A5049424125- Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment
- Wastewater Treatment and Reuse
- Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies
- Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
- Irrigation Practices and Water Management
- Urban Stormwater Management Solutions
- Water resources management and optimization
- Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
- Smart Agriculture and AI
- Bioenergy crop production and management
- Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
- Remote Sensing in Agriculture
- Phosphorus and nutrient management
- Greenhouse Technology and Climate Control
- Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
- Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes
- Soil erosion and sediment transport
- Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems
- Biofuel production and bioconversion
- Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production
- Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal
- Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications
- Hydraulic flow and structures
- Pesticide and Herbicide Environmental Studies
- Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
University of Bologna
2016-2024
Zambon (Italy)
2023
University of Córdoba
2020
Semnan University
2020
Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology
2018
Chinese Academy of Sciences
2018
University of Peradeniya
2018
University of Tartu
2018
University of Reggio Calabria
2008-2015
University of Catania
2005-2014
The smart management of freshwater for precision irrigation in agriculture is essential increasing crop yield and decreasing costs, while contributing to environmental sustainability. intense use technologies offers a means providing the exact amount water needed by plants. Internet Things (IoT) natural choice applications, even though integration different required making it work seamlessly practice still not fully accomplished. SWAMP project develops an IoT-based platform with hands-on...
The study region is represented by seven irrigation districts distributed under different climate and topography conditions in Italy. This explores the reliability consistency of global ERA5 single levels ERA5-Land reanalysis datasets predicting main agrometeorological estimates commonly used for crop water requirements calculation. In particular, data was compared, variable-by-variable (e.g., solar radiation, Rs; air temperature, Tair; relative humidity, RH; wind speed, u10; reference...
Irrigation for agriculture is the biggest consumer of freshwater in world, which makes a case intensive use technology to optimize water, reduce consumption energy and improve quality crops. While Internet Things (IoT) other associated technologies are natural choice smart water management applications, their appropriateness still be proven real settings with deployment on-site pilots. Also, IoT-based application development platforms should generic enough adapted different crops, climates,...
This paper presents the results of an experiment carried out in Southern Italy (Sicily) on estimation evapotranspiration (ET) pilot constructed wetlands planted with different species (Chrysopogon zizanioides, Myscanthus x giganteus, Arundo donax, Phragmites australis, and Cyperus papyrus). In two monitored growing seasons, reference ET0 was calculated Penman-Monteith formula, while actual ET crop coefficients were measured through a water balance FAO 56 approach, respectively. The highest...
In recent years, the concept of Agriculture 4.0 has emerged as an evolution precision agriculture (PA) through diffusion Internet things (IoT). There is a perception that PA adoption occurring at slower pace than expected. Little research been carried out about 4.0, well to farmer behavior and operations management. This work explores what drives in context, focusing on As result multimethod approach, factors explaining context model irrigation management are proposed. Six simulation...
Abstract Constructed wetlands (CWs) can be considered as an efficient nature-based solution for the treatment of agricultural drainage water (ADW) and consequently mitigation non-point source pollution. Aiming to provide suggestions construction implementation CWs, this paper proposes discusses key parameters CW design operation. In order verify effect these features, different case studies were reviewed, focusing on performance CWs that are treating water. The findings showed operational...
Integrated Internet of Things (IoT) platforms are needed for realizing IoT potential in commercial-scale applications. The main challenge is to provide solution flexibility meet custom application needs. We developed an IoT-based platform smart irrigation, with a flexible architecture easily connect and machine learning (ML) components build solutions. Our enables multiple customizable analytical approaches precision making room the improvement ML approaches. Impacts on different...
Climate change poses challenges to agricultural water resources, both in terms of quantity and quality. As an adaptation measure, the new European Regulation (EU) 2020/741 establishes different quality classes for use reclaimed irrigation. Italy is also working on definition a regulation reuse irrigation (in substitution current one) that will include specific requirements imposed by one. Nature-based Solutions (NBS) can be cost-effective environmentally friendly way facilitate reclamation...
Both southern and northern regions of Italy are experiencing reduced precipitation increased heat waves due to climate change, negatively affecting agricultural sector. Urban wastewater could be a solution this problem, providing constant source for irrigation reducing synthetic fertilizer use. This research presents two-year field study on using tertiary treated processing tomato crop through an innovative smart fertigation system, designed supply the exact doses NPK nutrients considering...
The study investigated the dissipation ability of a vegetated free water surface (FWS) constructed wetland (CW) in treating pesticides-contaminated agricultural runoff/drainage rural area belonging to Bologna province (Italy). experiment simulated 0.1% pesticide event from 12.5-ha farm by dissolving acetamiprid, metalaxyl, S-metolachlor, and terbuthylazine 1000 L pumping it into CW. Water sediment samples CW were collected for 4 months at different time intervals determine concentrations...
Sustainability issues have driven academic researchers towards the definition of methodological tools to assess impacts derived from products and services make them more ecologically friendly, economically profitable socially suitable, whose results be clear understandable a broad public.In evaluation complex socio-environmental systems, like agricultural ones, uncertainty often arises quality decision processes can high concern.This paper presents conceptual framework an Italian research...