AgroSatAdapt
- Universidade de Évora(líder)
- Agroinsider, Lda.(parceiro)
- Ambienta Ingeniería y Servicios Agrarios y Forestales, S.L.(parceiro)
- Câmara Municipal de Reguengos de Monsaraz(parceiro)
- EDIA - Empresa de Desenvolvimento e Infra-Estruturas do Alqueva, S.A.(parceiro)
- Esporão, S.A.(parceiro)
Summary
AgroSatAdapt will develop models to handle remote sensing, ecological, climate, water-based and socioeconomic data for an integrated characterization of a landscape dominated by agro-silvopastoral systems in the inner Alentejo region.
The project will deliver an analytical toolset to prompt policies for sustainable land use while providing maximized production profits. The identification of opportunities for the establishment of self-sustainable production systems in the region will be fostered. Several equilibria states will be explored where differential balances among multiple landscape uses and functions such as ecology, climate (through carbon sequestration via soils and stable vegetation), water-cycle and socioeconomy, will be tested: Smart Territories.
AgroSatAdapt will act at pilot regions in inner Alentejo , characterized by land use policies and coordination architectures of distinct nature: 1) the territory under the responsibility of the Reguengos de Monsaraz municipality; 2) the farms of Herdade do Esporão and the ones of its suppliers (olive groves, vineyards) and 3) the area under the scope of EDIA, a semi-public company which controls water distribution in the production area under the influence of the Alqueva reservoir. These sub-systems entangle distinct management purposes, scales of action and coordination. For each of the three sub-systems and for the whole target regions optimized land use/production management proposals at long-term (up to 2050) will be delivered, with particular attention to the effects of climate change over production profitability, biodiversity health and water availability. Aspects over Natura 2000 sites will be particularly relevant for the sake of ecological functionality of habitats and species. Conservation corridors, taking advantage on natural and artificial water run-aways will be encouraged.
In the end, a free GIS-based tool complemented with optimization add-ins will be provided, such to policy-makers and land-owners analyze and rationalize the use of land in their self-interested systems in a path towards sustainability.
Goals, activities and expected/achieved results
GOALS
- Building of optimized scenarios for agricultural production with environmental benefits (biodiversity, CO2 retention and rational water use)
- Testing the efect of varying magnitudes of financial investment in the promotion of CO2 retention and rational water use
- Development of multi-objective optimization models
ACTIVITIES
- Data gathering (data of different nature)
- Data analysis and description of the reference state of 3 testing areas
- Development of the mathemartical template
- Designing efficient algoritms
- Publication of results
- Dissemination activities with stakeholders
RESULTS
- Descriptve maps of the reference state in the 3 testing areas
- Maps with optmizaed agricultural production for the delivery of ecosystem services
- Scenarios of financial tools to support the retention of CO2 and rational water use
- Webpage presenting project results and with iterative functions
