Safe-H2O-Farm: Innovative Farm Strategies that Integrate Sustainable N Fertilization, Water Management and Pest Control to Reduce Water and Soil Pollution and Salinization in the Mediterranean
SAFE-H2O-FARM focuses on the main agricultural practices concerning two of the most widespread crops (tomato and olive) that affect the degradation of soil and water resources in the Mediterranean basin. An integrated approach of fertilization, irrigation and salinization management are evaluated in field trials, pot/greenhouse experiments and fields in commercial farms. The effects of agricultural strategies on the reduction of pollution in soil and water (soil solution and groundwater bodies) and salinization are evaluated via the multidisciplinary expertise offered by the partnership. The scientific team is composed of agronomists, hydrologists, plant physiologists, plant pathologists, entomologists, geoecologists, chemists and economists, working in seven different countries around the Mediterranean basin. The outputs from SAFE-H2O-FARM will be integrated with results from previous and parallel research activities to improve the calibration of crop N monitoring sensors, parameterization of agroecosystem models and to better evaluate socio-economic effects.
The main goal of SAFE-H2O-FARM is to promote innovative farm management strategies able to prevent and reduce nitrate and pesticide environmental pollution and salinization related to agricultural practices, via balanced management of the main chemical inputs and their interaction with irrigation. The specific objective in Cyprus are to improve irrigation and nitrogen management in olive orchards irrigated with treated sewage water and thereby reduce groundwater pollution.
Contacts:
Adriana Bruggeman | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | 22 208 620
Niovi Christodoulou | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | +357 22 397 527
Additional Info
- Acronym: Safe-H2O-Farm
- Website: https://www.safeh2ofarm.org/
- Center: EEWRC
- Funding Source: PRIMA-2022-2.1.1 (Cyprus Research and Innovation Foundation)
- CyI Funding: € 199,800
- Starting Date: 01/06/2023
- End Date: 31/05/2025
- Coordinator: University of Perugia
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Partners:
Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research
Institute for Adriatic Crops and Karst Reclamation
University of Almería
Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Institute
Akdeniz University