RISPARMIO IDRICO TRAMITE UN DSS INNOVATIVO SU COLTURA DI PESCO TARDIVO: SPERIMENTAZIONE DEL SISTEMA HYDROTECH E PRESENTAZIONE DEI RISULTATI NELL'AMBITO DEL PROGETTO INTERREG IRMA

Water management is a strategic activity for farmers who have to find the optimal trade off between water saving and high quality production, especially during summer, when crop water requirements increase. Hydrotech project aims to support farmers to define and apply a sustainable and effective irrigation strategy based on real crop water requirements and water resource availability. Hydrotech was carried out by a local consortium of private ICT SME (Sysman Progetti & Servizi) and Research institutions (CIHEAM-IAMB, CNR-ISPA) in order to develop an ICT solution focused on precision farming and irrigation support. The Hydrotech-system performances were presented in collaboration with ASSOCODIPUGLIA in the framework of the Interreg IRMA project. Test results on peach crops have shown a potential water saving of 15% with a resulting reduction of water losses due to deep percolation and a correspondent increase in the water use efficiency.