€6 Million awarded for new precision technologies to Improve irrigation management
Published on by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network in Technology
The European Union (EU) has awarded FIGARO (Flexible and Precise Irrigation Platform to Improve Farm Scale Water Productivity), an international Consortium led byNetafim Ltd, €6 million to develop new precision technologies to improve irrigation management to increase water productivity in major water-demanding crops.
FIGARO researchers will focus their efforts on significantly reducing the use of fresh water at the farm level through developing a cost-effective, precision irrigation management platform. The European-wide consortium aims to develop a holistic and structured precision irrigation software platform which will offer farmers flexible, crop-tailored irrigation scheduling protocols.
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