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Long-term Europe-Africa Research and Innovation Partnership for Food and Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture

Titre : ALTOS : Managing water resources within Mediterranean agrosystems by accounting for spatial structures and connectivities

Pays/Région : Morocco ; Tunisia ; Lebanon ; Spain ; Italy

Date : Start date 2019-12-14 End date 2022-12-13

Identifiant : 159-ALTOS
Type de projet : Development and innovation oriented (research) project

Objectif
The ALTOS project aims to improve water management models for rainfed and irrigated agriculture, by modulating spatial structures and connectivities induced by hydro-agricultural infrastructures and practices (e.g., modulating land use to drive upstream/downstream water repartition). Four study sites are considered for integrated analysis in Morocco, Lebanon and Tunisia ; and two study sites are considered for methodological developments in Spain and Italy. WP1 deals with monitoring and modelling tools for characterizing spatial structures. WP2 addresses innovative monitoring tools for characterizing processes induced by spatial structures. WP3 addresses innovative modelling for simulating individual and combined processes. WP4 simulates matter fluxes and storages for possible structure modulations, and conducts an integrated analysis with end-users on the basis of participative seminars. WP5 deals with (1) the sharing of data and methods, and (2) the results dissemination and exploitation.

Présentation
ALTOS is interlinked with sustainable development goals (SDG) #2 (sustainable agriculture), #6 (water supply services), and #12 (responsible production). By providing simulated indicators, it contributes to PRIMA KPI, in-cluding surface occurrence of productive and sustainable agriculture (SDG #2), water exploitation index (SDG #6), and global food loss index (SDG #12). It also contributes to PRIMA outcome indicators, including (1) newly modelling routines for water cycle, (2) new irrigation technologies with the modulation of irrigation techniques, and (3) innovative farming system with improved crop water use efficiency and water resource quality. Result dissemination relies on long-term collaborations with several stakeholders (farmer associations, resource managers, engineering offices).

Coordinateur : Laboratory for the study of Soil-Agrosystem-Hydrosystem interactions (LISAH)
Partenaires : Center for the Study of the Biosphere from Space (CESBIO) University of Cagliari National Council for Scientific Research – Lebanon (CNRS-L) Lebanese Agricultural Research Institute (LARI) National Agronomic Institute of Tunisia (INAT) National Research Institute of Rural Engineering, Water and Forests (INRGREF) Ecole Superieure des Communications de Tunis (SUPCOM) Water Researches and Technologies Center (CERTE) Cadi Ayyad University Institute of Agrifood Research and Technology (IRTA)

Financement principal : Directorate-General for Research and Innovation (DG RTD) (H2020)
Budget : 1 042 491 EUR

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