Integrated Watershed Management Platform
The Integrated Watershed Management Institute is developing CROP (Climate Resilient Operation Platform), which connects climate information through to field operation in a single system.
CROP — Climate Resilient Operation Platform
CROP is an integrated platform that links climate information, satellite data, field measurements, watershed modelling and agricultural water management into one system to support sustainable water management decisions.
What CROP aims at is extending water management beyond monitoring and analysis, all the way to actual services and operational decisions.
What it connects
| Component | Role |
|---|---|
| Climate information | Reads future water conditions from forecasts and climate change scenarios |
| Satellite data | Observes wide areas against a consistent standard |
| Field measurements | Takes in what is actually happening on site through IoT instruments |
| Watershed modelling | Computes water movement at watershed scale |
| Agricultural water management | Turns the results into real water operation decisions |
What it is for
- Responding to drought and flood risk under climate change
- Improving agricultural water use efficiency
- Advancing water management at watershed scale
- Extending water management projects overseas
Solutions used alongside
CROP is used together with the Institute’s other digital solutions.
- IWMP (IoT-based Integrated Water Monitoring Platform)
- Climate Services — climate forecast and downscaled data
- ITDA (IoT & Things Data Architecture)
On the international stage
- May 2026 · 15th Korea Green Innovation Days (KGID 2026, Sejong), hosted under the World Bank Korea Green Growth Trust Fund (KGGTF). Presented “Building Climate-Resilient Digital Platform for Integrated, Multi-Scale Water Management: The CROP Approach” at the Water Session
- May 2026 · Exhibition booth at the 2026 Korea Water Resources Association conference (Busan), introducing the development direction
- August 2026 · Selected as one of the presenting organisations at the technology briefing held at the Lao National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LNCCI), introducing the CROP-based platform for climate risk diagnosis, forecasting and response
The Institute is building the groundwork for expansion across four Mekong basin countries — Lao PDR, Cambodia, Viet Nam and Thailand.
CROP is a platform under development. Its components and functions may change as development proceeds.