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