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DOI 10.1109/MetroAgriFor58484.2023.10424053
Title (Primary) Enhancing Mediterranean agriculture: Towards a sensor based decision support tool for efficient irrigation management in smallholder orchards
Title (Secondary) 2023 IEEE International Workshop on Metrology for Agriculture and Forestry (MetroAgriFor), November 6-8, 2023, Pisa, Italy. Proceedings
Author Thomas, F.; Pérez Pérez, J.G.; Pérez de León, L.B.; Martínez-Gimeno, A.; Ramírez Cuesta, J.M.; Vanella, D.; Consoli, D.; Werban, U. ORCID logo
Year 2023
Department MET
Page From 160
Page To 164
Language englisch
Topic T5 Future Landscapes
Keywords irrigation management; sensor data; quality control
UFZ wide themes MOSAIC;
Abstract The Mediterranean agriculture is currently facing various challenges resulting from population growth, need for nature conservation, efficient usage of resource and necessary resilience regarding climate change. The fact that smallholders play an important role in the agricultural community raises the question how they could adopt new efficient irrigations strategies and technologies. We present the concept of a decision support tool for irrigation management that aims to overcome obstacles in adapting new technologies for smallholders and provides irrigation recommendations for orange and olive orchards. The derived irrigation recommendations are either based on the FAO-56 approach, or on a soil water balance model relying on soil moisture data. The second is based on soil moisture sensors and here, we are addressing two crucial factors: (i) the assurance of good data quality, and (ii) the site-specific threshold identification for soil moisture measurements, showing possible methods and occurring challenges.
Persistent UFZ Identifier https://www.ufz.de/index.php?en=20939&ufzPublicationIdentifier=28779
Thomas, F., Pérez Pérez, J.G., Pérez de León, L.B., Martínez-Gimeno, A., Ramírez Cuesta, J.M., Vanella, D., Consoli, D., Werban, U. (2023):
Enhancing Mediterranean agriculture: Towards a sensor based decision support tool for efficient irrigation management in smallholder orchards
2023 IEEE International Workshop on Metrology for Agriculture and Forestry (MetroAgriFor), November 6-8, 2023, Pisa, Italy. Proceedings
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), New York, NY, p. 160 - 164 10.1109/MetroAgriFor58484.2023.10424053