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Sustainable water use securing food production in dry areas of the Mediterranean region
Start date:2008-07-01
End date:2013-06-30
Project Acronym:SWUP-MED
Project status:Execution
Coordinator
| Organization name:KØBENHAVNS UNIVERSITET | |
| Administrative contact | Address |
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Name:Ivan |
Nørregade 10 KØBENHAVN K DANMARK Region:DANMARK Danmark København og Frederiksberg Kommuner |
| Tel:+45-35322626 | |
| Fax:+45-35324612 | |
| E-mail:Contact | |
| URL:http://www.ku.dk | Organization Type:Education |
Description
Objective:
The strategic objective of the project is to improve food crop production in the Mediterranean region, influenced by multiple abiotic stresses. These stresses are becoming even more pronounced under changing climate, predicted to result in drier conditions, increasing temperatures, and greater variability, causing desertification.
The project will work mainly in farmers communities to improve farming systems, by strengthening a diversified crop rotation and using marginal-quality water for supplemental irrigation, aiming at: Introduce and test new climate-proof crops and cultivars with improved stress tolerance, selecting promising varieties of cereals, grain legumes and new crops. Climate-proof traits will be identified for breeding programmes using advanced physiological and biochemical screening tools. Supplemental irrigation will be performed as deficit irrigation by different sources of water. Investigate the sustainable field applicability of the farming systems, such as environmental effects related to irrigation water quality assessed by monitoring groundwater and soil quality. Financial implications for the farmer and economic costs and benefits in the food sector will be analysed.
Achievements:
General information:
Project Details
Start date:2008-07-01
End date:2013-06-30
Duration:60 months
Project Reference:212337
Project cost:3929766 EURO
Project Funding:2728104 EURO
Programme Acronym:
FP7-KBBE
Programme type:Seventh Framework Programme
Subprogramme Area:Annual Food crops with improved tolerance to multiple abiotic stresses
Contract type:Collaborative project for specific cooperation actions dedicated to international cooperation partner countries (SICA)
URL:
Subject index:Agricultural biotechnology
Other Indexes:drought,farming systems,Multiple stress,soil salinity,tolerance to abiotic factors,marginal-quality water,saline water,treated wastewater
Results for this Project
Documents for this Project
| Periodic Report - SWUP-MED (Sustainable water use securing food production in dry areas of the Mediterranean region) | 31/10/2012 |
Other participants
| Organization name:INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUIMICA E BIOLOGICA - UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA | |
| Administrative contact | Address |
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Name:Margarida |
Avenida da Republica, Estacao Agronomica Nacional OEIRAS PORTUGAL Region:CONTINENTE LISBOA E VALE DO TEJO Península de Setúbal |
| Tel:+351-214469641 | |
| Fax:+351-214433644 | |
| E-mail:Contact | |
| URL: | Organization Type:Education,Other |
| Organization name:NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL | |
| Administrative contact | Address |
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Name:Anna |
Polaris House, North Star Avenue SWINDON WILTSHIRE UNITED KINGDOM Region: |
| Tel:+44-01491838800 | |
| Fax:+44-01491692424 | |
| E-mail:Contact | |
| URL:http://www.nerc.ac.uk | Organization Type:Research |
| Organization name:THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA | |
| Administrative contact | Address |
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Name:Christine |
Stirling Higway, 35 - Crawley, Western Australia CRAWLEY AUSTRALIA Region: |
| Tel:+618-64881776 | |
| Fax:+618-64881075 | |
| E-mail:Contact | |
| URL: | Organization Type: |
| Organization name:CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT FOR THE ARAB REGION AND EUROPE | |
| Administrative contact | Address |
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Name:Ashraf |
ELHEGAZ ST 2 CEDARE BLDG HELIOPOLIS CAIRO EGYPT Region: |
| Tel:+20-24513922 | |
| Fax:+20-24513918 | |
| E-mail:Contact | |
| URL:http://www.cedare.org | Organization Type: |
| Organization name:INSTITUT AGRONOMIQUE ET VETERINAIRE HASSAN II | |
| Administrative contact | Address |
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Name:Mohamed Ikbal |
AVENUE ALLAL EL FASSI MADINAT AL 6202 RABAT MOROCCO Region: |
| Tel:+212-37774037 | |
| Fax:+212-37775845 | |
| E-mail:Contact | |
| URL:http://www.iav.ac.ma | Organization Type: |
| Organization name:INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH IN THE DRY AREAS | |
| Administrative contact | Address |
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Name:Elizabeth |
Highway Tel hadya 5466 ALEPPO SYRIA Region: |
| Tel:+963-212213433 | |
| Fax:+963-212225105 | |
| E-mail:Contact | |
| URL:http://www.icarda.org | Organization Type: |
| Organization name:UNIVERSITY OF CUKUROVA | |
| Administrative contact | Address |
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Name:Ali |
. ADANA TURKEY Region: |
| Tel:+90-3223386329 | |
| Fax:+90-3223386272 | |
| E-mail:Contact | |
| URL:http://www.cu.edu.tr | Organization Type: |
| Organization name:CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE | |
| Administrative contact | Address |
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Name:Marilena |
PIAZZALE ALDO MORO 7 ROMA ITALIA Region:LAZIO Roma |
| Tel:+39-0817717325 | |
| Fax:+39-0817718045 | |
| E-mail:Contact | |
| URL:http://www.cnr.it | Organization Type: |
Record control number:88475
