DERECH HASHALOM 10
city: Tel-Aviv
postcode: 67892

contact info
Titolo: Mr.
Nome: Lior
Cognome: Doron
Email: send email
Telefono: +972 4 6287458
Fax: +972 4 6287446

 Nazionalità Coordinatore Israel [IL]
 Totale costo 8˙036˙698 €
 EC contributo 5˙999˙987 €
 Programma FP7-KBBE
Specific Programme "Cooperation": Food, Agriculture and Biotechnology
 Code Call FP7-KBBE-2012-6-singlestage
 Funding Scheme CP-TP
 Anno di inizio 2012
 Periodo (anno-mese-giorno) 2012-10-01   -   2016-09-30

 Partecipanti

# participant  country  role  EC contrib. [€] 
1    NETAFIM LTD

 Organization address address: DERECH HASHALOM 10
city: Tel-Aviv
postcode: 67892

contact info
Titolo: Mr.
Nome: Lior
Cognome: Doron
Email: send email
Telefono: +972 4 6287458
Fax: +972 4 6287446

IL (Tel-Aviv) coordinator 705˙988.00
2    AARHUS UNIVERSITET

 Organization address address: Nordre Ringgade 1
city: AARHUS C
postcode: 8000

contact info
Titolo: Ms.
Nome: Britta Breinbjerg
Cognome: Andersen
Email: send email
Telefono: +45 8715 7667

DK (AARHUS C) participant 787˙802.00
3    C-TECH INNOVATION LIMITED

 Organization address address: Capenhurst Technology Park
city: CHESTER
postcode: CH1 6EH

contact info
Titolo: Dr.
Nome: Andrew
Cognome: Rowley
Email: send email
Telefono: +44 151 3472923
Fax: +44 151 3472901

UK (CHESTER) participant 547˙258.00
4    Consorzio di bonifica di secondo grado per il Canale emiliano romagnolo

 Organization address address: Ernesto Masi 8
city: Bologna
postcode: 40137

contact info
Titolo: Dr.
Nome: Claudia
Cognome: Zucchini
Email: send email
Telefono: +39 051 4298811
Fax: +39 051 390422

IT (Bologna) participant 405˙890.00
5    UNIVERSITAT POLITECNICA DE VALENCIA

 Organization address address: CAMINO DE VERA SN EDIFICIO 3A
city: VALENCIA
postcode: 46022

contact info
Titolo: Mr.
Nome: Jose Antonio
Cognome: Perez Garcia
Email: send email
Telefono: +34 96 3877409
Fax: +34 96 3877949

ES (VALENCIA) participant 400˙262.00
6    HYDROLOGIC RESEARCH BV

 Organization address address: Oliemolen 25
city: Delft
postcode: 2614 LH

contact info
Titolo: Ms.
Nome: Carolien
Cognome: Van De Graaff
Email: send email
Telefono: +31 33 4753535

NL (Delft) participant 399˙050.00
7    UNIVERSITEIT TWENTE

 Organization address address: DRIENERLOLAAN 5
city: ENSCHEDE
postcode: 7522 NB

contact info
Titolo: Ms.
Nome: Coby
Cognome: Van Houten-Vos
Email: send email
Telefono: +31 53 4892444
Fax: +31 53 4892621

NL (ENSCHEDE) participant 374˙400.00
8    AGORA P.S.V.D.

 Organization address address: HAMAPILIEMSTREET 17/3
city: JERUSALEM
postcode: 92545

contact info
Titolo: Mr.
Nome: Simon
Cognome: Van Dam
Email: send email
Telefono: +972 2 6786120

IL (JERUSALEM) participant 326˙996.80
9    HIDROMOD MODELACAO EM ENGENHARIA LDA

 Organization address address: RUA RUI TELES PALHINHA 4 PISO 1
city: PORTO SALVO
postcode: 2740 278

contact info
Titolo: Dr.
Nome: Adélio
Cognome: Silva
Email: send email
Telefono: +351 218 486013
Fax: +351 218 484621

PT (PORTO SALVO) participant 305˙840.00
10    TECHNION - ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

 Organization address address: TECHNION CITY - SENATE BUILDING
city: HAIFA
postcode: 32000

contact info
Titolo: Mr.
Nome: Jack
Cognome: Lavan
Email: send email
Telefono: +972 4 8293097
Fax: +972 4 8232958

IL (HAIFA) participant 263˙999.00
11    ALMA MATER STUDIORUM-UNIVERSITA DI BOLOGNA

 Organization address address: Via Zamboni 33
city: BOLOGNA
postcode: 40126

contact info
Titolo: Dr.
Nome: Diego
Cognome: Torresan
Email: send email
Telefono: +39 051 2099373
Fax: +39 051 2098115

