Conveners
PRIMA
- Abdelilah EL ABBASSI (Faculté des Sciences Semlalia, Université Cadi Ayyad, Marrakech)
- Edgardo Canas (Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences)
Description
In this session, scientists from different Euro-Mediterranean countries present the results of different projects funded under the framework of the PRIMA initiative.
The Sebou Water Fund (SWF), established in 2019 by the NGO Living Planet Morocco (LPM) in collaboration with several national and international partners, represents a groundbreaking initiative within the Mediterranean basin and the MENA region. The SWF operates on the fundamental principle of "payment for ecosystem services" and is dedicated to promoting sustainable water resource management...
PHEMAC aims to develop and disseminate an interactive platform that gathers and shares best practices focused on PRIMA SRIA priorities, involving a wide range of stakeholders from the farming system, water management, and agri-food sectors. Through a participatory approach, PHEMAC facilitates the knowledge exchange among the involved actors on PRIMA SRIA priorities-related programs, policies,...
The use of saline water resources in agriculture is becoming a common practice in semi-arid and arid regions such as the Mediterranean. The joint EU-PRIMA research project “SmaCuMed” aims at developing and testing an all-in-one smart irrigation cube system for smart-sensor controlled irrigation and the energy-autonomous treatment of brackish groundwater. This study focused on the testing and...
The implementation of innovative technologies in the agricultural sector requires a deep understanding of its specific requirements as well as of possible hindering – or fostering – natural, institutional, economic and social factors.
Since long time, Moroccan policymakers have given a strong priority to the dissemination of localized irrigation techniques and, therefore, taxes on the...
The Smart Irrigation Cube for Sustainable Agriculture in the Mediterranean Region (SmaCuMed) is a collaborative research initiative supported by the European Union's EU-Prima initiative. This project integrates advanced desalination technologies, including membrane capacitive deionization (MCDI) and low-pressure reverse osmosis (LPRO), into a comprehensive smart irrigation cube system. The...
The EU-PRIMA project SmaCuMed offers an integrated approach by providing a sustainable and innovative solution for groundwater desalination in the field of smart irrigation. SmaCuMed consists on integrating a novel desalination technology membrane capacitive deionization (MCDI) with low-pressure reverse osmosis (LPRO) in an all-in-one “Smart Irrigation Cube” system.
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