Leader: Giulia Giuffre, Irritec,
Sustainability Agriculture working group, intends to pay attention to issues concerning the promotion and activation of projects that pursue the sustainable development goals, with a particular focus on irrigation in agriculture:
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Promotion of correct management of water as part of the solution for food demand, water and energy saving and an important contribution to development of agriculture.
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Definition of a standard model to calculate savings in water, energy, fertilizers and production increase, for each type of irrigation systems and transition from one irrigation model to another.
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Promotion of high performance recycling material included in good quality irrigation system in all countries. Proposals for solutions for the problem of plastic in agriculture and related legislation.
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Collaboration with Associations and Institutions involved in sustainability.
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Promotion of gender equality in agriculture and irrigation sectors.
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Identification and partnership with « key people » and associations involved in sustainable agriculture
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Assessment for the identification and creation of a certified label for sustainable irrigation practices.
Join the group : giulia.giuffre@irritec.com
Participants :
Ramunas Rederis – ramunas@laistymas.lt
Paolo Antini – pantini@sentek.com.au
Stefania De Pirro – stefania.de.pirro@rivulis.com
Sophie Gendre – s.gendre@arvalis.fr
Pablo Carnicero – pcarnicero@regaber.com
Moshi Berenstein –moshi.berenstein@netafim.com
Xavier Corbella – xavi@itc.es
Giusy Inferrera –giusy.inferrera@irritec.com
Ido Raanan – ido.raanan@netafim.com
Javier Juarez – jjuarez@azud.com
Marco Bezzi – marco.bezzi@unitn.it
Sub-WG1: Plastics in irrigation
Leader : Ido Raanan, Netafim
Mission, vision and motivation for the group’s activity: To advance the responsible use of plastic in irrigation in the EU market.
- Compose the EIA-PWG position statement (vision) for the use of plastic in irrigation.
- Set tangible goals timeline.
- Create partnerships with farmers and plastic organizations.
- Track and collaborate with standard institutions.
- Track and collaborate with ongoing research about plastics in agriculture.
- Discussions on end-of-life solutions/ National collection schemes and best practices.
- Articles on EIA website for publications of reports from the CPA and the FAO.
Join the Working Group : ido.raanan@netafim.com
Participants :
Francesco Monteduro : francesco.monteduro@irritroleurope.com
Michel Histel, Norms specialist : m_histel@orange.fr
Fleur Martin : communication@irrigationeurope.eu
Warren Gorowitz : warren.gorowitz@hunterindustries.com
Jean Bomy : jean.bomy@rivulis.com
Recent findings/accomplishments of the working group
