WASAG - The Global Framework on Water Scarcity in Agriculture

2nd WASAG International Forum – Technical session: Dryland Agriculture

  • Moderator: Vinay Nangia, ICARDA
  • Opening remarks: Felix Reinders, WASAG Chair
  • Water for food, water for life: The drylands challenge – Vinay Nangia
  • Accurate Estimation of crop water requirements using new technologies (COSMOS, Scintillometers, and Eddy Covariance) – Ragab Ragab
  • Estimation of CWR using the the FAO CropWat approach: the case of Southern Italy Hydrographic District Authority – Marco Arcieri, ICID
  • Technological solutions from the Water-Energy-Ecosystems nexus perspectives to improve the well-being of communities in African drylands – Thameur Chaibi, National Research Institute for Rural Engineering, Water, and Forestry (INRGREF)
  • Feasibility of low-cost renewable-powered integrated electrodialysis desalination and low-energy drip irrigation systems designed for arid areas with brackish groundwater – Susan Amrose, MIT
  • Farmers’ decision-making with an app for climate risk management in drylands – Mitsuru Tsubo, Tottori University
  • Ways of improving water productivity of pistachio trees orchards in arid area – Mohamed Ghrab, Institution of Agronomic Research and Higher Education, Olive Institute, Tunisia
  • Conséquences des inondations d’octobre et novembre 2022 dans la vallée du Sourou au Burkina Faso – Karambiri Bienvenue L. Chantal N., Institut des Sciences des Sociétés (INSS/CNRST)
  • Closing remarks

26/05/2023