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Process development detecting drains
Project
Project code: EIP-Agri-THÜ-2017-LPPGBW01
Contract period: 01.01.2017
- 31.12.2019
Budget: 99,299 Euro
Purpose of research: Applied research
Keywords: farming practice/activity, plant production and horticulture, soil, water
The BMELV-report regarding the redefinition of less favoured areas (in the European Union) criticizes that there is no resilient data basis concerning the 4 million hectares of drained farmland in Germany. The durability of subsurface drainage pipes that are well maintained amounts to 50 years. The bulk oft the drainage systems was already built in the 1970s, hence the urability of the particular pipes has been clearly exceeded in many cases. The failure of drainage systems and hence crop shortfall caused by water logging in the field will increase significantly in the years ahead. The newspaper Schweriner Zeitung speaks of a „crisis in the field“ in the 27 February 2010 issue. To meet the upcoming challenges at the amelioration sector, new innovative approaches for the detection, management and analysis of drainage systems are to be developed und existing approaches are to be crucially improved and optimized in cooperation with partners in agriculture and research.
Section overview
Subjects
- Crop Production
- Process engineering
