Bonjour à tous,
Suite à mes messages sur l'appel d'offre Afrique de l'UE, je ne sais
pas si certains de vous ont avancé dans leur idée de concevoir un
projet.
Voici en tout cas la traduction d'un message d'Anton Immink, de
l'Université de Stirling, susceptible de vous intéresser.
Bien amicalement
Lionel
Chers membres,
Nous sommes intéressés par l'appel à projet UE sur l'agriculture
durable en Afrique, en lien avec la gestion de l'eau et des sols. Nous
essayons d'identifier des pays Africains éligibles, qui offrent de
bons exemples d'approches intégrées de la gestion des ressources
hydriques, incluant peut-être de l'irrigation à grande ou petite
échelle, des productions végétales intensives, du riz et de la gestion
d'eaux usées urbaines. A ce stade, nous n'avons pas d'idée finalisée
sur le projet ou sur la liste de pays susceptibles de présenter des
systèmes éligibles à grande échelle. Si nous pouvions approfondir et
partager nos idées avec des membres de la liste, peut-être pourrions
nous monter un projet ensemble. Tout projet doit faire appel à des
organisations de grande taille qui travaillent sur l'agriculture de
manière globale, et où les systèmes aquacoles ne seraient qu'une
petite composante, mais critique.
Amitiés
Anton
Début du message réexpédié :
De : Anton Immink <a.j.immink(a)stir.ac.uk>
Date : 3 septembre 2009 17:10:19 HAEC
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Dear members
We are interested in an EU call relating to agriculture
sustainability in Africa, particularly in relation to the management
of water and soils. We are trying to identify suitable African
countries with good examples of integrated watershed management
approaches, perhaps including large and small-scale irrigation,
intensive vegetable production, rice and urban/waste water use. At
present we do not have a finalised project idea, or even a list of
countries that would have suitable systems on a larger scale. If we
can develop those ideas with anyone on the list then we may be able
to develop a project together. Any project is likely to require
larger organisations working on agriculture more broadly, so I think
the 'aquaculture systems' component will be quite small, but critical.
Regards
Anton
Anton Immink, Stirling Aquaculture. a.j.immink(a)stir.ac.uk
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Call: FP7-AFRICA-2010: Sustainable water resources management and
Soil fertility
conservation for food production in Africa - SICA (Africa)
Inappropriate management of irrigation water contributes to erosion
of top soil, loss of organic matter, salinisation, decrease of soil
fertility and pollution of ground and surface fresh waters. Research
efforts are necessary to allow a more sustainable exploitation of
water and soils by African farmers, and support the increasing
demand for locally produced food. More sustainable food production
strategies and techniques for irrigated farms need to be studied,
developed and implemented, which can revitalise the natural
regenerative capacities of agricultural soils, reduce fresh water
pollution and ensure healthy and resilient environments.
Methodologies, devices and indicators, adapted to specific African
situations, will be developed for monitoring and assess risk factors
for soil health and fertility, as well as for safe fresh water
resources, in irrigated areas. Adapted innovative techniques to
improve WRM and keep soil fertility at farm level need to be
investigated and field-tested. The prevailing technical/scientific
part of the project should be complemented by a true participatory
approach by involving local stakeholders at different levels, such
as farmers, local NGOs, relevant governmental organisations, as to
make better and suitable use of existing potentialities and local
knowledge, as well as to facilitate an easier implementation/
adoption of the project's selected strategies. Studies on social
processes and farmers’ rationales for implementing, adapting,
innovating or rejecting the proposed strategies, should also be part
of the project activities, as to ensure their acceptability by the
end users (farmers and policymakers) and thus producing the expected
impact.
With the aim of increasing research capacities in the participating
African countries, the project should include tailored training
activities, such as the organisation of training programmes in loco
and exchanges of researchers.
Expected impact: Effective soil and water management strategies will
allow African farmers to produce sufficient food crops and achieve
sustainable use of irrigation water, conservation of soil fertility
and reduction of fresh water reserves pollution. Wise use of water
resources at farm level, coupled with adequate soil management
practices, will help slowing down, and eventually stop, loss of soil
fertility and counteract decline and pollution of natural resources.
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