AI-Based Irrigation Systems for Tunisian Agriculture

The Institute for Sustainable Energy Systems (InES) is delighted to have received funding for a pioneering project: Dig-e-Farm, an AI-supported irrigation system for Tunisian agriculture. Professor Wilfried Zörner, project manager at InES, accepted the symbolic funding cheque at a ceremony in the Prinz-Carl-Palais in Munich. The Bavarian Minister of State for European Affairs and International Relations, Eric Beißwenger, presented the funding cheque in person.

Funding for an innovative project: Professor Wilfried Zörner (left) accepts the cheque from Bavaria's Minister of State for European Affairs Eric Beißwenger (Photo: Bavarian State Chancellery).

The ceremony in the historic setting of the Bavarian State Chancellery provided an opportunity for dialogue. Staff from the Department of International Relations invited the project participants to a round table to discuss future steps and potential for cooperation.

The event focussed on the mutual benefits of the partnership. Melanie Habelitz-Wollgam, Head of the International Relations Department, emphasised that it was no longer about one-sided development cooperation or that the term and the underlying concept were long outdated. Rather, it is a cooperation on an equal footing, in which all partners learn and benefit from each other - both Tunisia and Bavaria.

With the go-ahead for Dig-e-Farm, the InES is highly motivated as it enters the first phase of the project. The initial focus is on planning a pilot system for a selected farm in the Nabeul region of Tunisia. The project shows how technical innovations can be used in a targeted manner to tackle global challenges such as the efficient use of water in agriculture and create sustainable solutions.

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