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Therefore, a joint project proposal is made by Achmea (Agro), Deltares and the water boards Aa en Maas and Vechtstromen. 

Aim of the project

-          Setuparealtimeforecastingcropmodellingsystemthatfeedsthe farmer app with relevant crop production data

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Activities

The project is divided intwo in two stages. In phase 1 we will develop in close calibration with the waterboards, Achmea and the farmers the forecasting system for crop production that will feed the developed app by Milan SAF.Also  Also experience fromWageningenEnvrionmentalResearch from WageningenEnvrionmentalResearch  inc ropmodelling(WOFOST) will be involved. In phase 2 we will calibrate the models and do data assimilation with available soil moisture and groundwater level measurements retrieved from satellite data to improve the results of the model. The following steps describe the activities to fulfill the project’s objectives.

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1. Deltares in collaboration with the waterboards and Achmea will select the most suitable pilot areas with preferably a dense monitoring network of groundwater levels and soil moisture
2. A workshop with farmers will beorganisedby be organised by Deltares, Achmea, waterboardsandMilanto to refine the app to farmers’ needs.
3. Deltares will clip the regional MODFLOW-METASWAP-WOFOST model for the selected pilot area and run the models and check if the results make sense.
4. Deltares will integrate the models in a FEWS system for real-time forecasting. Delft-FEWS consists of a sophisticated set of configurable modules for building a hydrological forecasting system customisedto customised to the specific requirements of an individual organisation. https://www.deltares.nl/app/uploads/2015/01/Delft-FEWS_brochure-2017.pdf
5. The relevant WOFOST output from FEWSsystemsuch as potential production and water-limited production will be exported to Milan and to the water boards. This activity will be done in collaboration with the water boards and Milan
6. Milan SAF will develop the farmers’ app with as input the exported data from FEWS.

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1. Data assimilation with available soil moisture satellite data and groundwater level measurements. This activity will be performed by Deltares in close collaboration with the water boards that have the expert knowledge and satellite data. AlsoWageningen  Also Wageningen Environmental research will be involved by Deltares (contract Deltares-WUR) to incorporate their knowledge oncropmodellingon crop modelling.
2. Calibrate the model with historical crop damage data from the farmers and ground measurements and with available historical satellite data. This activity will be performed by Deltares in close collaboration with the waterboards andAchmea,sinceall since all parties have expert knowledge and data in this area.
3. Evaluate the app with the farmers, the water boards, Achmea and Milan SAF.
4. The project team will provide a final version of the app based on evaluation and the newly calibrated model.

The table below shows all activities of phase 1 and 2 coupled to the organization(s) that willperformthe  will perform the activity.

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