GEORGIA
Green dEal cOmpliant iRriGation
Increasing Europe’s Agriculture resilience to drought
| GEORGIA информация | |
| Call: | HORIZON-CL6-2024-CLIMATE-01 |
| Topic: | HORIZON-CL6-2024-CLIMATE-01-1 |
| Type of action: | HORIZON Innovation Actions |
| GA No. | 101181572 |
| Starting Date: | 01/02/2025 |
| Duration: | 36 Months |
Амбиция
Проектът „GEORGIA“ е посветен на превръщането на предизвикателствата, свързани с управлението на водите и здравето на почвата, във възможности за устойчив растеж и иновации. В съответствие с целите на Европейския зелен пакт, GEORGIA е движеща сила за селскостопанска трансформация, която е екологично съобразна, социално справедлива и икономически жизнеспособна. Чрез комбиниране на селскостопански опит с цифрови инструменти и технологии, задвижвани от изкуствен интелект, GEORGIA усъвършенства практиките за управление на водите и напояване, като същевременно използва алтернативни и рециклирани водни източници. Проектът насърчава устойчивото производство на култури и подобряването на здравето на почвата, изграждайки устойчивост на изменението на климата. Чрез холистични селскостопански подходи и интегрирането на съвременни технологии, GEORGIA дава възможност на земеделските производители да получат повишена конкурентоспособност и справедливи възможности за доходи.
Партньорите в GEORGIA си представят бъдеще, в което ефективността на ресурсите, екологичният баланс и общественото благополучие се обединяват, за да създадат устойчиво и проспериращо Европейско селско стопанство.
16 Партньора / 9 Държави
Austria
Полша
Luxembug
Belgium
Serbia
Bulgaria
Greece
Italy
Cyprus
Предизвикателства
Water scarcity in agriculture.
- Over 70% of available drinking water is used for crop irrigation.
- More than 60% of irrigation water is lost to overirrigation
Soil degradation
- Overirrigation depletes natural soil nutrients, hindering healthy crop growth
- More than 220,000 tonnes of chemical fertilizers and pesticides used annually in the EU, contaminating aquifers, threatening fragile ecosystems and driving up the cost of crop production
GEORGIA Objectives
1
Explore societal, regulatory, and technological needs, drivers, and barriers for new irrigation practices; design and develop models through multi-actor, co-creation processes to increase the uptake in practice
2
Develop insight and mechanisms for safe and environmentally – responsible usage of sewage sludge and other biowaste streams as well as their nutrients
3
Upscale of the on-farm water management practices and results at the catchment level, optimizing catchment- based agricultural production as well as reduction of runoff patterns and changes in hydrological cycles
4
Introduce novel tools for efficient combined use of water and fertilizers via irrigation for different agricultural systems and types of productions, including agroecology; Improve practices and solutions in small and large-scale farms to deal with the effects of water abundance (rapid showers, floods) and/or water scarcity
5
Demonstrate and validate innovative irrigation schemes including forms of alternative water for agriculture and climate change, evaluating their socio-economic, environmental and health impacts
6
Maximize impact to the agricultural community and policy level through Dissemination, Exploitation and Commercialization, provide recommendations for incentives and policies at regional, national and EU-level and create a Culture of Sustainability
Target groups of GEORGIA project
- Agriculture, forestry, and wetland actors: Owners of small and large scale farms, forestry actors, farmers’ and forestry cooperatives and associations, actors involved in grassland, cropland and wetland management
- Industry, private companies and Supply Chain Partners and Retailers: SMEs, Biowaste Management Companies in collection and management of biowaste, companies involved in the agricultural supply chain and retail of agricultural products
- Technology providers: ICT/high tech companies (R&I, AI, IoT), technology clusters working on irrigation technologies and innovations on sustainable farming systems
- Academia and research institutions: Universities, research institutes of relevant scientific disciplines (agriculture, water management, climate change)
- Policy Makers & Public Authorities: Policy makers and regulators on regional, national, european or international level, Public administration bodies, Water Management Authorities supporting innovative irrigation technologies
- Organizacje pozarządowe: focused on sustainable agriculture and environmental conservation interested in supporting and advocating for the adoption of eco-friendly irrigation practices
- Civil society: Citizens and citizens groups, consumers