Objective Agriculture, the largest industry in the world, is also the biggest threat to the environment. According to the WWF, agriculture wastes 60% or 1,500 trillion litres, of the 2,500 trillion litres of water it uses each year - which is 70% of the world’s accessible water. One of the main culprits is inefficient water irrigation systems. Looking at the European context, 65% of total water consumption, irrigated agriculture now constitutes the biggest water consumer in the Mediterranean, where drought is becoming an increasing problem. If water is not managed more wisely, drought will become chronic and people will suffer more as water for other basics such as drinking, hygiene and cooking will become scarce. And this is not a problem that is merely confined to the Mediterranean region of Europe, as there are increasing reports of water shortages and drought in such regions as South East England, Germany and many other parts of Europe. Drought is currently having a devastating effect on the European economy, costing about €11 billion in Europe in 2003. In summer 2005, in Spain alone the agricultural sector lost more than €2 billion as a result of drought. In light of a real need to improve the efficiency of irrigation systems and prevent the misuse of water, the overall aim of this project is to develop an intelligent irrigation scheduling system which will enable irrigation farmers to optimise the use of water and only irrigate where and when need for as long as needed. The system will integrate innovations in the field of low cost wireless sensor networks, soil sensor technology, intelligent software in order to arrive at a solution that will be easy to use for farmers and that will be flexible and robust enough for its use in farm environments. Such an intelligent irrigation scheduling system would have a major impact in terms of water and cost savings and environmental protection. Fields of science natural sciencescomputer and information sciencessoftwareengineering and technologycivil engineeringwater engineeringirrigationengineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringsensorssmart sensorsagricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesagriculture Programme(s) FP7-SME - Specific Programme "Capacities": Research for the benefit of SMEs Topic(s) SME-1 - Research for SMEs Call for proposal FP7-SME-2007-1 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme BSG-SME - Research for SMEs Coordinator OSV SRL EU contribution € 134 379,00 Address Via Roma Nord 135 46020 VILLA POMA Italy See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Cristina Bombarda (Mrs.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (9) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all CHADWICK MUSHROOM FARM LTD Malta EU contribution € 85 990,00 Address TAS SALIB - LIMITI TAR RABAT RBT 4206 RABAT See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Saviour Gauci (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data INTERCROP IBERICA SL Spain EU contribution € 140 640,00 Address Ctra La palma Cartagena km 3 30596 Cartagena See on map Region Sur Región de Murcia Murcia Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Mark Fletcher (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data SEEDRI PUUKOOL OU Estonia EU contribution € 96 444,00 Address POLLI 69104 KARSKI NUIA See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Elmar Zimmer (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data MC BURNEY SCIENTIFIC LTD United Kingdom EU contribution € 145 180,00 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 Terence Mcburney (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data THE NATIONAL MICROELECTRONICS APPLICATIONS CENTRE LTD Ireland EU contribution € 242 676,00 Address LONSDALE ROAD SUPARULE HOUSE NATIONAL TECHNOLOGY PARK . 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