Amedeo D’Antonio Regione Campania - ITALY Assessorato Agricoltura Settore SIRCA Satellite irrigation Advisory Service of Campania Region (Italy). An Operational Service. Carlo De Michele Ariespace srl, Spin-Off Company University of Naples - ITALY
Jul 07, 2015
Amedeo D’AntonioRegione Campania - ITALY
Assessorato Agricoltura Settore SIRCA
Satellite irrigation Advisory Service of Campania Region (Italy).An Operational Service.
Carlo De MicheleAriespace srl,
Spin-Off Company University of Naples - ITALY
Piano Regionale di Consulenza all’Irrigazione
2007 2008 2012201120102009 2013
From the Regional Irrigation Advisory Plan To IRRISAT
Piana del Volturno
Piana del Sele
~ 1100 farms subscribed &
60.000 hectares under
monitoring
Our organization
The challenge
The solution
The Result
Overview
Our organization
Directorate of Agriculture
of the Campania Region
Implementation and
support to Common
Agricultural Policy (CAP)
EU subsidies to farmers
subjected to conditionality
Technical assistance
Transfer of knowledge &
capacity building
Technical Partner
The challenge
Why efficient agricultural water
management is so important?
A water jet sprays onto fields of potatoes.Fernand Ivaldi/Getty Images
Agricultural Water Use
Mediterranean areas:
(OECD/Eurostat,2000) (OECD, 2006)
ITALY:
Hydrological
summer deficit
573 mm
Italy 64%
Spain 64%
Greece 88%
Portugal 80%
The main challenges
ProblemIrrigation is
managed on
empirical basis
Solution
Empower expertise with new information
farmers
ProblemIdentification of irrigated plots;
estimation of water needs at
district scale
Water User association
Users' needs at different levels
The solution
Technology value
Informed water management is crucial
for facing agricultural challenges
Which data are given to farmers ?
Mapping
Effective CROP
VIGOUR
1 2 3
Agro
Meteorological
data
Irrigation
Advice
How farmers may access the data ?
1) Select plot in the MAP or in DATA frame
2) Query DATA frame: table or graphs
The Result
The result 1/2
Subjective and empirical assessment of
irrigation applications determines the utilisation of
excessive amounts of water resources, compared
to the maximum values needed to guarantee
optimal yield;
Reduction of irrigation volumes has both direct
and indirect economical and environmental
benefits for farmers, water distribution bodies and
local communities.
spatially distributed information (via E.O. in a GIS-based framework);
wide range of stakeholders at their required space-time resolution in easy-to-use and intuitive form that encourages participation;
addressing users at farm, irrigation scheme, and river-basin scale, involving decision makers at all water management levels.
The result 2/2
The approach
implemented in
the Plan is in
adding new
dimensions to
irrigation water
management by