Türkiye

Seyhan River Basin / Akarsu Irrigation District (CU)

Demonstration Site – Water management and environmental quality in the Seyhan Basin (Turkey)

Located in the Lower Seyhan Plain in southeastern Mediterranean Turkey, this pilot site aims to study hydrological and agronomic dynamics in an intensively irrigated context, focusing on soil loss, nutrient loads, and water balance. Main activities: Hydrological monitoring with in situ measurements of water balance, precipitation observation, and irrigation management. Crop mapping and classification of cultivated areas using satellite data and field observations. Meteorological monitoring with stations measuring temperature, humidity, wind, precipitation, and solar radiation. Soil moisture measurement under various conditions (bare soil and irrigated citrus orchard) using dedicated sensors. Water quality analysis in irrigation and drainage canals (pH, turbidity, nitrates, phosphates, electrical conductivity, temperature). Estimation of nutrient loads and sediment transport at the basin outlet. Calculation of soil loss related to irrigation to identify critical issues and possible mitigation measures.

Final goal:

Provide a scientific basis for efficient water resource management in agriculture by integrating meteorological, soil, crop, and water quality data, contributing to environmental sustainability and reducing diffuse pollution in the Seyhan River Basin.

D.G.2 Nordic: explore novel approaches that especially account for significant or extreme weather events (precipitation and temperature) in reducing sediment, nutrients, and pesticide losses under different climatic regimes and agricultural systems in the Nordic region (including the Baltic sea).
D.G.2 Nordic: explore novel approaches that especially account for significant or extreme weather events (precipitation and temperature) in reducing sediment, nutrients, and pesticide losses under different climatic regimes and agricultural systems in the Nordic region (including the Baltic sea).
D.G.7.: improve smart agriculture novel solutions towards irrigation water management and nitrogen leaching mitigation
D.G.6.: co-develop, improve, adapt, and test current and novel agricultural (soil, water, nutrient) management technologies and solutions, evolve monitoring technologies and integrated solutions, and adapt, calibrate, and validate the developed tools, models, and systems
D.G.4.: create a testbed for the innovative solutions and Integrate the network of experimental agricultural watersheds of the Government of Navarra.
D.G.5.: develop a monitoring system regarding the ground and surface water status in different scenarios and identify, adapt and evaluate effective agronomical practices so that the mitigation strategies can be efficiently designed and applied
D.G.3: test and generate novel insights for zero pollution in Ukraine under climate change in the post-war recovery.
D.G.1. East-Med: Identify pathways to transform state-of-the-art solutions into traditional practices for sustainable agriculture and water conservation in water-scarce coastal Mediterranean basins facing multiple challenges.
DG1 East-Med : Identify pathways to transform state-of-the-art solutions into traditional practices for sustainable agriculture and water conservation in water-scarce coastal Mediterranean basins facing multiple challenges.
DG1 East-Med : Identify pathways to transform state-of-the-art solutions into traditional practices for sustainable agriculture and water conservation in water-scarce coastal Mediterranean basins facing multiple challenges.