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Enhancing Agricultural Resilience and Water Security Using Cosmic-Ray Neutron Technology
Closed for proposals
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D12014CRP
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Description
The impacts of drought and flooding due to soil water shortage, soil water saturation or soil structure damage can be detrimental to agricultural production and social and economic impact affecting rural communities. This CRP aims to use innovative in-situ and cost-effective nuclear and related conventional tools for assessing the impact of these emergencies on agricultural production using in-situ and mobile cosmic ray neutron probes, airborne multispectral analysis for soil water and crop water status monitoring, wireless soil water point measurements, and IT tools for online emergency information management. This work can also improve climate change related emergency preparedness in agriculture in Member States.
Objectives
Establishing landscape soil moisture sensing using novel CRNS for improving agricultural water management practices and climate resilience strategies
Specific objectives
Advancing the capabilities of CRNS for Best Management Practices (BMP) in irrigated and rainfed agricultural production systems
Integrating CRNS, GRS, remote sensing and hydrological modelling for improving agricultural water management and its resilience at regional scales
Developing the approaches using CRNS and GRS for long-term soil moisture monitoring in agricultural systems and early warning systems for flood and drought management
Advancing the capabilities of CRNS for Best Management Practices (BMP) in irrigated and rainfed agricultural production systems
Integrating CRNS, GRS, remote sensing and hydrological modelling for improving agricultural water management and its resilience at regional scales
Developing the approaches using CRNS and GRS for long-term soil moisture monitoring in agricultural systems and early warning systems for flood and drought management