The development of irrigation technologies related with the different areas covered
by irrigated crops in Portugal as well as in the Southern countries of the EU taking into account the
relative importance of Agriculture, in what concerns the integration, Water Framework directive
and the Eco-compatibility principles requires the capability for the management of big amount of
spatial data, a detailed knowledge of their structure and links, the improvement and development
of GIS skills at Local, Regional or National scale, integrating remote sensing data on different
systems, allowing a better water use, allowing a better knowledge of spatial and temporal distribution
of land Use, Soil Types, Crop Water requirements, water distribution network and a more rational
management of the available water resource. The application of the GIS to the areas covered by the
different Water Districts Management Boards, spread all over the country, gives the possibility for
a better use of water for agriculture, on the frame of programs like the EU INTERREG II C
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