The objective of the project was to determine what quantities of water in Slovenia would still be retained in the newly constructed water reservoirs (WR), depending on rainfall, geology and terrain. And to what extent the retained water together with the rest of the available water in rivers, groundwater and existing WR covers the need for irrigation, taking into account the current climate change scenarios for Slovenia. Year-round runoff retention as a function of precipitation, and bedrock topography in Slovenia for the period 1971-2000 ranges from less than 500 to more than 6000 m3ha-1. Most often accumulates between 2000 - 4000 m3ha-1. Maximum availability of water resources for irrigation of agricultural land (AL) in Slovenia is in the valleys of the rivers in the alluvial plains, where in addition to a surface watercourse, ground water may be available, and big WR in certain areas as well (10.04% of Slovenia ). At 69.61% of the Slovenian territory, water resources for irrigation are rather poorly available, which are mostly a combination of groundwater and surface runoff. At 17.33% of the surface of Slovenia, water sources are very difficult to be obtained, with nearly 3% of area with groundwater only, whose availability is in question and the high costs are associated with plant wells. More than 34% of the AL, which are suitable for irrigation, lies in the areas of very high risk. Nearly 50% of AL is located in areas of high risk and almost 15% in areas of medium risk in case of drought. On medium-risk areas to drought damage should not come, if the appropriate infrastructures for the transport of water and irrigation systems are built. Low risk is present only in 0.2% of AL and is therefore negligible at the macro scale. In Slovenia there is no AL, which would be potentially not affected at all by drought and not the AL, which would be highly endangered and none water resource available for irrigation.
F.10 Improvements to an existing technological process or technology
COBISS.SI-ID: 7059833Toxic metals contaminated garden soil was remediated in a pilot-scale. EDTA washing reduced soil Pb, Zn and Cd content, bioavailability and bioaccesiibility. Furthermore, remediation preserved the function of soil as plant and microbial substrate and largely prevented accumulation of toxic metals in the tested vegetables. Toxic metals contaminated garden soil was remediated in a pilot-scale. EDTA washing reduced soil Pb, Zn and Cd content, bioavailability and bioaccesiibility. Furthermore, remediation preserved the function of soil as plant and microbial substrate and largely prevented accumulation of toxic metals in the tested vegetables.
B.05 Guest lecturer at an institute/university
COBISS.SI-ID: 7408505A mathematical model, which includes three criteria/measures, was implemented. Proposed criteria are: (i) loss of land according to soil quality expressed as modified soil number; (ii) effect on agglomeration of cadastral parcels; (iii) ratio between quality of lost soils and average quality of soils in specific municipality. All three criteria are weighted by the length of the route and together give an integral value for each individual route. An integral value enables the comparison of different routes and setting acceptability limits which are crucial within the process of decision-making.
F.17 Transfer of existing technologies, know-how, methods and procedures into practice
COBISS.SI-ID: 7404921In the radio emmision the news on production of common and Tartar buckwheat are presented with spcial regards on possibilities of successful cultivation, development of new alimentary articles and their marketing
F.09 Development of a new technological process or technology
COBISS.SI-ID: 6964857Acta agriculturae Slovenica is main scientific journal in Slovenia publishing contributions from the broad field of agricultural production, except Slovenia covering SE Europe, Middle East and world-wide.
C.05 Editorial board of a national magazine
COBISS.SI-ID: 213840640