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Climate Smart WATer Management and Sustainable DEVelopment for Food and Agriculture in East Africa, funded by the EU's DeSIRA initiative, focuses on research, modelling, and capacity building to enhance resilience to climate impacts in ๐ฐ๐ช ๐ช๐น ๐ธ๐ฉ ๐ช๐ฌ
Bridging the water gap ๐พ๐ง
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In this third reel, Tena Alamirew Aguimassie explores the paradox of "economic water scarcity" in Ethiopia. While the country receives heavy rainfall during the summer months, much of it turns into destructive floods and runoff, leaving farmers productive for only three to four months out of twelve.
For WATDEV, effective water management is the ultimate key to transforming this challenge into a year-round opportunity. True to the project's spirit, the solutions are built by listening directly to the farmers - specifically selecting the best-performing irrigation scheme owners to gather insights that can be scaled up for entire communities.
Through this collaborative process, innovative practices and technologies are being adopted: from introducing shade-loving crops within agroforestry systems to the promotion of organic manure reutilization. Itโs about creating sustainable habits and watching the landscape change for the better.
๐ International Conference Integrating Grassroots Knowledge and Research into Water and Soil Management in Africa
๐๏ธ Kampala, Uganda | 15โ16 June 2026
Where knowledge becomes action.
06/03/2026
๐๐ ๐ช๐๐ง๐๐๐ฉ ๐ง๐ผ๐ผ๐น๐ฏ๐ผ๐
๐ญ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ด๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐ง๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐๐๐ณ๐๐น๐น๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ฐ๐น๐๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฑ!
Held on ๐ฐโ๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฒ in ๐ช๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ๐ป, ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ก๐ฒ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐, the training brought together researchers and technical experts from , , , , , , and , for an intensive, hands-on programme on the ๐ช๐๐ง๐๐๐ฉ ๐ง๐ผ๐ผ๐น๐ฏ๐ผ๐
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๐ฏ ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฑ to strengthen participantsโ capacity to use the ๐ช๐๐ง๐๐๐ฉ ๐ง๐ผ๐ผ๐น๐ฏ๐ผ๐
as a ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป-๐๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐น for climate-smart water management and sustainable agriculture.
Through a combination of ๐ฒ๐
๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐, ๐๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น๐ and ๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐-๐ผ๐ป ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ, participants:
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Explored how use the ๐ช๐๐ง๐๐๐ฉ ๐ง๐ผ๐ผ๐น๐ฏ๐ผ๐
to visualise model results and preform ๐ ๐๐น๐๐ถ-๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐๐ป๐ฎ๐น๐๐๐ฒ๐ (๐ ๐๐)
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Learnt how to design and assess the performance of the ๐๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ (๐๐ ๐ฃ๐)
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Engaged with ๐ฐ๐๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด-๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ด๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต projects on water and irrigated agriculture
The training was delivered by experts from ISRIC - WoISRIC - World Soil InformationriCIHEAMBariningenWageningen University & Research active participation of Agenzia ItAgenzia Italiana per la Cooperazione allo Sviluppo - Ufficio Cairoative.
Funded by the ๐๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป ๐จ๐ป๐ถ๐ผ๐ป under the ๐๐ฒ๐ฆ๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ, WATDEV project reaffirms its commitment to turning science into practical solutions for ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐๐ ๐๐ณ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ.
๐ Read more: https://www.watdev.eu/post/watdev-toolbox-1st-regional-training-for-modellers-successfully-held-in-wageningen
02/02/2026
๐๐ ๐ง๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฆ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐๐๐ณ๐๐น๐น๐ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฐ๐น๐๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฑ | ๐๐๐ถ๐น๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฆ๐ธ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐น๐ถ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ-๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ด๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐๐น๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ
The ๐ง๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ง๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐๐ถ๐น๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฒ on โ๐ฆ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฃ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฃ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ฃ๐ต๐ฒ๐ป๐ผ๐๐๐ฝ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ด๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐๐น๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ: ๐ง๐ผ๐ผ๐น๐, ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ป๐ฎ๐น๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐โ has successfully concluded in ๐ฆ๐ผ๐๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป ๐๐๐ฎ๐น๐ (๐ฎ๐ญโ๐ฎ๐ฏ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฒ). ๐ซ
๐ก Through a ๐ง๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ง๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ approach, the course promoted knowledge transfer across three intensive modules:
๐น Advanced phenotyping platforms and AI-driven analytics
๐น Field instrumentation and data collection for precision agriculture
๐น Statistical modelling and the safe reuse of treated wastewater for irrigation
Organized by CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche in collaboration with CIHEAMBari within the framework of the ๐ช๐๐ง๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ท๐ฒ๐ฐ๐, the course brought together researchers, PhD students, technologists, and professionals from , , , , and , with additional international participation online. ๐ฑ
๐ฆ The training concluded with a ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ต๐ป๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ to the Ferrandina wastewater treatment plant and a ๐ต๐ถ๐ด๐ต-๐น๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ on the ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ถ ๐ฃ๐น๐ฎ๐ป ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ณ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ, reinforcing dialogue between science and policy and opening new opportunities for international cooperation.
โจ By empowering participants to replicate and scale innovative solutions in their home institutions and communities, the course contributes to long-term capacity building, sustainable water management, and enhanced food security across WATDEV partner countries.
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