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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2015 plenary meeting to be held in Burkina Faso
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- Created on Wednesday, 29 April 2015 09:01
- Written by Erik van den Elsen
The coming plenary meeting of the WAHARA project is going to be organised by project partner INERA in Burkina Faso. The meeting is planned to be held from 6-9 July 2015.
A meeting page with extensive information can be found HERE.
The meeting program will be published soon (draft version HERE), and also a meeting PowerPoint template will be sent around among the project partners.
The following is requested from the project partners:
* Confirm who will attend the meeting for your institute. Hamado Sawadogo needs this information to make reservations at the hotel. Please provide this information before May 15th.
* To provide the missing information in the draft invitation letter (download HERE). Please read the letter carefully as you also need to replace some text with your own information. We recommend that you also send a scan of your passport to Hamado. Please start the procedure to obtain visa on time.
Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have questions or comments.
Contacts:
Hamado Sawadogo: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Rudi Hessel: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
UNCCD Third Scientific Conference to be held in Mexico
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- Created on Tuesday, 18 November 2014 15:45
- Written by Erik van den Elsen
The UNCCD 3rd scientific conference will be held in Cancún, Mexico from 9 to 12 March 2015 in the framework of the 4th special session of the Committee on Science and Technology.
The conference is convened under the theme "Combating desertification/ land degradation and drought (DLDD) for poverty reduction and sustainable development – the contribution of science, technology, traditional knowledge and practices".
Global changes are expected to accentuate DLDD, and the vulnerability of populations, particularly those living in drylands. The conference will therefore focus on how to anticipate the impact of climate change and land degradation, in order to be able to promote adaptive and sustainable land management approaches to reduce poverty and environmental degradation while achieving sustainable development.
Parties, observers and relevant organizations are encouraged to contribute to the success of the meeting and showcase their work by:
• Submitting a proposal for a side event
• Applying for a booth
More information, application forms and guidelines on:
http://www.unccd.int/en/about-the-convention/the-bodies/The-CST/Pages/CST-S4.aspx
Requests must be sent to the UNCCD Secretariat by January 9th, 2015.
FP7 movie about Africa projects launched
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- Created on Wednesday, 02 July 2014 08:48
- Written by Erik van den Elsen
A movie about the effort of the European Commission to alleviate the pressure on water in African Agriculture using its 7th Framework Programme (FP7) of research projects. A number of project leaders are interviewed about how their specific project contributes to this effort.
The WAHARA project is also member of the group of EU funded projects, and focusses on Water Harvesting.
2014 plenary meeting successfully ended
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- Created on Tuesday, 27 May 2014 13:19
- Written by Erik van den Elsen
The 2014 plenary meeting of the WAHARA project was held at the University of Leeds, UK from May 21-23. The presentations given by the project partners are available for download (after logging in) at the download page.
More information about the meeting can be found on the meeting information page.
The meeting notes can be downloaded HERE.
Quick Scan Tool available from WAHARA website
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- Created on Monday, 11 November 2013 10:26
- Written by Erik van den Elsen
The Quick Scan Tool that was developed for the WAHARA project by Mike Kirkby (LEEDS), has been made available as a download from this website (link: see below).
The tool can be used to quickly assess which kinds of WHT could be used in specific areas in Africa. The tool is available to other interested parties and was for example already shared with the Afromaison project. It will also be used within WAHARA to upscale from study site level to continental level in later reporting periods.
Download link: (warning - ZIP file, 320 MB) HERE.