1st Scientific Meeting of WATERMED 4.0 Project « Smart Technology at the service of agriculture» 1st STAS, 11 February 2021, UDBKM,

Table of Contents

The Context………………………………………………………………………...... 1 Reminder of the goals and logistics of the Scientific Day………………………………... 2 Objectives…………………………………………………………………………………. 2 Schedule…………………………………………………………………………………... 2 Invitations…………………………………………………………………………………. 2 Experts and presenters…………………………………………………………………….. 2 Participants……………………………………………………………………...... 2 Process……………………………………………………………………………………. 2 Reception………………………………………………………………………………… 3 Participants……………………………………………………………………...... 3 Appendices………………………………………………………………………………. 3 Appendix 1 – Presentation Component………………………………………………….. 3 Appendix 2 - Program of the Day……………………………………………...... 4 Appendix 3 – The presenters……………………………………………………………… 5 Reference………………………………………………………………………………….. 7

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The context

In the current context, with important challenges (food, social, economic and environmental), the future of agriculture is clearly underway. Today, Mediterranean agriculture is accumulating two revolutions: the digital revolution and the organizational revolution with in particular the political flywheel displayed in this direction. With the arrival of the smart-technology, the goal is to increase the competitiveness of Algerian agriculture through technologies of smart-farming, by providing decision support to farmers but always keeping the environment and the presentation of the natural resource at the center of our concerns.

The role of digitization is increasingly present, and procedures, tools and other resources are becoming available in a new era in water management and smart agriculture. In the future agriculture of the Mediterranean region, concepts such as "big data", "Internet of things" and "cyber-physical systems", will have to coexist with the physical environments which must be more sustainable to ensure food and the quality of life of the population, in particular with regard to water resources.

“By accurately measuring variations within a plot and adapting the strategy accordingly, farmers can dramatically increase the effectiveness of pesticides and fertilizers and use them more selectively. By optimizing agricultural processes and crop potential, we reduce consumption (fuel, inputs) and costs, we manage and prevent risks: we thus increase hourly productivity, we improve yields but also quality (the plant grows under ideal conditions and contains a better protein rate) and we protect the environment (less pollutants released into nature) ”(FAO, 2017).

Therefore, the objective of WATERMED 4.0 is to develop and apply an integrated decision support system based on the Internet of Things "the Internet of Things", to manage the entire water cycle in agriculture, monitor water resources (conventional and unconventional) and water demands, including the measurement of economic, energy, social and factors that influence the efficiency of water use in Mediterranean agricultural production areas.

Vision of the Scientific WATERMED4.0 day «The farm becomes a connected structure equipped with sensors collecting a quantity of data at the moment "t" that you should know how to use. »

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Reminder of the objectives and logistics of the scientific day

Objectives

➢ Meeting around the targeted areas of research in the PRIMA project WATERMED 4.0: present the project to the public. ➢ Present the major objectives / expected impacts within the framework of the PRIMA- Watermed 4.0 project (Mid-long term). ➢ Open scientific debates (ministry, researchers-experts, local communities, and farmer) devoted to the future of integrating smart technologies into Mediterranean agriculture.

Schedule

Date: February 11, 2021, from 8:30 a.m. to 14:00 p.m., Location: Conference room, Research Laboratory, Djilali Bounaama University, Khemis .

Invitations

Experts and presenters

❖ Antonio Skarmeta WATERMED Project Coordinator (UMU) ❖ Amina Richa WATERMED Project local Coordinator.(UDBKM) ❖ Sami Touil Main Administrator of the WATERMED project (UDBKM) ❖ Jesus Argente Garcia WATERMED project member (UMU) ❖ Ludovico Ferrer WATERMED project member (ARVUM) ❖ Maria del Mar Moreno WATERMED project member (EVERGRANT) ❖ Chekired Fathya WATERMED project member (UDES) ❖ Meriem Fizir WATERMED project member (UDBKM)

Participants

❖ Farmers who own the plots selected under the WATERMED project. ❖ The General Directorate of Scientific Research and Technological Development (DGRSDT). ❖ Thematic Science and Technology Research Agency (ATRST). ❖ Renewable Energy Development Center. Solar Equipment Development Unit. (UDES). ❖ Scientific and Technical Research Center in Physico-Chemical Analysis (CRAPC). ❖ Directorate of Agricultural Services department - Ain Defla (DSA). ❖ Department of the Environment - Ain Defla. ❖ Directorate of the National Irrigation and Drainage Office (ONID). ❖ National Commission for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency. ❖ Multilateral Relations Department, Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research. ❖ Director of training, of research and extension, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

