C.1 LIFE AgroClimaWater Geodatabase development, update and maintenance
Responsible Beneficiary: HYETOS
This action concerns the development and update of the project’s Geodatabase that will allow storing, processing, querying and retrieving information about the project implementation and monitoring.
Deliverables

• Web-based platform of AWMS forms.   Download PDF
• LIFE AgroClimaWater Geodatabase.   Download PDF

C.2 Identification and assessment of water efficiency in the three F.ORs – Before LIFE AgroClimaWater project
Responsible Beneficiary: LRI
This action includes the implementation of the Agricultural Water Management System and in particular:

• Data collection by farmers registered in Action A.1 concerning their respective farms, aiming at the current status of water management and agrochemicals utilization analysis.
• Data collection regarding the existing governance actions in the Farmers Organizations (FORs) participating in the project.
• Evaluation of the current situation and assessment of the impacts imposed on the water resources of the project pilot areas.

Deliverable

• Report on Assessment of Water efficiency of the participant F.ORs before LIFE AgroClimaWater   Download PDF

Sub-deliverables

• Water Availability in LIFE AgroClimaWater Pilot sub –basins in Crete.   Download PDF
• Runoff, leaching and erosion risk assessment and use of agrochemicals in high risk areas.   Download PDF
• Inventory of applied substances in the project’s registered farms.   Download PDF

C.3 Selection of the pilot farms and formulation of the adaptation strategy for the three F.ORs.
Responsible Beneficiary: LRI
This action concerns the selection of the 10 most representative farms in each pilot area, based on current situation analysis, and the development of a water management adaptation (to climate change) strategy for the participating FOrs, that will include:
1. Good Agricultural Practices that enhance water utilization efficiency on the farm level.
2. Governance Actions regarding water management on the FOrs level.
3. Drought and floods management plans.
Deliverables

• Proposal of farm specific Action Plans.   Download PDF
• Initial Governance actions.   Download PDF
• Initial Water Management Adaptation Strategy (WMAS).   Download PDF
• Revised WMAS strategy.Download PDF

C.4 Application of good agricultural practices to adapt to climate change
Responsible Beneficiary: IOTSP
This action involves the application of good agricultural practices that enhance water efficiency and rationalize agrochemicals utilization in 10 pilot farms per project area for 3 cultivation periods (years) under the supervision of the FORs agriculturalists
Deliverables

• 1st report on Agricultural practices action plans implementation.  Download PDF
• 2nd report on Agricultural practices action plans implementation. Download PDF
• Final report on Agricultural practices action plans implementation. Download PDF

C.5 Building Adaptive Capacity in agricultural sector - Implementation of F.ORs governance actions
Responsible Beneficiary: HYETOS
This action includes the following activities:

• Public consultation and training of the involved parties on the requirements of the Agricultural Water Management System and the proposed water management adaptation (to climate change) strategy
• Implementation of water governance actions by the 3 FOrs.
• Monitoring and assessment of the farmers’ adaptive capacity built.

Deliverables

• Report on implementation and evaluation of F.ORs governance actions. Download PDF
• Report on training and consultation meetings, evaluation of adaptive capacity enhancement to climate change Download PDF

 

D.1 Good agricultural practices monitoring in the pilot farms
Responsible Beneficiary: UNIBAS
The action concerns monitoring the application of good agricultural practices on the field for a 3 year period and includes:

• Data logging of water and agrochemicals utilized and productivity reached, by the farmers.
• Leaf, soil and water run-offs sampling and analyses and soil moisture measurements by FOrs agriculturalists and
• Data quality control.

Deliverables

• Monitoring protocols for each parameter monitored.  Download PDF
• Report on monitoring of GAPs implementation. Download PDF

D.2 Project’s environmental impact
Responsible Beneficiary: UNIBAS
The action concerns the environmental impact assessment of the project proposed good agricultural practices on the farm and the pilot area scales per year of application and includes:

• 1. Estimation of the project’s agricultural practices’ performance indicators.
• 2. Environmental impact assessment on the farm scale.
• 3. Projection on the pilot area (sub-basin) scale.
• 4. Environmental impact on the pilot area (sub-basin) scale.
• 5. Effects of the project’s agricultural practices on water use efficiency for the 3 implementation years.

Deliverables

• Report on Project’s environmental impact per pilot sub-basin. Download PDF
• Report on the final project’s results. Download PDF

D.3 Project’s socio-economic impact
Responsible Beneficiary: HYETOS
The action concerns the socio-economic impact assessment of a) the project proposed good agricultural practices on the farm and the pilot area scales and b) the water governance actions on the FOrs scale. It includes:
1. socio-economic impacts on the farm scale based on actions D.1 and D.2 monitoring parameters.
2. socio-economic impacts on the cultivation scale by means of data projection on the total area cultivated with the same crops in each pilot.
3. socio- economic impact of FOrs governance actions with respect to the climate change adaptive capacity of farmers built.
4. socio-economic impacts on the pilot areas scale via the estimation of water opportunity cost and renewable water availability.

