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Water - Sustainable Point-Of-Use Treatment Technologies (WATERSPOUTT)
Date du début: 1 juin 2016, Date de fin: 31 mai 2020,
The WHO estimates that in 2015 in Africa ~156 million people relied on untreated sources for their drinking water. WATERSPOUTT will design, develop, pilot and field-test a range of, sustainable point-of-use solar disinfection (SODIS) technologies that will provide affordable access to safe water to remote and vulnerable communities in Africa and elsewhere. These novel large-volume water treatment ...
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Water Harvesting for Rainfed Africa: investing in dryland agriculture for growth and resilience (WAHARA)
Date du début: 1 mars 2011, Date de fin: 29 févr. 2016,
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, contri ...
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European Union and African Union cooperative research to increase Food production in irrigated farming systems in Africa/ EAU4Food (EAU4Food)
Date du début: 1 juil. 2011, Date de fin: 30 juin 2015,
EAU4Food seeks to address the need for new approaches to increase food production in irrigated areas in Africa, while ensuring healthy and resilient environments. Potential pitfalls of introducing innovations in local farming systems, like limited adoption by farmers and trade-off effects to other (environmental) systems are overcome by, respectively, i) utilizing a true transdisciplinary approach ...
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Strategies for Organic and Low-input Integrated Breeding And Management (SOLIBAM)
Date du début: 1 mars 2010, Date de fin: 31 août 2014,
SOLIBAM will develop specific and novel breeding approaches integrated with management practices to improve the performance, quality, sustainability and stability of crops adapted to organic and low-input systems, in their diversity in Europe and taking into account small-scale farms in Africa. SOLIBAM will: 1. Identify traits specific for adaptation to low-input/organic conditions over a wide ran ...
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