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Process • Reception; • Presentations-Intervention of the WATERMED-Prima 4.0 project partners; • Signature of collaboration agreements with farmers who own the plots selected under the WATERMED project; • Signature of collaboration agreements with UDES Bousmail (Tipaza) within the framework of the WATERMED project; • Signature of collaboration agreements with 1 University within the framework of the WATERMED project.

Reception Participants are invited to arrive an hour before the official start of the day in order to have a coffee with their peers and thus be able to begin to forge links. Upon arrival, they received an identification card and a pocket containing the documents needed for the day (program, form, etc.). The day began with welcome speech from the rector of the university.

Participants

❖ Communicators. ❖ Different categories of stakeholders in the field of water and agriculture and the environment and local administration.

Appendix 1 - Presentation of the scientific and organizational committee component SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

Pr. Ailam Elhadj (University of Djilali Bounaama. , Algeria) Pr. Benyamina Abouelhacene (LAPECI Oran University1) Pr. Loukil Lakhda (LAPECI Oran University 1) Dr. Richa Amina (University of Djilali Bounaama. Khemis Miliana, Algeria) Dr. Sami Touil (University of Djilali Bounaama. Khemis Miliana, Algeria) Dr. Antonio Skarmeta (University of Murcia, Spain) Dr. Jésus Enrique Argente Garcia (University of Murcia, Spain) Dr. Tassalit Djilali (Renewable Energy Development Center. Solar Equipment Development Unit) Dr. Chekired Fathya (Renewable Energy Development Center. Solar Equipment Development Unit) Dr. Meriem Fizir (University of Djilali Bounaama. Khemis Miliana, Algeria) ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Mme Maten Chahrazed. N (University of Djilali Bounaama. Khemis Miliana, Algeria) Mr. Allag AbdelGhani (University of Djilali Bounaama. Khemis Miliana, Algeria) Mr. Ghomrani Taieb (University of Djilali Bounaama. Khemis Miliana, Algeria) Mr. BELAID Sid Ahmed (University of Djilali Bounaama. Khemis Miliana, Algeria) Directorate of Agricultural Services - Ain Defla (DSA)

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Appendix 2 - Program of the Scientific Day

8h00 Registration of participants 9h00 Welcome speech from the Rector of the university 9h15 Antonio Skarmeta “Presentation of WATERMED and Objectives” 9h30 Amina Richa “Chronological presentation of the work carried out by UDBKM within the framework of the WATERMED project” 9h45 Sami Touil “Scientific and Technical Aspects of the WATERMED4.0 / UDBKM project” Meriem Fizir “Application of clay nanomaterials for treatment of hydroponic wastewaters” Fathya Chekired “ Agro-photovoltaics, a double harvest on a single soil ” 10h15 Debate 10h30 Coffee break 10h45 Ludocvico Ferrer “Introducing the application of smart technology in the field”

11h00 Jesús E Argente García “Governance and water management” 11h15 Debate 11h30 Signature of Conventions/Agreement (Farmers, UDES and ) 12h00 Lunch 13h 00 Pilot control visit (Demo-Site) Djilali Bounaama Khemis Miliana University 14h00 Closure, Debate and recommendations 14h00 Coffee Break End of the Day

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Appendix 3 - Presenters (CV) 1. Dr. SKARMETA Antonio Antonio Skarmeta received the M.S. degree in Computer Science from the and B.S. (Hons.) and the Ph.D. degrees in Computer Science from the University of Murcia Spain. Since 2009 he is Full Professor at the same department and University. Antonio F. Skarmeta has worked on different research projects in the national and international area in the networking, security and IoT and 5G area. He coordinates the H2020 project IoT Crawler focusing on IoT and PRIMA watermed4.0 on Smart Agriculture. Actually he is also advisor to the vice-rector of Research of the University of Murcia for International projects and head of the International Research Project Office. Since 2014 until 2020 he has been Spanish National Representative for the MSCA within H2020.

