FATIMA: FArming Tools for external nutrient Inputs and water MAnagement

Project information
FATIMA addresses effective and efficient monitoring and management of agricultural resources to achieve optimum crop yield and quality in a sustainable environment. It covers both ends of the scale relevant for food production, viz., precision farming and the perspective of a sustainable agriculture in the context of integrated agri-environment management. It aims at developing innovative and new farm capacities that help the intensive farm sector optimize their external input (nutrients, water) management and use, with the vision of bridging sustainable crop production with fair economic competitiveness. Our comprehensive strategy covers five interconnected levels: a modular technology package (based on the integration of Earth observation and wireless sensor networks into a webGIS), a field work package (exploring options of improving soil and input management), a toolset for multi-actor participatory processes, an integrated multi-scale economic analysis framework, and an umbrella policy analysis set based on indicator-, accounting- and footprint approach. FATIMA addresses and works with user communities (farmers, managers, decision makers in the farm and agribusiness sector) at scales ranging from farm, over irrigation scheme or aquifer, to river-basins. It will provide them with maps of fertilizer and water requirements (to feed into precision farming machinery), crop water consumption and a range of further products for sustainable cropping management supported with innovative water-energy footprint frameworks. All information will be integrated in leading-edge participatory spatial online decision-support systems. The innovative FATIMA service concept considers the economic, environmental, technical, social, and political dimensions in an integrated way. FATIMA will be implemented and demonstrated in 8 pilot areas representative of key European intensive crop production systems in Spain, Italy, Greece, Netherlands, Czech Republic, Austria, France, Turkey.
Project partners: 
UNIVERSIDAD DE CASTILLA - LA MANCHA - Spain
INSTITUTO TECNICO AGRONOMICO PROVINCIAL SA - Spain
ALIARA AGRÍCOLA SL - Spain
ARIESPACE SRL - Italy
CONSIGLIO PER LA RICERCA IN AGRICOLTURA E L'ANALISI DELL'ECONOMIA AGRARIA - Italy
DOISECO UNIPESSOAL LDA - Portugal
STICHTING VU-VUMC - Netherlands
INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE - France
METCENAS OPS - Czech Republic
VYZKUMNY USTAV MELIORACI A OCHRANY PUDY VVI - Czech Republic
BALTIC OPEN SOLUTIONS CENTER - Latvia
MOUSEIO GOULANDRI FYSIKIS ISTORIAS - Greece
HELLINIKOS GEORGIKOS ORGANISMOS - DIMITRA (HELLENIC AGRICULTURAL ORGANIZATION - DEMETER) - Greece
AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS - Greece
RED COAST INTERNATIONAL EOOD - Bulgaria
DRAXIS ENVIRONMENTAL S.A. - Greece
UNIVERSITAET FUER BODENKULTUR WIEN - Austria
OSTERREICHISCHE AGENTUR FUR GESUNDHEIT UND ERNAHRUNGSSICHERHEIT GMBH - Austria
NIKOLAOS SPYROPOULOS - Germany
MINISTRY OF FOOD AGRICULTURE AND LIVESTOCK - Turkey
EA-TEK ULUSLARARASI ARASTIRMA GELISTIRME MUHENDISLIK Y AZILIM VE DANISMANLIK LIMITED SIRKETI - Turkey
Project dates: 
March 2015 to February 2018
Contact
Contact project
Contact organisation: 
UNIVERSIDAD DE CASTILLA - LA MANCHA
Funding
Funding agency: 
Horizon 2020
Grant: 
k€7966
Total budget: 
k€7966