PROMEDRICE participates in the 40th Spanish National Irrigation Congress

Albacete hosts the 40th Spanish National Irrigation Congress. Organized by @aeryd_es and @uclm_es, the event puts together researchers, private companies, irrigation water managers, producers and administrations to discuss about the situation and perspectives of irrigated agriculture in Spain.

Sílvia Cufí, member of the Irrigation Engineering and Management Research Group from Universitat de Girona, presented on Wednesday June 11th the methodology and results to assess irrigation productivity and water mass balances in Baix Ter rice district (Pals, Girona, Spain) under different irrigation management strategies.

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 results and tools allow to improve the management of water resources in an efficient and sustainable way in the currently changing context Pals rice agroecosystem.

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