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Egyptian-Dutch Advisory Panel on Water Management
The IWRM team is involved in managing the Egyptian-Dutch Advisory Panel on Water Management. Established in 1976, the Panel first acted as advisor to the Egyptian government on large-scale implementation of drainage, required after the construction of the High Aswan Dam. Since 1997 the Panel role became mainly directed towards advising the Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation on in policy issues, and in its present role, the Panel functions as a science-policy interface. The Panel consists of high-level persons from both Egypt and The Netherlands and is chaired by the Egyptian Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation. The Panel is managed by the APP Central Office in Cairo and the APP Supporting Office in The Netherlands, at IWRM.
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Mediterranean Intermittent River management
Alterra coordinates this EU project MIRAGE. The project addresses the issues of temporary rivers as the characteristic flush flood and drought conditions. Specific studies such as hydrological and ecological characterization; nutrient dynamics and organic matter; erosion control and reduction of sediment bound pollution are carried out for 5 study sites in the Mediterranean (Morocco, Portugal, Spain and France). Integration of the results will take place in 2 mirror basins (Italy and Greece) in which a combination of pressures will be addressed.
Project duration: 2009-2012
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Water Quality Monitoring
Water Quality is becoming an important issue in river basin management and knowledge on quality has to support measures taken to improve the. Monitoring and necessary facilities should be developed step by step, which is especially important in developing areas. For instance reduction of the load of waste water can be supported by measuring the organic load and not necessary by measuring all individual, more difficult to measure, individual contaminants. Because sediments are a sink for a lot of persistent contaminations, sediment monitoring can play a role in reducing the impact of these contaminants. We worked on this approach in the Büyük Menderes basin in Turkey.
Project duration: 2009-2010
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WIBIS (South Africa, Swaziland, Mozambique)
The WIBIS project is aimed at supporting inter-sectoral and inter-state (trans-boundary) policy development and sustainable (wise) use of the Incomati basin water. The project supports ongoing regional initiatives and projects, such as the PRIMA project (Progressive Realization of the IncoMaputo Agreement). WIBIS provides an interactive discussion support tool in land and water development and management. The tool can generate spatially distributed information on water consumption and water productivity for different land uses, based on a consistent method and impartial information. The WIBIS tool enables stakeholders to –interactively– evaluate alternative land use scenarios, assess the economic water productivity of the various land uses within regions or countries, and assess the water availability to downstream regions or countries.
Project duration: 2008-2010
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Prediction of Drought in River Basins
The aim of the project is to further develop the physical based model SIMGRO for large-scale river basins and subsequently to investigate droughts. Case studies are Taquari basin, Brazil and the Rhine basin in Europe. The project is in cooperation with Wageningen University (Chair Hydrology and Quantitative Water Management) and other international partners (European Drought Centre and UNESCO-FRIEND networks).
Project duration: 2008-2010
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Risk reduction on Pesticides Contaminated Sites
In Africa a lot of sites are contaminated by obsolete pesticides. In cooperation with FAO and local partners a African approach has been developed, making use of local conditions. Biodegradation using landfarming and isolation to prevent transport are the main measures. The approach has been tested in Mali and Mauretania and is implemented already on several locations
Project duration: 2007-2010
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Improving livelihoods and resource management in the Central Rift Valley (Ethiopia)
ILCE aims to identify and explore options for more sustainable farming systems and integrated resource management to alleviate the pressure on available land, water resources and biodiversity. The capacity of farmers’ abilities to add value to their production is being improved and partnerships are being built for more market-oriented local supply chains. The risks and variation in crop production under current and changing climatic conditions are being assessed and appropriate risk adaptive management strategies being developed, with special attention to water harvesting.
Project duration: 2005-2010
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Andhra Pradesh Water Management Project (India)
Alterra-IWRM and the State Agricultural University in Hyderabad are partners in an FAO-funded joint applied research study in farmers’ fields located in 8 different pilot areas. The objectives of this study are to generate and disseminate knowledge as well as build research capacity on improved agricultural water productivity of canal and tank irrigation systems.
Project duration: 2004-2010
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Harvest4Food
World population growth will give rise to sharp food demand in the coming decennia. Also, climate change will confront agro-production systems (droughts and flooding) with consequence of less food production. Furthermore, the negative climatic impacts on fossil energy, their limiting supply and the unstable geopolitical context of these resources, have increased the demand for bio-based alternatives thus increasing the pressure on natural resources.
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