Mauguio, Rhône River (IAMM)
Demonstration Site – France (Mauguio, Rhône River)
Sustainable water resource management and pollution reduction in the agro-hydrological system
The Mauguio demonstration site, located in southern France, is an area characterized by intensive agriculture and diverse water resources, including lagoons, wetlands, rivers, and aquifers. The project adopts a multidisciplinary and multi-criteria approach to understand farmers’ decision-making, test new practices, and monitor water withdrawals and flows with the aim of reducing soil and water pollution.
Key challenges:
- Complex management of water resources across agriculture, environment, and local communities
- Need to evaluate the adoption of innovative agricultural practices and effective policies
- Monitoring and controlling water withdrawals for irrigation and drainage flows
- Protecting sensitive ecosystems such as lagoons and wetlands connected to the se
Implemented approaches:
- Analysis of farmers’ decisions through advanced bio-economic models (DAHBSIM model)
- Field- and watershed-scale testing of innovative solutions
- Integrated monitoring of water use, nitrogen balances, and livestock dynamics
- Application of multidimensional models to manage risks related to price and crop yield
Main objectives:
- Reduce soil and water pollution within the agro-hydrological system
- Support farmers in transitioning to more sustainable practices
- Ensure integrated and multidisciplinary management of natural and agricultural resources
- Enhance decision-making capacity through innovative modeling tools
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.
