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Activities

• Piloting a data and information management system, based on monitoring and Remote Sensing (RS) data.
• Set-up and test an automated water consumption monitoring and water accounting system at selected pilot areas.
• Quantitative assessments of water supply and consumption by different users (‘water metrics’), particularly irrigation agriculture are essential in order to allow for educated decision making and respective system improvements.
• Quantification of actual productivity/efficiency of water use in irrigation agriculture in order to properly intervene to correct possible productivity gaps.
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• Standard processes and methodologies for field data collection, analysis and provision of agricultural extension services through farmer field schools and farmers-to-farmers visits and other means of technology transfer.

Expected Outcomes

• Producers and natural resource managers adopt practices that increase and improve agricultural sector production in a sustainable manner.
• Stakeholders make evidence based decisions in the planning and management of the agricultural sectors and natural resources to support the transition to sustainable agricultural sector production systems through monitoring, statistics, assessment and analysis.