Targeted irrigation: app supports farmers with water management
In addition to changing climatic conditions, the challenge for farmers was the lack of knowledge about how much water to use at what time to achieve the optimum yield.
In order to make agriculture more resilient to climate change, targeted irrigation of plants is beneficial. The actual water requirement depends on various factors, such as precipitation and the individual needs of the plant. As part of the DIRECTION project, the Institute of Plant Research (IBG-2) at Forschungszentrum Jülich and partners have developed a mobile phone app that runs a model based on real-time and weather forecast data to determine the water requirements of plants in the coming weeks.