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European Territorial Cooperation Programmes (ETCP), GREECE-ITALY 2007-2013
Efficient Irrigation Management Tools for Agricultural Cultivations and Urban Landscapes
IRMA -
Subsidy Contract No: I3.11.06
LP-TEIEP | P2-AEPDE | P3/P7-CRA_INEA | P4-ISPA/CNR | P5-ROP | P6-ROEDM
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Progress of WP3
Network building
The networking platform of the project
includes:
forum
pages at selected social media
networks
repository and stakeholders
database
special means like the monthly
newsletter IRMATimer; training
and dissemination events and
mass media presentations.
You are all invited to actively
participate by visiting:
Progress of WP4 Survey
of irrigation practice
The survey for Apulia has been
completed.
In Greece, the survey is progressing
for the Region of Epirus, while it is
expected in July for the Region of
Western Greece.
Progress of WP5
Irrigation management
tools
Irrigation audits
The guide for irrigation systems
auditing and the relevant MS-Excel
workbook are already available at the
project’s website:
Frontpage of the auditing guide
In Greece, LP has completed the data
analysis and the relevant report will be
available in July.
Partners P4 (ISPA/CNR) and P6
(ROP) are expected to complete the
audits in Italy during July.
Web irrigation information and
recommendations systems
The system for Arta (IRMA_SYS) has
been entered in its evaluation phase.
This means that real fields and
gardens are irrigated using the
system’s recommendations while a
number of quantitative and qualitative
measurements will be used to
compare the results with those from
reference crops and landscapes.