ITEA-labelled R&D · 2025–2028
Right water. Right nutrients.Better field decisions.
FERIDE connects field observations, interoperable data, AI-assisted analysis and sustainability metrics to research decision support for precision irrigation and fertigation.
- Programme
- ITEA 4 · Call 2022
- Project period
- 01 Nov 2025 — 31 Oct 2028
- Main use case
- Sugar beet · Türkiye
- Consortium
- 5 partners · Türkiye + UK
Why FERIDE
Every field decision sits at the intersection of crop needs, weather, soil and resource limits.
FERIDE investigates how fragmented signals can become timely, explainable and context-aware guidance while keeping agronomic judgement in the loop.
Timely field context
Crop, soil, weather and operational observations need to be connected with quality and provenance in view.
Coordinated inputs
Irrigation and fertigation decisions must consider water and nutrients together, at the right time and place.
Measurable sustainability
Resource choices need an evidence pathway that includes water-use and carbon-related perspectives.
Field to decision
A connected research pathway.
Observe
Crop, soil, irrigation, weather and contextual signals
Connect
Interoperable, quality-aware data preparation
Analyse
Prediction, optimisation and explainable analytics
Decide
Recommendations, alerts, scenarios and dashboards
Validate
Field evidence, user feedback and iterative refinement
What FERIDE brings together
Six connected capabilities, researched as one decision-support environment.
Field intelligence
Relevant soil, crop, irrigation, weather and external observations.
Interoperable data
A traceable data foundation for heterogeneous sources and reusable services.
AI-assisted analysis
Candidate prediction, risk and optimisation methods developed through R&D.
Precision fertigation
Planning support that considers the coordination of water and nutrients.
Water–carbon tracking
Water-footprint, operational-carbon and soil-carbon assessment pathways.
Explainable decisions
Recommendations and scenarios presented with relevant evidence and assumptions.
Main use case · Türkiye
Sugar beet as the field context for precision irrigation and fertigation.
FERIDE’s main use case brings growers, agronomists, operational teams and technology partners around a shared question: how can connected evidence improve the timing and coordination of water and nutrient decisions in sugar beet production?
Explore the sugar beet use caseResource intelligence
Agronomic recommendations alongside water and carbon evidence.
The project researches indicators that can place crop-management choices within environmental and operational context. Methods, thresholds and performance claims will be published only after validation and approval.
Water pathway
Water-use context and water-footprint perspectives.
Carbon pathway
Operational-carbon and soil-carbon assessment perspectives.
Agronomic value
Water, nutrients and crop performance considered together.
Consortium
Five partners. One shared research effort.
AQWADEM Consulting
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Kayseri Şeker
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KoçDigital
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Doğuş Teknoloji
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Centre for Future Food
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A clear route to approved public knowledge.
Public updates
The first approved updates are being prepared.
FERIDE is in progress. Public news and event information will be published here after consortium approval.