Objective Decisions on irrigation in farm management are not made for purely agricultural reasons any more. In recent years the cost of irrigating has shown a rising tendency lead by the increase in the price of energy and synthetic fertilizers. In addition, the EU Water Framework Directive (WFD) urges a new model phasing out water subsidies for agriculture and implementing the principle of full cost recovery, pricing water to reflect its full resource and environmental cost.Drip irrigation is the most widespread technology for irrigating and fertigating fruit tree crops because of its high efficiency, but its benefits are often lost due to inadequate management practices leading to excessive use of input water, fertilizers and, indirectly, energy. The EFFIDRIP project aims at removing the technical obstacles that prevent next-generation service-oriented irrigation/fertigation management systems getting to market. By providing the keys for automating the field data acquisition, decision making and control processes efficiently, equipment manufacturers and service providers will be able to rapidly develop and commercialize such system: a new tool that will permit fruit farmers and agro SMEs to increase water, fertilizer and energy use efficiency up to 15%, representing a significant reduction of production costs; will relieve them of routine tasks required for efficient irrigation practices, thus gaining time for higher-value management tasks; and will facilitate the adoption of more sustainable practices. Given the increasing importance of sustainability in agriculture and the business opportunity to modernize within the context of the generational shift towards more industrial production models, both European agricultural and irrigation sector, as well as our environment, would benefit from the precision irrigation system here proposed. Fields of science engineering and technologycivil engineeringwater engineeringirrigationagricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesagriculturehorticulturefruit growingsocial scienceseconomics and businessbusiness and management Programme(s) FP7-SME - Specific Programme "Capacities": Research for the benefit of SMEs Topic(s) SME-2011-2 - Research for SME associations Call for proposal FP7-SME-2011 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme BSG-SME-AG - Research for SME associations/groupings Coordinator STICHTING WAGENINGEN RESEARCH Address Droevendaalsesteeg 4 6708 PB Wageningen Netherlands See on map Region Oost-Nederland Gelderland Veluwe Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Heinen Marius (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window EU contribution No data Participants (10) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all ASOCIACION DE FABRICANTES DE RIEGO ESPANOLES Participation ended Spain EU contribution € 56 184,39 Address Camino de la vega s/n finca el palomar 28850 San fernando de henares See on map Activity type Other Administrative Contact Ana Isabel Picón González (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data CENTRO OPERATIVO E DE TECNOLOGIA DE REGADIO ASSOCIACAO Portugal EU contribution € 360 416,21 Address Quinta da saúde 7801-904 Beja See on map Activity type Other Administrative Contact Paula Bras (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data ENOSI AGROTIKON SYNETERISMON ARGOLIDAS REA Greece EU contribution € 353 498,94 Address Nafplio nea kios 2nd klm 21100 Nafplio See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Yannis Dimakis (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data EVAGGELOS PAPANDRIANOS Greece EU contribution € 19 059,60 Address Drepano 21060 Drepano argolida See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Evangelos Papandrianos (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Other funding No data GEOPONIKOI AYTOMATISMOI AE Participation ended Greece EU contribution € 155 995,78 Address Paramythias 2 15354 Glyka nera See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Nick Sigrims (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data MACRAUT INGENIEROS, SL Spain EU contribution € 357 601,87 Address Calle paz pardo 37 36214 Vigo See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Vanesa Movilla Vázquez Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data ASOCIACION ESPANOLA DE EMPRESAS DE TRATAMIENTO Y CONTROL DE AGUA Spain EU contribution € 48 137,78 Address Avenida corts catalanes 5 08173 Sant cugat del valles See on map Activity type Other Administrative Contact Agustí Ferrer (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data MC BURNEY SCIENTIFIC LTD United Kingdom EU contribution € 169 301,46 Address Victoria cottage canon frame HR8 2TG Ledbury See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Show Jen Hsieh (Mrs.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Other funding No data INSTITUT DE RECERCA I TECNOLOGIA AGROALIMENTARIES Spain EU contribution € 33 660,87 Address Ctra c-59 km 12 torre marimon 08140 Caldes de montbui barcelona See on map Region Este Cataluña Barcelona Activity type Other Administrative Contact Eliecer Lopez (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data NTRAM GENERAL S.A. 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