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CYCLER SUPPORT Workshop 2008
Workshop programme and all articles available for download at:
http://www.iavcha.ac.ma/galerie/file/choukrallah/pdf/index.html
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| Visit to waste water treatment plant in the Agadir region |
Opening ceremony of the Mediterranean Workshop on New Technologies of Recycling Non-conventional Water in Protected Cultivation: Opportunities and New Challenges for Arid and Semi-arid Areas |
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Prof. Redouane Choukrallah, workshop coordinator, addressing the audience |
Dr. Martin Buchholz, Cycler-Support Project Coordinator |
The workshop did take place with 220 participants from 15 Mediterranean and European countries (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, Sudan, Lebanon, Turkey, Italy, Spain, France, Belgium, United Kingdom, Germany, and Denmark).
Also the participant from Morocco were represented by the Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Water Ressources, State Secretariat for Environment, Ministry of Interior, as well as several Government agencies including the Water Basin Agency of Agadir, the agricultural extension service (ORMVA’s), the potable water agency (ONEP), the water agency distributors (RAMSA, RADES, LYDEC, REDAL); in addition to the farmers association, agricultural groups, cooperatives and private companies were also of attendance.
The workshop showcased over fifty presentations, during the 4 days,
SESSION 1: Technologies for Treatment and proper re-use of wastewater in irrigation
SESSION 2: Wastewater reuses and monitoring
SESSION 3: Case studies
SESSION 4: Technologies for solar desalination and water harvesting
SESSION 5: Opportunities and new challenges for introducing greenhouse structure minimizing crop water consumption
SESSION 6: Policies framework and institutional Aspects
Three concrete actions resulted from this meeting:
- a memorandum between the farmers association and IAV Hassan II in collaboration with Dr Martin Buchholz ( coordinator of CYCLER SUPPORT Project) to develop a pilot greenhouse reducing water consumption .
- a first contact meeting between the municipality of Agadir and the Spanish group RLM to build a symbiotic plant station in the center of Agadir to irrigate most of the city landscape.
- a contract programme between a French company and IAV Hassan II for valorization of the of the sludge collected at the Agadir wastewater plant.
On another hand, the workshop allowed 4 European projects members to exchange information on similar subjects related to integrated water management (INNOVAMED, CYCLER SUPPORT, MELIA and SWUP).
Also several international organizations were present during the workshop including CIEHAM, IDRC, WWC, AWC, and The British Council.
In terms of the dissemination of the information presented during the workshop, over 10 news papers covered the event, and several articles were included in some Agricultural magazines. The local TV’s station and local Radio station broadcasted several coverage editions.
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