Some decisions no platform can make for you: redesigning irrigation sectors, choosing which technology is worth it on your farm, diagnosing why one zone yields less, planning the transition to deficit irrigation or checking whether a change in management really works. That is what our agronomic and technology consulting team is for.
Our agronomic team — the same one that built SAQIA on decades of IAS-CSIC research — offers agronomic and technology consulting to irrigated tree-crop farms: olive, almond, pistachio and other crops. It is not about installing technology for its own sake: we work out with you which data add value in your case, and which do not.
Meet the science and the teamIf your farm is already on SAQIA, the diagnosis starts from your real data: the tree-by-tree structure, the irrigation history and the stress measured season after season. Not from a single morning’s visit.
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How does your farm respond to water, to a fertiliser or to a new management practice? We help you design and follow the trial, and compare zones and seasons to learn what really works. With the same method as research trials, but on your trees and with your data.
A specific question, a documented answer: why that zone yields less, what limits that sector, how much headroom your irrigation network has.
The season planned before it starts: target water volumes per sector, the crop’s critical windows and the judgement to adjust when the year doesn’t go as expected.
A dedicated technician throughout the season: periodic follow-up, decisions taken together and an end-of-season review.
If it is not one of the problems we solve, we will tell you. And if it is, we will also tell you what data it would take to solve it well.
Tell us the problem