SMART WATER
promoting smart agricultural water management in bosnia and herzegovina


What’s smartwater?
SMARTWATER project aims to boost adoption of smart water management techniques in BiH agriculture, in order to address issues like climate change and drought, that prevent national agriculture improvement.
To do so, SMARTWATER will operate on the high educational system of University of Banja Luka (UNIBL), promoting twinning activities with other international bodies and reinforcing networking, research and S&T cooperation capacities.

Funding authority
European Union, European Commission

36 Months
From January 1th to December 31th 2023

6 partners
International research agronomic institutions and one IT company


News & events
Alen Pavlović from CIHEAM-IAMB story
First of all, I would like to thank the European Commission in financing the project, as well as all the members of the SMARTWATER project, who gave me the opportunity to study at the CIHEAM IAMB Bari Institute I feel excited and proud at the same time, that I can...
Bluleaf, an innovative solution for water management in agriculture
SMARTWATER project aims to boost adoption of smart water management techniques in BiH agriculture, in order to address issues like climate change and drought, that prevent national agriculture improvement. We are already progressing in this challenge and one of the...
The first competition in maize harvesting, CATCHaCORN event
Last week, on October 24, 2021, the Faculty of Agriculture and Food of the University of Sarajevo had a unique opportunity to host the first student competition in harvesting agricultural crops. This is the first competition of this type in the Balkans. The...
CATCHaCORN: the corn picking competition
The competition will be held at the experimental site of the Faculty of Agriculture and Food Sciences in Butmir, Ilidža municipality. The idea is for all participants to form teams of four people, choose a team leader and a spare member. The competition is open for...
The first Advanced Training Course – Sept. 27 to Oct. 1st
Advanced remote sensing technologies and tools for crop water requirements estimates and irrigation scheduling Lisbon, Portugal Instituto Superior de Agronomia ï Universidade de Lisboa (ISAïUlisboa) LEAF – Linking Landscape, Environment, Agriculture and Food...
The first SMARTWATER summer school was successful and professionally fruitful event !
The first summer school within the SMARTWATER project is finished on Friday, September 3rd, 2021. The Faculty of Agriculture of the University of Banja Luka organized the first summer school within the H2020 SMARTWATER project. Summer school took place in Trebinje...
The first summer school within the SMARTWATER project!
The SMARTWATER project is organizing the first of the three planned summer schools in scope of the project activities. The first summer school will be organized on the topic of the Integrated approach for agricultural water management. The Faculty of Agriculture of...
Fertilization, irrigation and crop growth development at the UNSA (Butmir) location
In scope of the current SMARWATER project joint experimental study activities, a fertilization has been performed last month at the Butmir location (University of Sarajevo).The fertilization was performed on Friday June 25th with a KAN fertilizer. This is the first...
Drought as a “normal situation” in Bosnia and Herzegovina?
Bosnia and Herzegovina, in part of Herzegovina, is characterized by a longer drought period during the summer season, due to the modified Mediterranean climate. The drought has been so far a "normal state" in Herzegovina. In addition to the high temperature,...
Maize crop affected by drought stress in June – time to irrigate it!
Drought? Heat wave? Climate change? That is why we are conducting the research. In June, a very small amount of precipitation and very high temperatures were recorded. The higher temperatures that reached up to 40° C in the last two weeks of June has shown a negative...
