RESOURCE EFFICIENCY

Location: SPAIN, Castilla y León, León

Leader: Instituto Tecnológico Agrario de Castilla y León (ITACyl)

End-user farms: 6 farms, UCOGAL

Site Description: Farms are located in the region of León. They have between 4 and 11 Ha for growing: potatos, common beans, maize, sugar beet, alfalfa and soft wheat.

Motivation: They lack specialised users to access external data sources and perform analyses to improve the environmental and economic performance of the farm. Thus, it is hard for them to deal with CAP requirements.

Technology to test: SATIVUM (tech.#1), a free integrated app that allows farmers to manage information at agricultural plot level and gives agronomic advice based on agricultural parcels from the EU IACS (Integrated Administration and Control System) with satellite, soil and climate data.

Expected Outcome: Optimization of resources and reduced use of fertilisers.