Go-JuST

Future pathways

Larissa workshop I

Water Management

Irrigation management through the supervision and administrative autonomy of the TOEVs, without strict protocols for the distribution of available water

Reinforcement of the Pinios River Basin from Lake Plastiras up to the environmental limit

Reinforcement of Lake Karla from the Pinios River with the help of pumping stations, without full restoration of the lake

Creation of improvised – semi-permanent (makeshift) dams for local river irrigation

Exploitation (private and public) of groundwater aquifers up to the environmental threshold

Reduction of groundwater irrigation (boreholes) by 20% within six years / 50% within six years

Irrigation with: closed networks, boreholes

Energy – Land Use

Decoupling the cost of irrigation from the stock market value of electricity and maintaining reduced prices for agricultural electricity.

Absence of central classification of land uses (as high, medium, low).

Crop Management

Crop selection based on water availability: Maintenance of key arable crops (cotton, maize, alfalfa)./ Crop selection based on water availability: Informal cultivation zones according to water availability.

Increase in rainfed (dryland) crops/ Reduction of cotton and maize crops

Strengthening the production and processing of rainfed crops with added value

Strengthening and expanding spontaneous zones with: aromatic plants, legumes, permanent crops [tree crops]

Soil and crop management based on subsidy programs (coupled payments, de-nitrification programs, eco-schemes, etc.).

Subsidies based on yield per hectare.