Scientific Resources

HubIS production

Peer-reviewed articles

HubIS members launched in 2023 a Special Issue in the Journal of Agricultural Water Management called Performance gaps of Irrigation Systems in Mediterranean agriculture: can participatory action research for the adoption of technological innovations help?

About 8 to 10 papers are expected from HubIS research teams. The call is still open, the editorial team calls for complementary contributions until end of 2024.

HubIS contributions (publised papers in August 2024)
  • Cameira, M.D.R., Rodrigo, I., Garção, A., Neves, M., Ferreira, A., Paredes, P., 2024. Linking participatory approach and rapid appraisal methods to select potential innovations in collective irrigation systems. Agricultural Water Management 299, 108885. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2024.108885
  • Gavilan, P., Higueras, J.L., Lozano, D., Ruiz, N., 2024. The Riego Berry mobile application: A powerful tool to improve on-farm irrigation performance in berry crops. Agricultural Water Management 292, 108682. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2024.108682
Other peer-reviewed papers
  • Esteves, R., Calejo, M.J., Rolim, J., Teixeira, J.L., Cameira, M.R., 2023. Framework for Assessing Collective Irrigation Systems Resilience to Climate Change—The Maiorga Case Study. Agronomy 13, 661. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy13030661
  • Ferreira, A., Rolim, J., Paredes, P., Cameira, M.D.R., 2023. Methodologies for Water Accounting at the Collective Irrigation System Scale Aiming at Optimizing Water Productivity. Agronomy 13, 1938. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy13071938
  • Ferreira, A., Rolim, J., Paredes, P., Cameira, M.D.R., 2022. Assessing Spatio-Temporal Dynamics of Deep Percolation Using Crop Evapotranspiration Derived from Earth Observations through Google Earth Engine. Water 14, 2324. https://doi.org/10.3390/w14152324
  • Sakellariou, S., Spiliotopoulos, M., Alpanakis, N., Faraslis, I., Sidiropoulos, P., Tziatzios, G.A., Karoutsos, G., Dalezios, N.R., Dercas, N., 2024. Spatiotemporal Drought Assessment Based on Gridded Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) in Vulnerable Agroecosystems. Sustainability 16, 1240. https://doi.org/10.3390/su16031240
  • Sidiropoulos, P., Dalezios, N.R., Loukas, A., Mylopoulos, N., Spiliotopoulos, M., Faraslis, I.N., Alpanakis, N., Sakellariou, S., 2021. Quantitative Classification of Desertification Severity for Degraded Aquifer Based on Remotely Sensed Drought Assessment. Hydrology 8, 47. https://doi.org/10.3390/hydrology8010047
  • Vandôme, P., Leauthaud, C., Moinard, S., Sainlez, O., Mekki, I., Zairi, A., Belaud, G., 2023. Making technological innovations accessible to agricultural water management: Design of a low-cost wireless sensor network for drip irrigation monitoring in Tunisia. Smart Agricultural Technology 4, 100227. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atech.2023.100227

Scientific communications

HubIS members participated in the organization of the 2nd international symposium AgroEcoInfo in Volos, Greece (June 30 to July 2, 2022). The proceedings are available here.

HubIS contributions
  • G. Belaud, L. Mateos, S. Bouarfa, C. Leauthaud, K. Daudin, J. Lecont, A. Zairi, T. Hartani, H. Gomez-Mac Pherson, A. Hamman, M. R. do Cameira, N. Dalezios, P. Gavilan, P. Paredes, A. Kettan, I. Ferchichi, P. Vandôme, Open innovation Hub for Irrigation Systems in Mediterranean agriculture (HubIS): a mid-term perspective on a Research & Development project
  • K. Daudin, P. Vandôme, A. Berkaoui, F. Charron, G. Belaud From farm to district and basin levels: social technical and environmental efficiency of irrigation systems – The Crau case study
  • I. Doménech-Carretero, E. Gallego and L. Mateos, Catchment-scale water accounting and quality monitoring. A Fab Lab for improving irrigation performance
  • A. Kettani, A. Taky, A. Hammani, Performance assessment of irrigation system undergoing shifting from sprinkler irrigation to drip irrigation
  • Sidiropoulos, P., K. Daudin, N.R. Dalezios, M. do Rosario Cameira, P.C.S. Paredes and N. Dercas, Innovations of “Hubis” Project to be tested at the field/basin and farm level
  • I. Ferchichi, I. Mekki, M. Elloumi, A. Zairi, A participatory process for exploring sustainable groundwater management options: A case study in Northern Tunisia