2. Dr. Richa Amina Richa Amina, is a member of the research group in agricultural production laboratory and sustainable development of natural resources at the University Djilali Bounaama Khemis-Miliana. Received her PhD degree in 2016, and has held the position of pedagogic Responsible for water and environment specialty. She occupies between“2016-2018” a position of Assistant Head in charge of post graduation and scientific research; she is the local coordinator of WATERMED4.0 in PRIMA project. Currently, her work oriented on the efficient management of inputs into agricultural practices and preservation of natural resources. Her involvement has been determinant for the approval of the WATERMED4.0 proposal; Amina has worked on different research projects in the national and international area (PRFU, ERANETMED, ArimNet2 / VIANA) on smart agriculture, Agro-ecology and the reuse of conventional and unconventional water.

3. Dr. Sami Touil Sami Touil received the PhD degree in Agricultural sciences and biological engineering from Gembloux Agrobiotech, Belgium. Since 2013 he is a lecturer at the University of Djilali Bounaama Khemis Miliana. He has worked as Head of Agricultural department at the same university between 2018-2020. Sami Touil has contributed on different national and international research projects on irrigation and water management, soil hydrology and renewable energy (Terra, PRFU,ArimNet2 / VIANA, PRIMA). He is currently a main administration of Algerian partner WATERMED 4.0, Prima Project.

4. Dr. JESÚS E ARGENTE García Jesús E Argente García, he is a biologist who works at the University of Murcia since 2014, where he has specialized in international research and innovation programs (such as H2020, PRIMA, Interreg Med, LIFE). Currently, his work focuses on how to improve the management and governance of natural resources in the Mediterranean through the application of new technologies. In WATERMED his main role is to support in project management tasks and activities related to the management and environmental governance of water resources used in agriculture.

5. Dr. Chekired Fathia Chekired Fathia is a scientific researcher in Solar Equipment Development Unit (UDES)/Renewable Energy Development Center (CDER) since 2009. She received her PhD from the National Polytechnic School (ENP), 2014.She is actually the team leader of “application of photovoltaic equipments”. Research interests of Dr. Chekired Fathia focus on the optimization of photovoltaic systems. She focuses also in their research works on the development of intelligent energy management systems in the solar houses and their automation. She is also a member in several national and international research projects (PRFU, PHC Maghrab and PRIMA).

6. Dr. FIZIR Meriem FIZIR Meriem, she is currently a lecturer in the department of material science at the Djilali Bounaama University, Khemis Miliana (Algeria). She is a member of the research group in valorization of natural substances laboratory. In 2018, she graduated with a Doctoral degree in Pharmaceutical Analysis from China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210000, China. Her research interests are in the area of drug delivery system and multifunctional hybrid nanomaterials and their environmental and pharmaceutical applications. In WATERMED, her main task is to support in project researches related to the treatment of hydroponic wastewaters.

7. Mar Moreno as a consultant in Evergrant Evergrant helps businesses, governments, and organizations optimize the products, services, and experiences they offer to customers, partners, and employees. She has contributed to the WATERMED project by creating the most suitable consortia, looking for complementary partners and cooperating with the coordinator and other partners for writing the proposal and designing budget and tasks in the proposal stage. Nowadays, the project is ongoing and the job of Evergrant is advice related to the follow up of partners’ project tasks and on the financial reporting, according to the PRIMA requirements.

8. Ludovic Ferrer (1981), Agricultural Engineer from UMH Expert on vegetal physiology, nutrition, and irrigation in productions farm of Mediterranean area. Collaboration with principals’ groups of citrus production in Spain, , and Morocco, with direct technical assistance in more than 15.000 ha in this localization, implementing production process and quality management. Formation more than 15 agricultural engineers in productions. I have work with companies as AGQ Labs, leading the implementation of laboratories of reference in Morocco, for samples of soil, water, leaf, with more than 15.000 samples/year. Knowledge of world agriculture be lead of technical department of Plymag (fertilizer company) visiting South America, EU, and Africa. Founder of Arvum Agriculture, company leader of implementation sensor for agriculture, and with more 12.000 sensors around of the world.

Reference: 1. https://www.watermed-project.eu/ 2. http://www.univ-km.dz/ 3. http://www.fao.org/family-farming/detail/fr/c/897026/