A precise irrigation sensor system to provide an accurate indication of water status in crops and deliver increased yields to farmers

Informations projet

StemSense

N° de convention de subvention: 720032

DOI 10.3030/720032

Projet clôturé

Date de signature de la CE 10 Mars 2016

Date de début 1 Février 2016

Date de fin 31 Mai 2016

Financé au titre de

• SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine, maritime and inland water research, and the bioeconomy

Coût total € 71 429,00

Contribution de l’UE € 50 000,00

Coordonné par

SATURAS LTD
Israel

Objectif

Saturas is an SME from Israel that has developed a sensor system to accurately deliver an indication of water status and determine precise irrigation levels. 95% of farmers irrigate land without any scientifically based information leading to significant overwatering and lowering potential yields. Overwatering drowns crops reducing the quantity and quality of yields. Water is becoming scarcer and more expensive as pressure on supplies continue to increase. The StemSense sensor is the world's first to deliver accurate measurements of stem water potential and relay to farmers exact quantities of water required and when. The sensor is embedded in the trunk of the plant and information sent via a communication box to the farmers. Farmers using the StemSense sensor experience up to 20% higher income, significant water savings and reduced costs. The patented technology has been engineered for use in fruit trees and successfully tested on citrus and peach trees. Within the overall project, Saturas intends to optimise the communication and control interface to reflect real-time stem water potential levels; manufacture 300 sensors for test sites; undertake full scale tests of the StemSense sensor systems in Israel, Italy and Spain; and engineer a miniaturized version of the StemSense sensor to fit grapevines.

Champ scientifique

• engineering and technology › environmental engineering › water treatment processes › wastewater treatment processes
• engineering and technology › civil engineering › water engineering › irrigation
• natural sciences › earth and related environmental sciences › hydrology
• engineering and technology › electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering › electronic engineering › sensors
• natural sciences › earth and related environmental sciences › atmospheric sciences › climatology › climatic changes

Programme(s)

• H2020-EU.3.2. - SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine, maritime and inland water research, and the bioeconomy Main Programme
• H2020-EU.2.3.1. - Mainstreaming SME support, especially through a dedicated instrument

Thème(s)

• SFS-08-2015-1 - Resource-efficient eco-innovative food production and processing

Appel à propositions

H2020-SMEInst-2014-2015

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Sous appel

H2020-SMEINST-1-2015

Régime de financement

SME-1 - SME instrument phase 1

Coordinateur

SATURAS LTD

• Contribution nette de l'UE: € 50 000,00
• Adresse: TCHELET STREET 17 ; 2017400 MISGAV ; Israël
• PME L’entreprise s’est définie comme une PME (petite et moyenne entreprise) au moment de la signature de la convention de subvention. Oui:
  Type d’activité
  Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Type d’activité: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Coût total: € 71 429,00