Deliverable
Socio-economic impact assessment study Download PDF

D.4 Assessment of ecosystem function restoration
Responsible Beneficiary: IOTSP
The action concerns the assessment of the project proposed agricultural practices impacts on the ecosystem functions at the farm scale and includes:
1. Biodiversity of soil microorganisms measurements via traditional and molecular methods before the onset and after the completion of application of the proposed practices.
2. Recording of orchard ground flora composition before the onset and after the completion of application of the proposed practices.
3. Recording the number and taxonomic distribution of arthropod fauna before the onset and after the completion of application of the proposed practices.
The action also involves the desertification risk assessment of the 3 pilot areas by means of GIS modelling.

Deliverable
Study on Ecosystem functions restoration and desertification risk. Download PDF

D.5 Evaluation of project’s results
Responsible Beneficiary: HYETOS
This action concerns the evaluation of project’s results, their transferability and replicability, as well as their potential incorporation in the national water management, agricultural development and climate change adaptation policies and strategies by the project’s main stakeholders. It includes

• The definition of the main stakeholders.
• The development of appropriate evaluation tools.
• Evaluation by the main stakeholders and estimation of project’s performance indicators.

Deliverable
Report on Evaluation of Project's results.

 

E.1 Project’s promotional material and general publicity
Responsible Beneficiary: HYETOS
This action concerns the promotion and publicity of the project and includes thw development of:
1. Project’s Visual identity, leaflet, poster and roll up.
2. Project’s mailing list and press releases.

Deliverables

• Project’s leaflet, poster and roll ups.   Download PDF
• Project’s mailing list.   Download PDF

E.2 Project’s notice boards and signs
Responsible Beneficiary: HYETOS
The action concerns the design and procurement of the project’s notice boards and signs.

Deliverable
Project’s notice boards and signs.   Download PDF

E.3 Project’s website
Responsible Beneficiary: HYETOS
The action involves the development and update of the project’s website and forum.
Deliverable
Project’s website final version

E.4 Project’s Networking
Responsible Beneficiary: IOTSP
This action concerns networking and frequent communication with the network’s members and involves:

• Networking with projects, entities and authorities with similar interests and objectives (water management in Agriculture, climate change).
• Forum network development and management.
• Organization of and participation in network meetings

Deliverable
Report on Network operation by IOTSP. Download PDF

E.5 Building adaptive capacity of agriculture in Mediterranean towards climate change
Responsible Beneficiary: HYETOS
This action concerns the dissemination of the project’s results to its main stakeholders (farmers, FOrs and competent authorities) and includes the following:
1. elaboration and edition of project’s guides.
2. τorganization of seminars and site visits for farmers, agriculturalists and competent authorities in the project target areas.
3. organization of informative meetings with FOrs outside the project target areas.
4. organization of informative sessions in agricultural fairs.

Deliverables

• 1st Guide "EWS standard: a tool for agricultural adaptation to climate change". Download PDF
• 2nd Guide "Best practices for efficient water use in agriculture". Download PDF
• Report on the information meetings and lectures. Download PDF

E.6 Information on efficient water use and adaptation to climate change by means of EWS standard - Participation in conferences and publications
Responsible Beneficiary: IOTSP
The action E.6 concerns the dissemination of EWS implementation to competitive water users, as well as to the scientific community and includes the following activities:
1. organization of seminars for competitive water users in the project’s target areas.
2. publications and participation in scientific conferences.
3. organization of the project’s closing conference.

Deliverables

• Report on Seminars "EWS standard as a tool for water management adaptation to climate change”. Download PDF
  
• Final Report on project's Dissemination events. Download PDF
  

E.7 Project’s Layman’s report
Responsible Beneficiary: HYETOS
The action concerns the edition of the project’s Layman’s report in 3 languages (Greek, Italian, English).

Deliverable
Project’s Layman’s report. Download PDF

E.8 Monitoring and Assessment of E actions
Responsible Beneficiary: HYETOS
This action concerns monitoring, assessment and revision (if necessary) of the project’s communication plan.

Deliverable
Assessment of LIFE AgroClimaWater Dissemination

 

F.1 Project Management and monitoring
Responsible Beneficiary: HYETOS
Action F.1 concerns project management and monitoring and includes the following activities:
1. Project management scheme and committees formation.
2. Project reporting.
3. Project meetings.
4. Project progress assessment by means of monitoring indicators.
5. Financial Auditing.

Deliverables

• 1st progress report.
• Midterm report.
• 2nd progress report.
• Final report.

F.2 LIFE Climate action Monitoring indicators
Responsible Beneficiary: HYETOS
Action F.2 concerns the estimation, monitoring and revision of the project specific monitoring indicators concerning adaptation of agricultural sector’s adaptation to climate change.

Deliverables

• LIFE AgroClimaWater - Revised LIFE Climate action monitoring indicators.
• Memorandum of cooperation for after LIFE Climate action Monitoring.
• LIFE AgroClimaWater - Final LIFE Climate action monitoring indicators.

F.3 After – Life Communication plan
Responsible Beneficiary: HYETOS
Action F.3 concerns the preparation of the project’s After – Life communication plan.   Download PDF

Deliverables
"After – Life AgroCLimaWater communication plan”