CESAR/UNIPG Smart technology and practices for sustainable irrigation management (Edition 1) Italy

CESAR/UNIPG

Smart technology and practices for sustainable irrigation management (Edition 1)

5

4 ECTS

– Understand the impact of climate change on freshwater resources and crop productivity, and the need for climate-adaptive irrigation practices; – Gain knowledge of smart technologies and practices for sustainable irrigation management, including irrigation scheduling and alignment techniques; – Analyze different irrigation methods such as surface irrigation, basin irrigation, and managed artificial recharge for efficient water use; – Apply theoretical concepts and practical implementations to improve irrigation performance while maintaining crop yields and production quality; – Develop skills in data analysis, interpretation, and conceptual modeling to enhance water productivity and pursue sustainable irrigation water management in agriculture.

final written test

both

Certificate of Completion

5 days

The impact of climate change on the future availability and quality of freshwater resources, as well as on crop yield response and productivity, requires a paradigm shift towards the use of new climate-adaptive practices and tools supported by digital technologies and automated operations to increase the resource efficiency, adequacy, productivity, cost-effectiveness, and environmental sustainability of irrigation practices. The Summer School in Irrigation Management – Smart technologies and practices for sustainable irrigation management (T&P or T Module), is organized in three consecutive editions, aiming to illustrate theoretical concepts and practical implementations and tools that can be used to improve the irrigation performance while maintaining crop yields, production quality, and minimize environmental degradations. Through theoretical presentations, field and laboratory visits and demonstrations, data analysis and interpretation, as well as data-driven and conceptual modelling activities, participants will learn about novel technologies, methods, practices and tools, to improve water productivity and pursue sustainable irrigation water management in agriculture, spanning from gravity irrigation methods to sub-surface drip irrigation, and from field to irrigation district and basin scales.