Objective WAHARA will take a transdisciplinary approach to develop innovative, locally adapted water harvesting solutions with wider relevance for rainfed Africa. Water harvesting technologies play a key role in bringing about an urgently needed increase in agricultural productivity, and to improve food and water security in rural areas. Water harvesting technologies enhance water buffering capacity, contributing to the resilience of African drylands to climate variability and climate change, as well as to socio-economic changes such as population growth and urbanisation. To ensure the continental relevance of project results, research will concentrate on four geographically dispersed study sites in Tunisia, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia and Zambia, covering diverse socio-economic conditions and a range from arid to sub-humid climates. The project emphasizes: i) participatory technology design, i.e. selecting and adapting technologies that have synergies with existing farming systems and that are preferred by local stakeholders, yet tap from a global repertoire of innovative options; ii) sustainable impact, i.e. technologies that combine multiple uses of water, green and blue water management, and integrated water and nutrient management. Using models, water harvesting systems will be designed for maximum impact without compromising downstream water-users, contributing to sustainable regional development; iii) integration and adaptability, i.e. paying attention to the generic lessons to be learned from local experiences, and developing guidelines on how technologies can be adapted to different conditions; and iv) learning and action, i.e. a strategy will be developed to enable learning and action from successes achieved locally: a. within a region, to upscale from water harvesting technologies to water harvesting systems, and b. across regions, promoting knowledge exchange at continental scale. Fields of science agricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesagriculture Programme(s) FP7-ENVIRONMENT - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Environment (including Climate Change) Topic(s) ENV.2010.3.1.1-4 - Water harvesting technologies in Africa Call for proposal FP7-AFRICA-2010 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CP-FP-SICA - Small/medium-scale focused research project for specific cooperation actions dedicated to international cooperation partner countries(SICA) Coordinator STICHTING WAGENINGEN RESEARCH Address Droevendaalsesteeg 4 6708 PB Wageningen Netherlands See on map Region Oost-Nederland Gelderland Veluwe Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Rudi Hessel (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window EU contribution No data Participants (8) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS United Kingdom EU contribution € 287 280,00 Address Woodhouse lane LS2 9JT Leeds See on map Region Yorkshire and the Humber West Yorkshire Leeds Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Kathy Brownridge (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data METAMETA RESEARCH BV Netherlands EU contribution € 287 280,00 Address Nude 54 d 6702 DN Wageningen See on map Region Oost-Nederland Gelderland Veluwe Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Frank Van Steenbergen (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data INSTITUT DES REGIONS ARIDES Tunisia EU contribution € 219 240,00 Address Route de jorf km 22 4119 Medenine See on map Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Mohamed Ouessar (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Other funding No data INSTITUT DE L'ENVIRONNEMENT ET DE RECHERCHES AGRICOLES Burkina Faso EU contribution € 220 140,00 Address Gounghin 04 Ouagadougou See on map Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Hamado Sawadogo (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data MEKELLE UNIVERSITY Ethiopia EU contribution € 174 840,00 Address Tiray regional state Mekelle See on map Administrative Contact Kifle Woldearegay Woldemariam (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data GOLDEN VALLEY AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH TRUST Zambia EU contribution € 167 174,40 Address Chisamba 10101 Lusaka See on map Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Stephen W. Muliokela (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY Netherlands EU contribution € 233 617,50 Address Droevendaalsesteeg 4 6708 PB Wageningen See on map Region Oost-Nederland Gelderland Veluwe Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Coen Ritsema (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data AGROTECHNOLOGY CONSULT AFRICA BV Netherlands EU contribution € 52 665,60 Address Essensteeg 31 7451 MP Holten See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Henk Dibbits (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Other funding No data
