European Fundend Projects

ID:
projects-534

fiwar:
1825

Project_Acronym:
PureCircles

Project_Name:
PureCircles

Funding Authority:
PRIMA

Call for proposals:
PRIMA-2022

Focus Area:
Water Management

Begin Date:
2023-06-01

End Date:
2026-11-30

Status:
On going

Budget:
€ 002 782 438.00

Description:
In the Mediterranean, freshwater availability is put under increasing pressure by global warming, land use changes, and water abstraction. Moreover, deteriorating water and soil quality put agricultural productivity and safe water supply for the population at further risk and urgently demand sustainable solutions. PureCircles wants to realize such solutions at four Mediterranean study sites by integrating water technology with agrotechnical setups and management strategies. For the first time, the project will demonstrate the power and effectiveness of a combination of agrophotovoltaics, hydroponics, smart irrigation and innovative water storage and treatment technology, all of which are intelligently linked and regulated through Artificial Intelligence (AI). Sophisticated, but robust technology (e.g., flexible greenhouse photovoltaics (PV), water-harvesting, AI-assisted farm management) will meet nature-based and sustainable water treatment solutions (hydroponics, microbial bioremediation) and shall be assembled and activated dependent on need and framing conditions (financial resources, availability and quality of water, crop choice, weather forecast).

Resource:
https://mel.cgiar.org/projects/purecircles

Inland water types:
Urban water', 'Water reservoir', 'Groundwater'