On February 19-20, 2025, the GEORGIA project officially launched with its Kick-off Meeting in Athens, Greece, marking the beginning of a transformative three-year journey. Bringing together 16 partners from nine European countries, the project is coordinated by the Greek company SYNELIXIS and aims to revolutionize the way we manage water and soil health in agriculture.
GEORGIA is committed to transforming water management and soil health challenges into opportunities for sustainable growth and innovation. By integrating agricultural expertise with AI-powered digital tools and technologies, GEORGIA enhances water management and irrigation practices while promoting the use of alternative and recycled water sources. The project fosters sustainable crop production and improves soil health, strengthening resilience to climate change.
GEORGIA’s Pilots
Real-world impact is at the heart of GEORGIA, with seven pilots spanning six EU countries and four distinct regions: Mediterranean (Greece, Cyprus), Southeast Europe-Balkans (Bulgaria, Serbia), Central Europe-Midland (Austria), Continental Europe-Baltic Sea (Poland). Within these pilots, advanced irrigation technologies, practices, and solutions are tested, validated, and demonstrated—starting with small farms and gradually expanding to medium farms, large private plantations, and even a Greek island facing water scarcity challenges.
By implementing and scaling these innovations, GEORGIA is driving an agricultural transformation that is environmentally sustainable, socially equitable, and economically viable.
“GEORGIA project promotes an agricultural transformation that is environmentally sustainable, socially just and economically efficient, parameters of great importance for the agriculture of tomorrow. In line with the objectives of the European Green Deal, we aim at water recycling, exploitation of alternative water sources, optimization of total water, soil and cultivation practices as well as sustainable agricultural practices with recyclable resources” stated by the Coordinator, Theodoros Zachariadis, Chief Technical Director at Synelixis.
