Adaptation to Climate Change through improved water demand management in irrigated agriculture by introduction of new technologies and best agricultural practices

ACCBAT aims at reducing the use of fresh, good quality water in irrigated agriculture, in order to preserve it for direct human consumption. Improvement of water demand management and increase of water resources availability, through re-use of urban treated wastewater, are the two main approaches chosen to reach the objectives of the project, as good practice in countries subject to water scarcity events and as mitigation measures to the impacts of global climate change. International experts will support training and research activities, and contribute to final dissemination of results.
The project ACCBAT total budget is 4,99 million Euro and it is financed, for an amount of 4,49 million Euro (90%), by the European Union (ENPI CBC Mediterranean Sea Basin Programme) through the European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument.

Tunisian institutions and North African reporters visit the ACCBAT experimental station in Oued Souhil, Nabeul – Tunisia.

Tunisian institutions and North African reporters visit the ACCBAT experimental station in Oued Souhil, Nabeul – Tunisia.

December 27, 2014 · by Beatrice Bertolo · in Information, Tunisia, Wastewater

Tunisian institutions and North African reporters visit the ACCBAT experimental station in Oued Souhil, Nabeul – Tunisia.

As part of the capacity building program on the identification, development and economic analysis of adaptation actions for water security and climate resilience, Thursday, December 24, 2014, a field visit of representatives of partner institutions in charge of water issues, climate change and development of the WACDEP program (Water Program, Climate for Development in Africa) took place at the Experimental Station in Oued Souhil Nabeul. The purpose of the visit was to show how it is possible to terminate the impacts of climate change drip irrigation in orchards irrigated with treated wastewater produced in the ACCBAT project.

Fifteen representatives of Tunisian beneficiaries of the training institutions (Water Resources Branch, Branch management and conservation of agricultural land, Ministry of Development and International Cooperation, Ministry of Environment and National Meteorological Institute) and eighteen reporters (from Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco) participated to the visit. The journalists participated to the visit in order to deepen their knowledge on water resources and climate change with the objective to raise awareness on issues and challenges related to water resources management and emphasis on impact of climate change.

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