IT (BOLOGNA) participant 254˙400.00
12    THOMSEN ANTON GAARDE

 Organization address address: OSTERVANGSVEJ OBY 61
city: TJELE
postcode: 8830

contact info
Titolo: Mr.
Nome: Anton G.
Cognome: Thomsen
Email: send email
Telefono: +45 207 11810

DK (TJELE) participant 219˙600.00
13    FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS FAO

 Organization address address: Viale delle Terme di Caracalla
city: ROMA
postcode: 153

contact info
Titolo: Mr.
Nome: Bart
Cognome: Van Ommen
Email: send email
Telefono: +39 0657055021
Fax: +39 06 57054351

IT (ROMA) participant 211˙700.00
14    DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE

 Organization address address: PANEPISTIMIOUPOLI
city: KOMOTINI
postcode: 69100

contact info
Titolo: Prof.
Nome: Georgios
Cognome: Sylaios
Email: send email
Telefono: +30 25410 79398
Fax: +30 25410 79393

EL (KOMOTINI) participant 211˙201.60
15    INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TECNICO

 Organization address address: Avenida Rovisco Pais 1
city: LISBOA
postcode: 1049-001

contact info
Titolo: Dr.
Nome: Teresa Cristina
Cognome: Oliveira Malhoa
Email: send email
Telefono: +351 21 841 7731
Fax: +351 21 841 7154

PT (LISBOA) participant 197˙956.00
16    OREV APS

 Organization address address: VESTRE KONGEVEJ 7
city: VIBY J
postcode: 8260

contact info
Titolo: Mr.
Nome: Raz
Cognome: Chen
Email: send email
Telefono: +45 86107137
Fax: +45 86107137

DK (VIBY J) participant 166˙240.00
17    PERIFEREIAKI ENOSI DIMON ANATOLIKIS MAKEDONIAS THRAKIS

 Organization address address: ODOS KYRIAKIDI 17
city: KOMOTINI
postcode: 69100

contact info
Titolo: Mr.
Nome: Menelaos
Cognome: Hatziapostolidis
Email: send email
Telefono: +30 251 3500189
Fax: +30 251 3500189

EL (KOMOTINI) participant 145˙200.00
18    EDEN IRRIGATION CONSULTANCY LIMITED

 Organization address address: SCHOOL LANE 149
city: DOWNHOLLAND ORMSKIRK
postcode: L39 7JF

contact info
Titolo: Mr.
Nome: Julian
Cognome: Gruzelier
Email: send email
Telefono: +44 1695 558804
Fax: +44 1695 50978

UK (DOWNHOLLAND ORMSKIRK) participant 76˙203.60

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'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.'

Introduzione (Teaser)

Agriculture uses enormous amounts of water. EU-funded engineers have developed a state-of-the-art irrigation platform to accurately manage the quantity of water used and promote sustainable farming.

Descrizione progetto (Article)

The 'Flexible and precise irrigation platform to improve farm scale water productivity' (http://www.figaro-irrigation.net (FIGARO)) project addresses the use of fresh water on farmland. The aim of the project is the implementation of an irrigation management platform based on newly developed precision technologies. Field testing is now underway in Bulgaria, Denmark, Greece, Israel, Italy, Portugal, Spain and the United Kingdom.

A number of existing software and hardware tools are integrated into the FIGARO platform to provide a farm-level decision support system for growers, technicians and water managers. The prototype platform components include a sophisticated decision support programme, a crop growth model, plant and soil sensors, data from satellite analysis and forecasting algorithms.

The platform structure is designed to integrate any type of sensing technique and management model, allowing it to expand its functions. Therefore, the platform can utilise models' sensing systems and networks calibrated to local conditions. Upcoming technologies such as robotic and mechatronic sensors can also be easily integrated into the platform.

Environmental and crop growth data are collected and fed into state-of-the-art agronomic models while cross checking data from a variety of sources. The result is accurate, precise and reliable recommendations for how and when farmers should irrigate their crops.

FIGARO gives policymakers an effective tool for monitoring and managing agricultural practices like irrigation, fertiliser application, and the use of saline or brackish water. The platform therefore allows decision makers to administer natural resources such as water and energy more effectively.

Food industry companies buying agricultural produce grown using the FIGARO system will reduce their environmental impacts. It will also be easier for them to comply with environmental regulations. They will also be able to use the label stating 'Environmentally friendly farming practices used in our products lowered water footprint'.

The platform's flexibility, ease of use and minimal maintenance will help to ensure its widespread uptake and use by end users. It will help to reduce water and fertiliser use while optimising energy consumption across farms. It will also help to adapt farming practices to climate change and enable farmers to comply with national, EU and international regulations and standards.

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