INNOVATION
Irrigation & Pumping Plant Performance Calculator
Underground Wireless Manag
Under Net
etworks for Soil Moisture anagement
Economic Impact Study of the Irrigation Industry (data collected nationally)
Parallel 41 Flux Network: Supporting Real-Time Evapotranspiration Estimates & Monitoring Using Remote Sensing
Development of Water & Energy Efficiency Media Filtration System
IIC-supported projects across the United States
Addressing today’s WATER CHALLENGES & supporting tomorrow’s WATER USERS
Research conducted at IIC is focused on tools and technologies to improve irrigation and water-use
Compiled & edited by Amy Kremen
“F
rom the food on our tables to the green spaces we enjoy, irrigation sustains our society,” notes Allan Andales, PhD, professor of irrigation and water
science at Colorado State University and principal investigator of the Irrigation Innovation Consortium. IIC supports collaborative research projects focused on accelerating the development and adoption of water and energy-efficient tools, technologies and management strategies applicable in agricultural, landscape and/or urban settings.
Generous financial support from the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research helps fund IIC projects. Teams pitch their proposals in response to an annual call from IIC, and their projects are subsequently vetted and selected by the group’s Technical Research Steering Committee and Executive Committee. IIC prioritizes multi-institution projects, and all IIC projects must involve both industry and academic partners. In the future, IIC
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plans to further refine its pitch approach and will likely adjust its call for projects to prioritize research that can help address gaps and vulnerabilities made clearer in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic to benefit water users and the irrigation sector.
Since its inception in April 2018, IIC has allocated a little over $1 million of FFAR funding to support 14 research projects. Additional nonfederal contributions of funding, equipment, expertise and other resources provided by industry partners, universities and others have more than doubled the FFAR investment.
“IIC harnesses the scientific, engineering and business ingenuity of the private and public sectors to advance water- and energy-efficient technologies and solutions available to end users who are managing limited water resources,” says Andales. In addition to IIC’s FFAR-funded project portfolio, the collective expertise resulting from IIC’s formation has led to the
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