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PROGRAMME Chair: Federica Rossi, Accademia dei Georgofili, CNR-IBE Opening and welcome to partecipants Marina Baldi, CNR-IBE, Director of WMO RTC Italy Climate change as an added pressure on water resources Session 1 - Management and re-use Co-chair: Massimo Gargano, General Director ANBI Tommaso Letterio & Francesco Cavazza, CER Innovation to water management in Italy: a territorial approach and a decision support system for farmers Adriano Battilani, ANBI-General Secretary of Irrigants d'Europe Water and drought management in the Mediterraneum Francesco Vincenzi, President ANBI Re-use: the case Italy. The value of irrigation, innovation and water saving Francesco Battistoni, Sottosegretario di Stato Ministero per le Politiche Agricole Alimentari e Forestali, Italian Government Orientation from the Italian Government Session 2 - The International Context Co-chair: Adriano Battilani, ANBI-General Secretary of Irrigants d'Europe Sue Walker, Agricultural Research Council, Natural Resources and Engineering. South Africa Water management, climate change and agriculture: the experience from South Africa Nabatsu Chattopadyay, Former Head Agricultural Meteorology Division, Indian Meteorological Department. India Water management, climate change and agriculture: the experience from India Scott Power, Director Centre for Applied Climate Sciences, University of Queensland. Australia Water management, climate change and agriculture: the experience from Australia Orivaldo Brunini, Coordenador Centro Integrado de Informações Agrometeorológicas (IAC-FUNDAG), Presidente Fundação de Apoio à Pesquisa Agrícola-FUNDAG. Brazil Water management, climate change and agriculture: the experience from Brazil Paolo De Castro, European Parliament The European vision Wrap up & conclusions Paolo Mannini (CER), Massimo Gargano (ANBI), Federica Rossi (Accademia dei Georgofili, CNR-IBE) 1.30 p.m. - Closure INTERNATIONAL MEETING Water in agriculture: a better use for a better world September 15th, 2021 - 9.30 a.m. The connubium water-agriculture is indissoluble. Crop productivity is strongly dependent on water supply, and the need of irrigation is becoming more and more urgent in most countries and for most crops. Climate change and variability increase the fluctuations in precipitation and surface supplies and largely pose a major threat on water availability. Agriculture irrigation accounts for 70% of water use worldwide and competes with the needs of rising population and energy and industry sectors. An adequate agriculture’s management of this precious resource and the preservation of its quality are therefore essential to a sustainable and productive agro-food sector in each country. This meeting aims to address some of those aspects, rising the attention of decision and policy makers, technical consultants, stakeholders, general public and citizens on the increasing need to address sustainable water use and re-use. Co-organized by: Accademia dei Georgofili; ANBI (Associazione nazionale consorzi di tutela gestione territorio e acque irrigue); CER (Consorzio di bonifica di secondo grado per il Canale Emiliano Romagnolo); CNR-IBE (Institute of BioEconomy). Participation can only take place by completing the following form by 9.00 a.m on Monday 13 September: https://forms.gle/gVmNcpniAXLCAoPx8 Participants will receive their login credentials to the web platform. On the basis of current legislation, participation in the presence will be allowed to the first 20 members who make a specific request. ACCADEMIA DEI GEORGOFILI
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PROGRAMME
Chair: Federica Rossi, Accademia dei Georgofili, CNR-IBE
Opening and welcome to partecipants
Marina Baldi, CNR-IBE, Director of WMO RTC ItalyClimate change as an added pressure on water resources
Session 1 - Management and re-use Co-chair: Massimo Gargano, General Director ANBI
Tommaso Letterio & Francesco Cavazza, CERInnovation to water management in Italy: a territorial approach and a decisionsupport system for farmers
Adriano Battilani, ANBI-General Secretary of Irrigants d'EuropeWater and drought management in the Mediterraneum
Francesco Vincenzi, President ANBIRe-use: the case Italy. The value of irrigation, innovation and water saving
Francesco Battistoni, Sottosegretario di Stato Ministero per le Politiche AgricoleAlimentari e Forestali, Italian GovernmentOrientation from the Italian Government
Session 2 - The International Context Co-chair: Adriano Battilani, ANBI-General Secretary of Irrigants d'Europe
Sue Walker, Agricultural Research Council, Natural Resources and Engineering.South AfricaWater management, climate change and agriculture: the experience from SouthAfrica
Nabatsu Chattopadyay, Former Head Agricultural Meteorology Division, IndianMeteorological Department. India Water management, climate change and agriculture: the experience from India
Scott Power, Director Centre for Applied Climate Sciences, University ofQueensland. AustraliaWater management, climate change and agriculture: the experience from Australia
Orivaldo Brunini, Coordenador Centro Integrado de InformaçõesAgrometeorológicas (IAC-FUNDAG), Presidente Fundação de Apoio à PesquisaAgrícola-FUNDAG. Brazil Water management, climate change and agriculture: the experience from Brazil
Paolo De Castro, European ParliamentThe European vision
Wrap up & conclusionsPaolo Mannini (CER), Massimo Gargano (ANBI), Federica Rossi (Accademia dei Georgofili, CNR-IBE)
1.30 p.m. - Closure
INTERNATIONAL MEETING
Water in agriculture: a better use for a better world
September 15th, 2021 - 9.30 a.m.
The connubium water-agriculture is indissoluble. Crop productivity is strongly dependent on water supply, and the need of irrigation isbecoming more and more urgent in most countries and for most crops. Climate change andvariability increase the fluctuations in precipitation and surface supplies and largely pose amajor threat on water availability. Agriculture irrigation accounts for 70% of water useworldwide and competes with the needs of rising population and energy and industry sectors.An adequate agriculture’s management of this precious resource and the preservation of itsquality are therefore essential to a sustainable and productive agro-food sector in eachcountry.This meeting aims to address some of those aspects, rising the attention of decision andpolicy makers, technical consultants, stakeholders, general public and citizens on theincreasing need to address sustainable water use and re-use.
Co-organized by: Accademia dei Georgofili; ANBI (Associazione nazionale consorzi di tutelagestione territorio e acque irrigue); CER (Consorzio di bonifica di secondo grado per il CanaleEmiliano Romagnolo); CNR-IBE (Institute of BioEconomy).
Participation can only take place by completing the following form by 9.00 a.m on Monday 13
September: https://forms.gle/gVmNcpniAXLCAoPx8Participants will receive their login credentials to the web platform.
On the basis of current legislation, participation in the presence will be allowed to the first 20members who make a specific request.
ACCADEMIA DEI GEORGOFILI
