<a href="http://www.irwaproject.com/"></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">Improvement of irrigation water management in Lebanon and Jordan<br /> </span><a href="http://www.irwaproject.com/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">website</span></a> <br /> <span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /> </span> <span style="font-style: italic;">Starting date:</span>&nbsp;2003/06/01 - <span style="font-style: italic;">Duration (months):</span>&nbsp;48<br /> <br /> <span style="font-style: italic;"><br /> </span> <b><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);">Background</span></b><br /> <br /> The project was set up to tackle irrigation water management problems in Lebanon and Jordan. Water management concerns the entire Mediterranean basin, and is a major preoccupation of the two countries covered by the project, particulary in agricultural areas. <br /> <br /> The IrWA project is particularly active in the Jordan Valley in Jordan and the Litani River basin in the Bekaa Valley, north of Qaraoun Lakein in Lebanon. In Jordan, the emphasis is on water quality and inappropriate filtering and irrigation systems, and in Lebanon, the lack of management of the Litani riverbed. In both places, there is a lack of water-saving mentality in irrigation.<br /> <br /> The project intends to orient local authorities to a more rational use of water and to provide them with examples for solving water problems.&nbsp; <br /> <br /> <br /> <span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"><b><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);">Key objectives</span></b><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /> </span></span> <ul> <li><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Rehabilitation of part of the Litani River</span></span></li> <li><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Increased availability of lands for cultivation, through flood protection and control</span></span></li> <li><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Better irrigation efficiency in the central and southern parts of the Jordan River Valley</span></span></li> <li><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Increased water stocking facilities at farm level</span></span></li> <li>Improved awareness on water management issues</li> <li>Greater technical know-how for farmers</li> <li>Strengthened regional cooperation on agricultural water issues.</li> </ul> <br /> <b><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);">Contacts</span></b><br /> <br /> <table border="1"> <thead> <tr> <td style="background-attachment: fixed; background-image: url(none);" align="center"><span style="font-style: italic;">Partners</span></td> <td align="center"><span style="font-style: italic;">Countries</span></td> <td align="center"><span style="font-style: italic;">Contacts</span></td> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>ICU - Istituto per la Cooperazione Universitaria<br /> (Project coordinator) - <a target="_blank" href="http://www.icu.it/">web</a></td> <td>IT</td> <td><a href="mailto:aldo.bonsignore@icu.it">Mr. Aldo Bonsignore<br /> </a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>CESAL - <a target="_blank" href="http://www.cesal.org/">web</a></td> <td>ES</td> <td><a href="mailto:pllano@cesal.org">Mr. Pablo Llano<br /> </a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>NCARTT - National Center for Agricultural Research and Technology Transfer - <a target="_blank" href="http://www.ncartt.gov.jo/">web</a></td> <td>JO</td> <td><a href="mailto:Director@ncartt.gov.jo">Dr. Abdel Nabi Fardous<br /> </a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Litani River Authority</td> <td>LB</td> <td><a href="mailto:%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20">Dr. Kamal Karaa<br /> </a> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> &nbsp; <br /> <span style="font-weight: bold;"><b><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> </b></span> 2007-03-20T16:32:24Z tag:www.emwis.net,2007-03-20:/initiatives/medaeau/fol719001/fol611177 http://www.emwis.net/misc_/SEMIDE/Site.gif Euro-Mediterranean Information System on know-how in the Water sector tag:www.emwis.net,2007-09-20:/initiatives/medaeau/fol719001/fol611177/IRWA_PresentationPart1.pdf 2007-09-20T19:53:22Z Miruna Badescu Anne-Marie Harper

tag:www.emwis.net,2007-09-20:/initiatives/medaeau/fol719001/fol611177/IRWA_PresentationPart2.pdf 2007-09-20T19:53:22Z Miruna Badescu Anne-Marie Harper