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In this region, farmers apply efficient techniques to minimize supplies and maximize quality and productivity; however, the effects of climate change and the degradation of significant natural environments, such as, the \u201cMar Menor\u201d, the most extent saltwater lagoon of Europe, threatened by resources overexploitation, lead to the search of even better irrigation management techniques to avoid certain effects which could damage the quaternary aquifer connected to such lagoon. This paper describes the Irriman Platform, a system based on Cloud Computing techniques, which includes low-cost wireless data loggers, capable of acquiring data from a wide range of agronomic sensors, and a novel software architecture for safely storing and processing such information, making crop monitoring and irrigation management easier. The proposed platform helps agronomists to optimize irrigation procedures through a usable web-based tool which allows them to elaborate irrigation plans and to evaluate their effectiveness over crops. The system has been deployed in a large number of representative crops, located along near 50,000 ha of the surface, during several phenological cycles. Results demonstrate that the system enables crop monitoring and irrigation optimization, and makes interaction between farmers and agronomists easier.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s22010228","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,12,29]],"date-time":"2021-12-29T08:12:15Z","timestamp":1640765535000},"page":"228","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":14,"title":["Irriman Platform: Enhancing Farming Sustainability through Cloud Computing Techniques for Irrigation Management"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"22","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4625-1214","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Manuel","family":"Forc\u00e9n-Mu\u00f1oz","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Agronomic Engineering Department, Agronomic Engineering Technical School, Alfonso XIII Campus, Technical University of Cartagena, 30203 Cartagena, Spain"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9561-1151","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Nieves","family":"Pav\u00f3n-Pulido","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Automation, Electrical Engineering and Electronic Technology Department, Industrial Engineering Technical School, Muralla del Mar Campus, Technical University of Cartagena, 30202 Cartagena, Spain"}]},{"given":"Juan Antonio","family":"L\u00f3pez-Riquelme","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Automation, Electrical Engineering and Electronic Technology Department, Industrial Engineering Technical School, Muralla del Mar Campus, Technical University of Cartagena, 30202 Cartagena, Spain"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0451-301X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Abdelmalek","family":"Temnani-Rajjaf","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Agronomic Engineering Department, Agronomic Engineering Technical School, Alfonso XIII Campus, Technical University of Cartagena, 30203 Cartagena, Spain"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0122-6717","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Pablo","family":"Berr\u00edos","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Agronomic Engineering Department, Agronomic Engineering Technical School, Alfonso XIII Campus, Technical University of Cartagena, 30203 Cartagena, Spain"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2440-9153","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Raul","family":"Morais","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"INESC TEC\u2014Institute for Systems and Computer Engineering, Technology and Science, P\u00f3lo da UTAD, University of Tr\u00e1s-os-Montes e Alto Douro, 5000-801 Vila Real, Portugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8769-855X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Alejandro","family":"P\u00e9rez-Pastor","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Agronomic Engineering Department, Agronomic Engineering Technical School, Alfonso XIII Campus, Technical University of Cartagena, 30203 Cartagena, Spain"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,12,29]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"3251","DOI":"10.1073\/pnas.1222475110","article-title":"Global water resources affected by human interventions and climate change","volume":"111","author":"Haddeland","year":"2014","journal-title":"Proc. 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