Conference on the application of modelling tools to improve water management at rice district level

RAMA Research Group hosted yesterday a conference where Sílvia Cufí from the Irrigation Engineering and Management Research Group from Universitat de Girona presented her progress applying the SWAP model in the Baix Ter rice district.

The model, which Dr Arianna Facchi and her team from Università Degli Studi di Milano have coupled to QGIS, was parametrized and validated during Sílvia’s recent research stay in Milano with experimental data collected in Baix Ter.

These results are part of Sílvia’s on-going PhD, which is codirected by Dr Farida Dechmi from Centro de Investigación y Tecnología Agroalimentaria de Aragón and Dr Francesc Ramírez de Cartagena from Universitat de Girona.

Such tool allows to manage water resources in an efficient and sustainable way in the Pals rice agroecosystem.

We’re extremely proud of such collaborations, which do not only contribute to reach PROMEDRICE objectives, but also to strengthen relationships and learn from the best!