Presentation of the PRIMA iGUESS-MED project for the optimization of irrigation and fertilization of the greenhouse tomato crops. Almeria (Spain), 12 March 2024.
The Cajamar Foundation, with the collaboration of the iGUESS-MED partners, organized a workshop to present the main results of the project. This dissemination event had an online and face-to-face format, with 149 attendees (technical Advisors, students, and farmers).
After the presentation of the iGUESS-MED project by Alejandra Navarro (CREA), the coordinator of the project, Davide Parisi (EVJA) showed the Decision Support System (DSS) for recommending irrigation and fertigation of tomato crops in Mediterranean greenhouses. The results of the commercial evaluation of iGUESS-MED DSS carried out in demo-pilot commercial greenhouses in Spain (Anecoop Farm, Almería) and Italy (Anterminelli Farm, Toscana), were presented by Marisa Gallardo (UAL) and Luca Incrocci (UNIPI), in a tomato crop grown in soil and soilless, respectively. In both greenhouses, the amount of water and fertilizers applied to the crop was reduced when the tomato crop was managed using the iGUESS-MED DSS recommendations. Participants were interested in some aspects of the iGUESS-MED DSS, such as the climate and soil sensors used, the cost of this product once a commercial version will be available, etc.
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In addition to organizing their own workshops and participating in others, CAJAMAR Foundation, with the collaboration of the iGUESS-MED partners, organised a JOINT WORKSHOP, on 12 March 2024, together to another PRIMA project Safe-H20-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.). In this workshop titled “Fertigation in tomato greenhouses across the Mediterranean basin: the contribution of PRIMA projects iGUESS-MED & Safe-H20-Farm” both projects were presented by the coordinators: Dr. Alejandra Navarro Garcia (iGUESS-MED) and Dr. Michela Farneselli (Safe-H20-Farm) with the online participation of PRIMA P.O., Dr. Marco Orlando and Prof. Ali Rhouma. The UAL (Dr. Francisco Padilla) and the Akdeniz University (Dr. Cihan Karaca), as partners who are involved in both projects, explained the similarities and differences of the activities carried out and what was learnt from iGUESS-MED and could help and improve Safe-H20-Farm. This dissemination event had an online and face-to-face format. This dissemination event had an online and face-to-face format.
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