Minimisation of the water footprint of tomato cultivation under abiotic stress conditions.

Water footprint minimisation in tomato cultivation under abiotic stress conditions.

The current overexploitation of natural resources is generating an unsustainable water deficit, which is why the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) warns of the need to technify irrigation systems with the aim of increasing water efficiency.

This is a challenge that can only be met through innovative and viable solutions that bring about a new agricultural revolution, generating an increase in sustainable food production by applying resilient agricultural practices that contribute to the maintenance of ecosystems, strengthen the capacity to adapt to climate change and optimise productive resources.

At AZUD, we know that no single solution will succeed in isolation, which is why we encourage parallel development across different sectors.

The aim of the TOMABIOTIC project is to develop new solutions for a more sustainable agriculture based on the reduction of the water footprint of one of the most productive crops on the planet, the tomato, which will make it possible to generate individuals with high tolerance to abiotic stress, as well as to put them into seasonal crop production by means of sub-surface irrigation optimisation techniques.