Hellenic Agricultural Organization DEMETER - Soil and Water Resources Institute

Soil and Water Resources Institute (SWR) belongs to the Hellenic Agricultural Organisation (HAO) (former National Agricultural Research Foundation - NAGREF), which is the research body of the Hellenic Ministry for Rural Development and Food.

The basic goals of the Institute include:
- Applied research and the development of state-of-the-art technologies
- Services of high scientific quality
- Scientific consultancy to public bodies and stakeholders
- Dissemination and implementation of novel technologies in agriculture

The main research and application domains of the Institute are:
- Protection and sustainable management of surface and groundwater
- Monitoring networks of water bodies (quality and quantity parameters)
- Hydrogeochemical assessments and modeling
- River discharge measurements
- Mathematical modeling and GIS applications in water resources management
- Water bodies’ assessment
- Groundwater artificial recharge
- Optimization of irrigation water use