Improving agricultural water use efficiency by using satellite and un-manned air vehicle systems Erasmus Project

Project Title

Improving agricultural water use efficiency by using satellite and un-manned air vehicle systems

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Strategic Partnerships for vocational education and training

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2020

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Environment and climate change; Agriculture, forestry and fisheries; New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses

Project Summary

Agricultural production became very importnat due to increase in world population day by day. All over the World, most of the agrcultural products grow in sub-humid, semi-arid and arid environments, which require irrigation water in addition to the precipitation. For conveyance, distribution and field application, high cost irrigation infrastrucres are required and most of the countries try to increase irrigated area by using governmental financial support.
By this way, agriculture is the main user of the water resources taken under control. This percentage is nearly 73 in Turkey. Agricultural water use efficiency inclueding conveyance, distribution and field application is main issue World-wide, also in Turkey. Turkish govermental support to improve agricultural water use efficeny is reached to a very important level, but it is still very low, nearly at % 43 level. According to people dealing with irrigation from the technical point of view, improving agricultural water use efficiency could be achived by; modernsation of irrigation systems based on well prepared system projects, operation of irrigation systems by considering soil-plant-atmosphere-water relationships, water availability, climatic factors and socia ecnomic situation and monitoring irrigated agricultural lands by new technological opportunuties for real time site specific management of agricultural water. Accoridng to literatüre, remote sensing techniques including satellite systems and un-manned air vehicle systems, can provide valuable data and information related to agricultural water management issues. From these point of view, this Project were develoed transitionaly for preperation of training materials to fill an important gap in improving agricultural water management.
Within the scope of our project, experts with different areas of expertise will come together to create an information-based irrigation systems module, mobile application and distance education platform.
Main goals of this Project are preperation of training docements on;
• General country surveys about aricultural water managemen,
• Planning and operation of irrigation systems,
• Principles of remote sensing,
• Using satellite and UAV systems for agricultural water management,
• Improving agricultural water use efiiciency
• Renovation of the curriculum of agricultural vocational high schools

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 148952 Eur

Project Coordinator

ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITESI & Country: TR

Project Partners

• Česká zemědělská univerzita v Praze
• AGENCIA ESTATAL CONSEJO SUPERIOR DEINVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS
• TARIMSAL ARASTIRMALAR VE POLITIKALAR GENEL MUDURLUGU
• ANKARA UNIVERSITESI
• UNIVERZITET U NOVOM SADU
• ILKADIM ILCE MILLI EGITIM MUDURLUGU