HubIS members co-organized a session at the European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2024 (14–19 April 2024). It is called Monitoring and modelling the water cycle in the agricultural systems: observation and data fusion methods for improved knowledge and quantification of processes, impact assessment of water use and forecast

HubIS contributions
  • Belaud, G., Daudin, K., Montginoul, M., Charron, F., Igbui, P., Leauthaud, C., Vandôme, P., 2024. Sustainability of water transfers in the Crau plain. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu24-17364
  • Cuadrado-Alarcon, B., Taguas, E.V., Domenech, I., Mateos, L., Gomez-Macpherson, H., 2024. Hydrological indicators in an irrigated catchment with different crops in Spain: how research can contribute to fulfilling Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) through the basic indices for FabLabs. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu24-6311
  • Daudin, K., Belaud, G., Bouzidi, Z., Leauthaud, C., Lejars, C., Schwien, L., 2024. A social-physical approach to question the scaling of local innovations for improving agricultural water management in the Mediterranean. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu24-16137
  • Dercas, N., Tziatzios, G., Faraslis, I., Dalezios, N., Alpanakis, N., Spiliotopoulos, M., Sakellariou, S., Sidiropoulos, P., Brissimis, V., 2024. Improving satellite estimation of actual evapotranspiration using field monitoring and crop simulation. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu24-20601
  • Faraslis, I., Dalezios, N., Alpanakis, N., Tziatzios, G., Spiliotopoulos, M., Sakellariou, S., Sidiropoulos, P., Dercas, N., Brissimis, V., 2024. Agroclimatic zoning methodology for selection of suitable crop in water limited Mediterranean areas. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu24-20715
  • Sakellariou, S., Spiliotopoulos, M., Alpanakis, N., Faraslis, I., Sidiropoulos, P., Tziatzios, G., Karoutsos, G., Dalezios, N., Dercas, N., 2024. Spatial and temporal drought analysis in susceptible agroecosystems: the case of Thessaly region, Greece. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu24-17122
  • Vandôme, P., Berkaoui, A., Guillemin, C., Leauthaud, C., 2024. Revisiting border irrigation management: benefits of new in-field sensor-based control compared to conventional cutoff times. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu24-16164

Acknowledgements to HubIS

HubIS project has been acknowledged in the following peer-reviewed articles

HubIS acknowledgements
  • Bazzi, H., Baghdadi, N., Najem, S., Jaafar, H., Le Page, M., Zribi, M., Faraslis, I., Spiliotopoulos, M., 2022. Detecting Irrigation Events over Semi-Arid and Temperate Climatic Areas Using Sentinel-1 Data: Case of Several Summer Crops. Agronomy 12, 2725. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy12112725
  • Kettani, A., Hammani, A., Taky, A., Kuper, M., 2022. Challenging ‘one size fits all’: Continued use of sprinkler irrigation in a state‐led drip irrigation project in Morocco. Irrigation and Drainage 71, 619–634. https://doi.org/10.1002/ird.2675
  • Cantero-Chinchilla, F.N., Belaud, G., Castro-Orgaz, O., Mateos, L., 2023. Steady Flow through Gated Circular Culverts: Hydraulic Operation and Experiments. J. Irrig. Drain Eng. 149, 04023012. https://doi.org/10.1061/JIDEDH.IRENG-9974

