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Sustainable Irrigation Water Management and River-Basin Governance: Implementing User-Driven Services (SIRIUS)

Year2013FundingSIRIUS was funded under the European Union's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) within the Space thematic area. The project ran from 1 October 2010 to 30 September 2013, with a total budget of approximately €3.04 million and an EU contribution of approximately €2.50 million. The project was coordinated by Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha (Spain).PartnersUNIVERSIDAD DE CASTILLA - LA MANCHA (ES), INTEGRATED RESOURCES MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED (IRMCo) (MT), FUNDACAO DA FACULDADE DE CIENCIAS E TECNOLOGIA DA UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA (PT), INFOTERRA LIMITED (UK), ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI ECONOMIA AGRARIA (IT), ARIESPACE SRL (IT), UNIVERSITAT POLITECNICA DE VALENCIA (ES), DIPUTACION PROVINCIAL DE ALICANTE (ES), INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT (FR), INSTITUTUL NATIONAL DE CERCETARE - DEZVOLTARE PENTRU IMBUNATATIRI FUNCIARE - I.N.C.D.I.F. - ISPIF BUCURESTI (RO), INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS (RO), SVERIGES METEOROLOGISKA OCH HYDROLOGISKA INSTITUT (SE), MINISTRY OF WATER RESOURCES AND IRRIGATION (EG), COLEGIO DE POSTGRADUADOS (MX), Servicios de Estudios en Ingeniería y Sistemas S.A. de C.V. (MX), BANGALORE UNIVERSITY (IN), INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS(BR)

SIRIUS was an EU-funded project that developed innovative Earth Observation (EO)-based services to support agricultural production and water management in water-scarce regions. The project provided irrigation management, drought management, and farm advisory services to assist water authorities, irrigation associations, and farmers in making informed decisions regarding sustainable water use.

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SIRIUS integrated satellite imagery, hydrological modelling, and field observations to create decision-support services for sustainable water management. The project focused on providing user-friendly information regarding irrigation requirements, crop water consumption, drought conditions, and river basin management. These services contributed to more efficient water use while promoting transparency and stakeholder participation in water governance processes.

Highlights

1) Developed Earth Observation-based irrigation and drought management services.
2) Created the SPIDER web-based decision support platform.
3) Produced irrigation requirement and crop water consumption maps.
4) Implemented pilot applications in eight countries.
5) Enhanced stakeholder participation and river basin governance.
6) Delivered operational tools for improving agricultural water-use efficiency.

Water Management, Irrigation Management, Drought Management, Earth Observation, Remote Sensing, Decision Support Systems, SPIDER, River Basin Management, Water Scarcity, Agricultural Water Use, Sustainable Agriculture, Water Governance

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