Go-JuST

Future pathways

Trikala workshop

Water Management

Water management through the merger of TOEBs on the basis of their financial soundness, with partial autonomy, for water governance through strict cooperation protocols.

Strengthening the Pinios Irrigation Network (LAP Piniou) using water from the Acheloos River.

Connection with local dams: Neochoritis, Mouzaki, Pyli Trikalon, Litheos.

Activation of the existing institutional framework on water abstraction [National Water Abstraction Registry] and control of boreholes with meters.

Abolition of surface irrigation with canals [transition to closed systems].

Full expansion of drip irrigation.

Energy – Land Use

Investment in new smart irrigation technologies.

Installation of agro-photovoltaic systems (elevated panels) to enable dual land use.

Crop Management

Zoning and subsequent recognition of land types.

Adoption of precision agriculture technologies and good farming practices (green manuring, crop rotation, intercropping, etc.). 

New high value-added crops (aromatic and medicinal plants, etc.).

Implementation of cultivation practices for soil protection (cover crops, no-till, reduced tillage).

Implementation of certification standards to achieve specific cotton qualities (see contract farming programs of ginning industries).

Universal adoption of harvesting with conventional cotton-picking machines (non-use of STRIPER machines).

Designation of new cultivation zones through new value chains structured around product certification standards.