WATDEV
Climate Smart Water Management and Sustainable Development for Food and Agriculture in East Africa
January 2022 - June 2025
Learn more : https://www.watdev.eu/
This project involves the CIHEAM Bari.
Project Summary
Increase sustainable agricultural water management and resilience of agro-ecosystems to climate change in East Africa and Egypt. WATDEV aims to develop an in-depth understanding of small and large-scale water and agricultural resources, dynamics and management, while boosting people’s resilience to climate, through innovative research, modelling, and capacity building approaches.
Coordinator
CIHEAM Bari
Sources of funding :
- Programme DeSIRA EU
- DG INTPA
Local Partners:
- ASARECA (Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa, Uganda)
- WLRI (Water and Land Resources Institute, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia)
- HU (Heliopolis University, Egypt)
- WRC (Water Research Centre, University of Khartoum, Sudan)
- KALRO (Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization).
Total budget : 6,196,210€