A5069176231- Irrigation Practices and Water Management
- Water resources management and optimization
- Water Systems and Optimization
- Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies
- Wastewater Treatment and Reuse
- Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing
- Soil and Unsaturated Flow
- Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
- Rough Sets and Fuzzy Logic
- Hydraulic flow and structures
- Agricultural Systems and Practices
- Smart Agriculture and AI
- Cognitive Science and Mapping
- Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
- Multi-Criteria Decision Making
- Urban Stormwater Management Solutions
- Urban Planning and Valuation
- Remote Sensing in Agriculture
- 3D Modeling in Geospatial Applications
- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
- Water management and technologies
- Agriculture and Rural Development Research
- Hydrological Forecasting Using AI
- Fuzzy Systems and Optimization
- Public-Private Partnership Projects
Istituto Agronomico Mediterraneo di Bari
2016-2025
International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies
2016-2025
Tanta University
2017
Centre International deHautes Etudes Agronomiques Méditerranéennes
2014
The calibration of capacitive soil moisture sensors is an essential step towards their integration into smart solutions. This study investigates the a widely used low-cost sensor (SKU:SEN0193, DFRobot, Shanghai, China) in loamy silt typically found Puglia region Italy. function was derived from random sample 12 sensors, with three replicas per sensor, each which had one five gravimetric contents, relatively dry (5%) to full saturation (40%). reports resulting along accuracy achieved...
The increasingly adverse impacts of climate change (e.g., rainfall patterns, droughts, and floods), coupled with the ever-increasing water demands, are often translated into a contingent liability for users’ communities. Additional complexities arise due to competing priorities, rights, transboundary sources. Therefore, conventional management practices should shift toward more comprehensive responsive integrative approaches, even systems limited data. Furthermore, managers must prioritize...
ABSTRACT Mediterranean‐African countries (MACs) face a major water crisis. The annual renewable resources are close to the 500 m 3 /capita threshold of absolute scarcity, and withdrawals exceed total by 30%. Such low availability curbs economic development in agriculture, which accounts for 86% freshwater consumption. analysis current situation wastewater treatment, irrigation, management MACs research projects targeted these indicates need 1) an enhanced capacity analyze stress, 2)...
Water shortages, overexploitation, and sectoral conflicts have prompted the use of treated wastewater (TWW) in agriculture. While TWW provides essential nutrients, improper management can harm soil crops. To address this, case studies from Jordan Palestine—where alfalfa citrus crops are exclusively irrigated with TWW—were conducted to identify suitable irrigation schedules assess adverse impacts on soils. The Safe Irrigation Management (SIM) model was used simulate 2021, considering quality,...
Transforming irrigation practices is essential to address aquifer depletion and food security in Mediterranean regions facing climate change water scarcity. Developing local national resilience requires capacity building boost soil health adaptation drought. Recent attempts undertaken by the SEALACOM Project reduced rates protected agriculture. The purpose of this work enhance traditional farmer’s promote potential advanced fertigation field crops (i.e., potato zucchini) cultivated under two...
Efficient irrigation management is crucial for optimizing water use and productivity in agriculture, particularly water-scarce regions. This study evaluated the effectiveness of soil-based weather-based using a low-cost (DIY) Internet Things (IoT) capacitive soil moisture sensor on drip-irrigated lettuce. A field experiment was conducted to compare efficiency between two approaches. The system utilized real-time data from IoT sensors guide scheduling, while relied evapotranspiration data....
Monitoring of water retention behavior in soils is an essential process to schedule irrigation. To this end, soil moisture tensiometers usually equipped with mechanical manometers provide easy and cost-effective monitoring tension unsaturated soils. Yet, periodic manual many devices a tedious task hindering the full exploitation tensiometers. This research develops lab validates low cost IoT tensiometer. The IoT-prototype capable measuring up -80 Kpa R2 = 0.99 as compared same tensiometer...
Predictive weather-based models are widely used to schedule irrigation through the estimation of crop evapotranspiration. However, perceiving real-time water requirements remains a challenge. This research aims at field validating and exploiting low-cost IoT soil moisture tensiometer prototype consequently compare moisture-based in terms yield productivity. The is based on ESP32 microcontroller BMP180 barometric sensor. When compared mechanical tensiometer, proved its accuracy, registering...
ABSTRACT The effect of different irrigation methods (sprinkler, surface, surface-drip, and subsurface-drip) using treated wastewater, on alfalfa yield quantity quality, was studied under semi-arid conditions. Randomized complete block design considering 5 × m plots replicated four times. Applied water based the Penman–Monteith equation FAO Cropwat software accounting for efficiencies used systems. Surface gave highest fresh without significant difference compared to subsurface-drip. Average...
Reclamation of saline sodic soils is a main problem at most arid lands. Improving soil properties with waste materials has been investigated earlier but the effect these on not fully known. A fly ash and sewage sludge mixture was applied to intention reclamation eco-friendly recycling. Fly mixtures were ratio 1:1 three different levels electrical conductivity (EC) exchangeable sodium percentage (ESP) (soil I: 4.27 dS m−1, 6.09%; II: 73.20 51.03%; III: 38.2 86.2%) 3 doses, that is, 40, 80,...
ABSTRACT The use of treated wastewater (TWW) as an alternative resource to fresh water (FW) for irrigation purposes is becoming increasingly important, especially in semiarid and arid regions. However, achieving success crop production largely depends on the adoption appropriate on‐farm management strategies aimed at optimizing yields, maintaining soil productivity safeguarding environment. For this purpose, predictive models are particular interest. A safe (SIM) model developed tested...
In response to the impact of climate change and uncertainties associated with various dimensions hydrologic variability, water systems’ adaptation has risen top global agendas. accordance, identifying additional science needed improve our understanding its impacts, including scientific advances effectiveness actions taken adapt systems, is utmost importance. To this aim, research draws on a systematic bibliometric study data, generated from Web Science engine between 1990 2019, combined...
The variability of flow regimes in on demand pressurized irrigation systems induces uncertainty pressure head at the hydrants affecting system hydraulic performance. However, on-farm networks operating downstream are designed for a fixed upstream that usually corresponds to their best achievable Based these considerations, an was optimized using Reliability based model accounting regimes, minimization cost and maximization reliability, interaction between hydrant level uniformity farm...
Pressure from population growth and climate change stress the limited water resources in Mediterranean region threaten food security social stability. Enhancing production requires transformation of irrigation systems enhancement local capacity for sustainable soil management irrigated agriculture. The aim this work is conversion traditional practices, by introducing practice optimal scheduling based on ET estimation moisture monitoring, use continuous feeding fertigation to enhance both...
Fuzzy and multi set theories are recent approaches for information system data mining. In this paper, we aim to construct correlation measure connected these theories. We define fuzzy many of its properties investigated, some examples applications given. Also, present new view reduction system.