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Next stop, Bari: researching precision irrigation from the Mediterrian
This fall, I begin an MSc in Sustainable Water and Land Management at CIHEAM Bari, focusing on water resource management, land and environmental management, with an interest in using GIS and Remote sensing, Machine learning to make better use of water and land in agricultural settings.
In October 2026, I will begin an MSc in Sustainable Water and Land Management in Agricultural Ecosystems at CIHEAM Bari and the Polytechnic University of Bari, Italy.
My research will focus on UAV- and remote-sensing-based precision irrigation, combining thermal imagery, vegetation indices, evapotranspiration estimates, and soil-moisture sensing with machine learning to decide when and how much to irrigate.
This is the next step from the drip-irrigation trials in my undergraduate thesis and the sensor work at Elibeth Farms. The goal is the same as it has always been: tools that a farm manager can act on to make more accurate decisions at the farm and environmental level. I will be sharing updates, data and lessons here as the work develops.
