The SWAMP project focuses on developing IoT-based methods for smart water management in precision irrigation across Italy, Spain, and Brazil. Its objectives include improving water and energy efficiency, maximizing crop yields, and integrating various technologies to enhance irrigation practices. The project includes multiple pilots addressing specific agricultural challenges in different regions, such as reducing water waste and optimizing irrigation through advanced monitoring techniques.

1. SWAMP
http://swamp-project.org
João Henrique Kleinschmidt
UFABC
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2. ConsortiumConsortium
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3. The SWAMP ProjectThe SWAMP Project
The SWAMP project develops IoT based
methods and approaches for smart water
management in precision irrigation domain,
and pilots them in Italy, Spain, and Brazil
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4. SWAMP ObjectivesSWAMP Objectives
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To develop IoT based methods and approaches
for smart water management in precision irrigation
To address to the climate change challenges by
using water and energy more efficiently
To maximize the yield and quality of crop with
given water
To pilot the approaches: two pilots in Europe and
two pilots in Brazil

5. SWAMP ChallengesSWAMP Challenges
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Automating advanced platforms and integrating different technologies and
solutions
Automating advanced platforms and integrating different technologies and
solutions
Reducing effort in software development exploiting IoT, big data, cloud and
AI
Reducing effort in software development exploiting IoT, big data, cloud and
AI
Integrating heterogeneous sensors (also drones) for precision irrigationIntegrating heterogeneous sensors (also drones) for precision irrigation
Proposing, testing and validating new business modelsProposing, testing and validating new business models
Providing flexibility and adaptability to different contexts and locationsProviding flexibility and adaptability to different contexts and locations

6. Smart Irrigation SystemSmart Irrigation System
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7. SWAMP Platform ArchitectureSWAMP Platform Architecture
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8. SWAMPSWAMP
IoT PilotsIoT Pilots
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9. SmartSmart Water Distribution ManagementWater Distribution Management ((CBEC, Italy)CBEC, Italy)
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• Open canal based water distribution system at Po river in Reggio Emilia, Italy
• Large variety of irrigation systems (surface, sprinklers, drip) and crop varieties (forage, wine,
pumpkins, etc.)
• Objectives to reduce water waste and energy used in pumps by advanced management
practices, and to optimise the irrigation by monitoring the water balance at fields

10. SmartSmart precision irrigationprecision irrigation ((Intercrop, Spain)Intercrop, Spain)
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• Lettuce, endive, spinach, herbs and baby leaf farm in Murcia, Spain
• Serious water scarcity area with very limited water resources
• Objectives to maximise the yield per water by monitoring the plants and water balance

11. VariableVariable Rate IrrigationRate Irrigation ((MATOPIBA/Brazil)MATOPIBA/Brazil)
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• Area within 4 Brazilian states: Maranhão, Tocantins, Piauí, Bahia: important irrigated agricultural
frontier using center pivots in the Cerrado, a savannah climate subtype
• Municipality of Luís Eduardo Magalhães (Bahia), the “capital” of the MATOPIBA region
• Soybean production using variable rate irrigation with center pivots
• Objectives: production highly affected by drought and irrigation is a very effective alternative, but
expansion depends on technologies that improve operating costs and promote sustainability

12. PrecisionPrecision Drop IrrigationDrop Irrigation (Guaspari/(Guaspari/Brazil)Brazil)
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• Guaspari Winery: growing areas in altitude ranges between 1,000 m and 1,300 m
• Municipality of Espírito Santo do Pinhal (state of São Paulo) in Serra da Mantiqueira
• Irrigation is essential for viticulture in this region
• Objective is to perform automatic measuring of soil water content at different soil depths
and in several vineyards and to provide quick and accurate irrigation management
information

13. ScenarioScenario

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SWAMP
http://swamp-project.org
João Henrique Kleinschmidt
UFABC