HubIS sites’ contexts

  • Ould Rebai, A., Hartani, T., Chabaca, M.N., Kuper, M., 2017. Une innovation incrémentielle : la conception et la diffusion d’un pivot d’irrigation artisanal dans le Souf (Sahara algérien). Cah. Agric. 26, 35005. https://doi.org/10.1051/cagri/2017024
  • Ould Rebai, A., Hartani, T., Kuper, M., 2022. The outward journey of a local innovation: the dissemination of an artisanal irrigation pivot from Algeria’s Sahara. New Medit 21. https://doi.org/10.30682/nm2205e
  • Ould Rebai, A., Hartani, T., Chabaca, M.N., Kuper, M., 2017. Une innovation incrémentielle : la conception et la diffusion d’un pivot d’irrigation artisanal dans le Souf (Sahara algérien). Cah. Agric. 26, 35005. https://doi.org/10.1051/cagri/2017024
  • Ould Rebai, A., Hartani, T., Kuper, M., 2022. The outward journey of a local innovation: the dissemination of an artisanal irrigation pivot from Algeria’s Sahara. New Medit 21. https://doi.org/10.30682/nm2205e
  • Mailhol, J.C., Merot, A., 2008. SPFC: a tool to improve water management and hay production in the Crau region. Irrig Sci 26, 289–302. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00271-007-0099-3
  • Merot, A., Bergez, J.-E., 2010. IRRIGATE: A dynamic integrated model combining a knowledge-based model and mechanistic biophysical models for border irrigation management. Environmental Modelling & Software 25, 421–432. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2009.11.003
  • Merot, A., Bergez, J.-E., Capillon, A., Wery, J., 2008. Analysing farming practices to develop a numerical, operational model of farmers’ decision-making processes: An irrigated hay cropping system in France. Agricultural Systems 98, 108–118. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2008.05.001
  • Dercas, N., Dalezios, N.R., Stamatiadis, S., Evangelou, E., Glampedakis, A., Mantonanakis, G., Tserlikakis, N., 2022. AquaCrop Simulation of Winter Wheat under Different N Management Practices. Hydrology 9, 56. https://doi.org/10.3390/hydrology9040056
  • Nastos, P.T., Dalezios, N.R., Faraslis, I.N., Mitrakopoulos, K., Blanta, A., Spiliotopoulos, M., Sakellariou, S., Sidiropoulos, P., Tarquis, A.M., 2020. Risk management framework of environmental hazards and extremes in Mediterranean ecosystems. https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-2020-155

Kettani, A., Hammani, A., Taky, A., Kuper, M., 2020. L’expérience de l’irrigation par aspersion dans les secteurs collectifs de la Grande Hydraulique du Maroc. Revue Marocaine des Sciences Agronomiques et Vétérinaires 8, 399–410 (agrimaroc)

  • Gavilan, P., Ruiz, N., Lozano, D., 2019. Innovación y cambio tecnológico en los sistemas agrarios intensivos mediterráneos, in: El Regadío En El Mediterráneo Español: Una Aproximación Multidimensional. pp. 181–206.
  • Gavilán, P., Ruiz, N., Miranda, L., Martínez-Ferri, E., Contreras, J., Baeza, R., Lozano, D., 2021. Improvement of Strawberry Irrigation Sustainability in Southern Spain Using FAO Methodology. Water 13, 833. https://doi.org/10.3390/w13060833
  • Lozano, D., Ruiz, N., Baeza, R., Contreras, J.I., Gavilán, P., 2020. Effect of Pulse Drip Irrigation Duration on Water Distribution Uniformity. Water 12, 2276. https://doi.org/10.3390/w12082276
  • Lorite, I., Mateos, L., Fereres Castiel, E., 2003. Aplicación de un modelo de simulación a la evaluación de una zona regable. ing.agua 10, 517. https://doi.org/10.4995/ia.2003.2594
  • Lorite, I.J., Mateos, L., Orgaz, F., Fereres, E., 2007. Assessing deficit irrigation strategies at the level of an irrigation district. Agricultural Water Management 91, 51–60. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2007.04.005
  • Mateos, L., Lorite, I., Lozano, D., Fereres, E., 2004. Water governance and management in the water users’ associations of Spain . In : Bari : CIHEAM, 2004. p. 2 33-2 41, in: Participatory Water Saving Management and Water Cultural Heritage., Options Méditerranéennes. pp. 233–241.
  • Ferchichi, I., Mekki, I., Elloumi, M., Arfa, L., Lardon, S., 2020. Actors, Scales and Spaces Dynamics Linked to Groundwater Resources use for Agriculture Production in Haouaria Plain, Tunisia. A Territory Game Approach. Land 9, 74. https://doi.org/10.3390/land9030074
  • Ferchichi, I., Zairi, A., Marlet, S., 2022. Water scarcity conflicts: Supporting dialogue and negotiation. https://doi.org/10.5194/iahs2022-425
  • Mekki, I., Ghazouani, W., Closas, A., Molle, F., 2017. Perceptions of groundwater degradation and mitigation responses in the Haouaria region in Tunisia. Groundwater for Sustainable Development 5, 101–110. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gsd.2017.05.001