Operational Group: Implementation of an innovative water regeneration and fertigation system
- Type Operational group
- Status In progress
- Execution 2023 -2025
- Assigned Budget 254.993,00 €
- Scope Autonómico
- Autonomous community Andalucía
- Main source of financing PEPAC 2023-2027
- Project website http://axarquiasostenible.es
Water scarcity is a limiting factor for the production of high-value crops such as subtropical crops (e.g., avocados, mangoes, custard apples, etc.), an activity essential to economic development and job creation in La Axarquía. In 2016, the subtropical fruit sector generated €149 million in the province of Málaga, the vast majority of which was produced in the Axarquía region.
Furthermore, more than 25% of the region's Social Security-affiliated workers belong to the agricultural sector, which demonstrates the importance of agriculture in the region's economic structure. The lack of water could also lead to future conflicts with other sectors—such as tourism—as the Axarquía is a popular holiday destination.
Andalusia, due to its location in the Mediterranean basin, is a region for which various climate change scenarios predict a reduction in precipitation of between 15 and 20% by 2050. The State Meteorological Agency has just published a summary of the characteristics of the hydrological year that just ended. The balance of the hydrological year in the province of Malaga, which ended on September 30, was characterized by a dry year due to the lack of precipitation, which was 18% below the historical average.
Documentary phase: dedicated to the collection of data and results from the RichWater project to define the starting point of the AXARQUÍA SOSTENIBLE project.
Experimental phase: During this phase, RichWater's experimental plots will be adapted and prepared to carry out the various studies. Evaluation phase: This phase will consist of the study and evaluation of various parameters and a comparative analysis of crop plots (using reclaimed and conventional water, different types of substrates, etc.).
Dissemination phase: This phase will be dedicated to the dissemination and communication of the innovative project, including its objectives, activities, and results.
The overall objective of the innovative AXARQUÍA SOSTENIBLE project is to expand knowledge on the use of reclaimed water for key crops in the Axarquía region and to generate a fertigation management tool to ensure the safe use of reclaimed water and optimize the use of fertilizers in a way that reduces health and environmental risks in line with the provisions of European Regulation 2020/741 approved in May 2020 and the Green Deal.
- Coordinator/entity name: BIOAZUL SL
- Postal address: Avenida Manuel Agustín Heredía 16, 1º4
- Coordinator/entity email: alorenzo@bioazul.com
- Telephone: 951047290
The innovative project primarily addresses the scarcity of irrigation water in the Axarquía region, which is justified by the low capacity of the La Viñuela reservoir (which supplies water to the region), as well as by future climate change scenarios and their effects on rainfall, average temperatures, and water balance. Saving and using this resource efficiently is a key adaptive measure to alleviate these climate problems.
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