WAHARA - Water Harvesting for Rainfed Africa
Introduction to the WAHARA project
In the variety of contexts in Africa – from arid to humid – the availability of water has become increasingly important, making an improved capture and usage of water essential. To ensure a continuous water supply for agricultural crops, water harvesting has been carried out in the earliest agricultural practices; however the environment has changed, as well as the number of people depending on it.
This is where the WAHARA project will make a difference: four countries, four pilot projects, one goal: increasing the potential of water harvesting.
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Second project meeting held in Ethiopia
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- Created on Monday, 23 April 2012 13:01
- Written by Erik van den Elsen
The second WAHARA project meeting was held in Ethiopia, from x to y March 2012. The meeting was hosted by Mekelle University (MU).
Project partners and coordination discussed the project progress during the first project year and discussed the project plan for the coming project year.
The meeting program can be donwloaded by clicking HERE. The meeting presentations can be downloaded from the meeting download page (regsitered users - login first).
Stakeholder Analysis Reporting Guildelines posted
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- Created on Monday, 07 November 2011 15:28
- Written by Erik van den Elsen
Working Package 1 has released Reporting Guidelines for the first stakeholder workshops that all countries have organised. The guidelines are available as download in the 'restricted' user Download section.
18 month plan available
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- Created on Thursday, 29 September 2011 12:43
- Written by Erik van den Elsen
The latest version of the 18 month plan is available for download to registered users. Please login to the website and download the .pdf file from the DOWNLOAD pages.
WAHARA Flyer available
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- Created on Tuesday, 13 September 2011 11:10
- Written by Erik van den Elsen
The new WAHARA project flyer is available as from today. Both English and French versions can be downloaded using the links below. The flyer gives an overview of the purpose and methods of the WAHARA project.
Download the English version of the WAHARA flyer HERE
Download the French version of the WAHARA flyer HERE
Kickoff meeting WAHARA project
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- Created on Tuesday, 28 June 2011 11:42
- Written by Erik van den Elsen
From May 9th until May 12th 2011, the first official WAHARA project meeting was held in Schoorl, the Netherlands. Project partners from the Netherlands (ALTERRA, WU-LDD, MetaMeta), Zambia (GART), Ethiopia (Mekelle University), Burkina Faso (INERA), Tunisia (IRA)were present and on monday gave a presentation on behalf of their institution to present themselves.
On tuesday, some presentations were given that covered some techniques and concepts that will be used throughout the project.
Besides some excursions to a.o. some Dutch water supply infrastructure projects, the working plan for the first project year was discussed and finalized. After three days of fruitful cooperation the project partners returned home again. The next general meeting will most probably be held in Ethiopia in the beginning of 2012.
The presentations given during the meeting can be downloaded HERE.
The meeting minutes can be downloaded HERE.
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| Wahara Kickoff Meeting, NLD, May 2011 |