About

The objectives of AgWIT are to:

• Identify improvements in resource use efficiencies and environmental performance of key crops produced via alternative water and soil management strategies under rainfed and irrigated conditions.
• Determine crop physiological responses of biochar additions to soil using non-destructive optical and thermal sensing at multiple scales throughout > 20 agricultural crop development cycles.
• Develop/apply crop ecophysiological, hydrological, and biogeochemical models to evaluate innovative soil and water management strategies in relation to the plant-soil-atmosphere system.
• Evaluate and set priorities among strategies to increase water resilience through structured decision making workshops with local communities, producer groups and water management agencies.

Results

• More sustainable soil and water management strategies in tropical producing regions leading to improvements in resource use efficiencies  (e.g., “more crop per drop”).
• Impact reduction of resource appropriations of European Union’s supply chains while improving agricultural resilience of tropical agricultural systems.
• Techniques to enhance agricultural resilience while reducing water, carbon and other footprints of agricultural practices and to improve freshwater security and environmental conditions.
• Novel approaches with end users and stakeholders for integrating new procedures of soil and water management of agricultural systems.