The WATSAT tool is a "software as a service" designed to recommend the most suitable irrigation and farm management options taking into account CAP rules, climatic constraints and specific farm and crop conditions.

The methodology used, called NDVI-cws (NDVI-soil water content) takes into account different soil variables (such as bulk density), rainfall and irrigation, NDVI values, temperature and daily radiation. The tool incorporates both direct data (obtained from the study area) and indirect data (obtained from off-farm but critical sources such as climate data, Earth observation platforms and other databases). Through the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in image processing, the volumetric amount of water in the soil is estimated, based on crop characteristics, location and management.

The project has been approached on the basis of co-creation, since the acceptance of the end users - farmers and technical advisors - has been taken into account. More than 20 farmers were consulted about their demands, needs, potential prices and possible barriers to implementing this technology.

The project led by Tepro is one of the 18 Andalusian initiatives subsidized by the European cascade financing project DIVA. In its three years of existence, DIVA has launched two calls for proposals, to which 396 projects have been submitted, of which 134 have been financed at the international level with 2.7 million euros. Of these, 36 were Spanish.

CTA is one of the 10 partners from 6 European countries that have participated in the European DIVA project, with a total budget of more than 4 million euros for three years, funded by the Horizon 2020 (H2020) program.

With the aim of boosting the digitization of the agri-food, environmental and forestry sectors, the main challenge of the DIVA project is to reduce the gap between ICT suppliers and the European agri-food industry. In addition to the calls for grants, DIVA has provided innovation support services, has created a network of experts to support SMEs and has mapped regional grants for technological development in Europe, among other actions.