Presented by Dilek KAHRAMAN

Turkey Pilot Area Regional Manager

What is FATIMA?Horizon 2020 project that has been approved under the call SFS-2a-2014: External nutrient inputs,FATIMA addresses effective and efficient monitoring and management of agricultural resources to achieve optimum crop yield and quality in a sustainable environment.Covers both ends of the scale relevant for food production, viz., precision farming and the perspective of a sustainable agriculture in the context of integrated agri-environment management. Aims at developing innovative and new farm capacities that help the intensive farm sector optimize their external input (nutrients, water) management and use, with the vision of bridging sustainable crop production with fair economic competitiveness.

FATIMA offers a comprehensive strategy for optimizing external input (nutrient and water) management and yield by:

harnessing leading-edge agronomic knowledge, crop modelling, and information and space technology to provide to the farmer with easy-to-use timely information on the temporal and spatial variability/heterogeneity of crop input requirements,spanning a wide range of direct practical applications, from very-high resolution precision farming for high-value crops to soil organic matter restoration practices, and enabling policies,including a socio-economic assessment of application ranges,extending the concept of VRT to large areas and “low-tech” farms,being ready / easy to use for a wide range of farm types (with or without access to high-tech machinery), by means of tools fostering the direct connection to and between users/farmers,designing innovative policy instruments for sustainable crop production that together with innovative technologies and participative approaches will promote the transition towards sustainable farming systems.

The comprehensive strategy covers five interconnected levels:

A modular technology package (based on the integration of Earth observation and wireless sensor networks into a webGIS),A field work package (exploring options of improving soil and input management),A toolset for multi-actor participatory processes,An integrated multi-scale economic analysis framework,An umbrella policy analysis set based on indicator-, accounting- and footprint approach.

The benefitsFATIMA enables a quantum leap into “wide-area affordable precision farming” making significant impacts such as input reduction and yield increase over large areas, positive socio-economic and environmental cost benefits, contributing to making farming more prosperous and sustainable;It has a holistic/integrated/comprehensive yet practical 5-level/angle strategy,It proves its concept in 7 pilot case studies strategically selected to cover the major crops in European intensive agriculture providing high leverage;It is well connected with international relevant players (global export of EU tech) and world of users, multi-actor.

StakeholdersThe FATIMA project has a diverse range of target stakeholder groups and audiences that it intends to contact, attempt to influence or serve.

Currently the target audiences include:Farmers and farmers’ associations all over Europe and beyond,Rural communities,Irrigation water providers, river basin managersWater or agricultural management authorities of regional or national level,Irrigation management systems solution companies,Environmental/ agriculture consultancy and software companies,Agribusinesses, fertiliser and plant nutrient management industry,Chambers/ associations/ clusters of the above mentioned companies,Agricultural research institutes/ networks/ associations,Agricultural educational institutes/ networks/ associations,Regional/ national/ European (agricultural or not) authorities,Social networks about sustainable agriculture,Research networks and initiatives of similar context,Mass and social media,General public and civil society.

FATIMA >>> where and who?1. Wheat, maize, onion, vinyard2. Wheat, tomato,maize,3. Tomato, wheat, maize, sugar beet,

vinyard4. Cereal, vegetables, vinyard5. Wheat, sugar beet6. -7. Cotton,vinyard, wheat8. Wheat, cotton, maize

FATIMA >>> how?: Core tool SPIDER webGIS

FATIMA >>> tools and services:

FATIMA Services at parcel/farm scale >>> predict water & nutrient requirements (“precision farm advisory”);FATIMA tools >>> participatory webGIS for stakeholder process, collaboration, transparence, & conflict resolution;FATIMA assessment frameworks for large areas (aquifer, river basin, region) >>> socio-economic impact & policy analysis (including WEF footprints) & externalities;FATIMA Stories >>> “change the narrative,

change the future”

FATIMA >>> purpose of pilots

>>> development & validation for all elements of FATIMA strategy at a range of scales <<<

at parcel/farm scale for FATIMA Services addressing precision farming, energy audit, & detailed VRT-or management-related CBA;at larger area size (aquifer, river basin, region) for community building/process, policy analysis (including WEF footprints), impact assessment & externalities.

FATIMA >>> Regional Process

>>> implementation of FATIMA in pilot areas<<<

pilots focus on different elements of FATIMA strategy ;basic elements (FATIMA Services & tools) implemented in all pilot areas;multi-actor stakeholder process conducted in all pilots, supported by FATIMA Stories (videos).

Practice of N fertilization requires “provision of funding in advance to the expenditure (crop uptake)” but maximizing the timing and efficiency of N supply with the crop uptake to avoid losses (leaching,…)

Prior to season Prognostic tool for a first approach to provide bulk N rates map prior to sowing In-season A diagnostic tool for fine-tuning of N application according to actual crop development

soil potential productivity

Map of “bulk” N requirementsScheduling N application

CGM; N balance

Crop Growth Models, N balance, inverted

Reflectances, Red Edge-based indices,…

EO-based

Products

Map of actual N requirements

Tools for N variable rate fertilization:

About soil potential productivity map

How to measure variability Looking at the plant stand: Looking at the soil

Yield monitoring Electrical C mapsSampling biomass soil sampling…. ….

… looking at the plants “the variability that exhibits the canopy, as it is measured by parameters like biomass accumulation and yield, integrates soil fertility, weather and management.

… if we can assume uniform management across the plot (seed density, irrigation, fertilization, diseases,..), variability exhibited by the canopy expresses the soil potential productivity

A key tool for variable rate of fertilization Yield monitoring

EO_based maps

The basis for EO-based soil potential productivity:EO-based transpiration is related with biomass

accumulation

The hypothesis: Biomass accumulation is strongly related with:

Transpiration, T ( Water productivity-based models) 1 FAO33, FAO66

Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (Light Use Efficiency models) 2 (Monteith, 1972)

Potential T, [Potential APAR] are good indicators of 1.-Suitable to be estimated using directly EO +

meteorological data. 2.- Actual T requires using water balance,

knowledge about soil and irrigation is needed.

Soil potential productivity map

Map of “bulk” N requirements ready to be used as guidance for VR machineryScheduling N application

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