Irrigation Workshop Resource efficient design and management of vineyard irrigation
Who should attend?
Vineyard owners, anyone responsible for planning and management of irrigation
Why is this workshop important?
Efficient use of irrigation water saves cost, provides the best yield, fruit quality, and helps growers to remain within their allocated water budget
Presentation topics
There is a 30 minutes Q&A session planned after the presentation.
Daniele Zaccaria PhD, speaker info
Daniele Zaccaria is an Agricultural Water Management Specialist in the Cooperative Extension Department of Land, Air and Water Resources, at the University of California, Davis. Zaccaria completed his Ph.D. in civil and environmental engineering at Utah State University. He served as scientific officer at the International Center for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies in Italy before joining the UC Davis faculty in 2013.
His research interests are agricultural water management, irrigation, agriculture, fruit and nut trees, environment and natural resources.
One of his current projects is estimating actual evapotranspiration of vineyards with different aspects and slopes by surface renewal method.