IRRINET is an expert system for irrigation scheduling developed by the CER (Emiliano-Romagnolo Canal Irrigation Consortium), implementing the results of more than 50 years of research on plant/water relation and sustainable irrigation management. The IRRINET project was supported and co-funded by the Emilia-Romagna Region with the aim to progressively reduce water use for irrigation all over the region. IRRINET is among the tools provided to the farmers in the frame of Emilia-Romagna Regional Action Plan for Rural Development 2007-2013. The service started in 1984, on the Videotext network, and, nowadays, IRRINET is spreading in other 6 regions of Italy, with IRRIFRAME project. The following step after the 1984 was in 1999 when IRRINET service was developed on WEB. The IRRINET service is freely available on Internet and provides an 'irrigation advice' for the main water demanding crops. The system provides a real-time irrigation scheduling: day-by-day information on how much and when to irrigate farm crops. The aim of present paper is describe the evolution of IRRINET service, the sub-models of IRRINET water balance model and the main development trends. With special attention is analyzed the future development needs in precision irrigation context.
A B S T R A C TThe Irriframe cloud services have been developed by Water Boards Italian Association (ANBI) aiming to ensure an efficient use of water resources in the agricultural sector. After 4 years of activity, most of the Italian irrigable areas are covered by the service for over 7 millions of hectares. A daily-basis irrigation scheduling is provided to thousands of farms through the Web, SMS and a Smartphone APP. Irriframe services allow a water saving amount of about 120 million of cubic meters of water for a season. The platform has been designed by an IT company (AltaVia srl, Italy) according to the knowledge base, provided by the water boards research centre CER. Starting from 2014 the platform is also supported by the Italian Ministry of Agriculture (MIPAAF). This paper describes the Irriframe services and the main development trends for the near future.
Recent studies highlight the fragility of the Mediterranean basin against climate stresses and the difficulties of managing the sustainable development of groundwater resources. In this work, the main issues related to groundwater management have been identified from the stakeholder’s perspective in the following four representative water-stressed Mediterranean areas: the coastal aquifer of Comacchio (Italy), the Alto Guadalentín aquifer (Spain), the alluvial aquifer of the Gediz River basin (Turkey), and the Azraq aquifer (Azraq Wetland Reserve, Jordan). This has been achieved by designing a methodology to involve and engage a representative set of stakeholders, including a questionnaire to learn their point of view concerning the current management of aquifer systems and their experience with the already available tools for groundwater resource management, such as monitoring networks and numerical models. The outcome of the survey has allowed us to identify both particular and common challenges among the four study sites and among the various groups of stakeholders. This information provides valuable insights to improve the transfer of scientific knowledge from the research centers to the authorities managing the groundwater resources and it will help to plan more effective research activities on aquifer management. The proposed methodology could be applied in other aquifers facing similar problems.
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