Prof. Lahoucine Hanich of Cadi Ayyad University, pilot leader of the Moroccan Living Lab within NexusLabs, reflects on early field experiences and stakeholder engagement in the Tensift basin. He discusses how farmers and local managers are responding to low-cost monitoring technologies, the practical challenges of deploying them in real-world conditions, and the emerging lessons around...Read More
Excellent progress at the Living Lab in Menemen, in Türkiye’s Aegean Region, led by UTAEM (Uluslararası Tarımsal Araştırma ve Eğitim Merkezi) demonstrating how simple, low-cost agricultural practices can make a big impact. In the fall of 2025, the UTAEM team successfully completed the construction of water-harvesting parcels, perfectly timed to capture the first winter rains....Read More
What happens when the same farmer, managing two similar neighboring fields with access to very different amounts of water? The SWRI team, pilot leaders in the Pinios, Greece, Living Lab analysed the data of the past few years to find out. The answer, it turns out, sheds important light on how farmers make decisions under...Read More
NexusLabs has successfully deployed a new low-cost integrated soil monitoring system in its Morocco pilot site in the Tensift River Basin — an important step towards smarter, more efficient irrigation in Mediterranean agriculture. The system was designed and assembled by the Cadi Ayyad University team, combining reliability, accuracy and affordability so that it can be...Read More
