Rural Water and Food Security (PI/2017/382-112)
The overall objective of the action is to support formulation and implementation of Chinese policies, legislation, standards and measures that will contribute enable better management, use and protection of groundwater resources and increased coverage of safe groundwater-based water supply in rural areas, thereby paving the way for European state-of-the-art business solutions and technologies.
General objectives
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- Efficient management of EU grants for improved rural water and food security
- Enabling Chinese policies, legislation and socio-economic priorities for sustainable water management, by efficient use, restoration and protection of groundwater resources in rural areas of China affected by water scarcity
- Protection and restoration of groundwater dependent eco-systems in karst areas
- Integrated measures to protect groundwater quality against diffuse pollution from agriculture
- Increased socio-economic efficiency in water allocation and use for irrigated agriculture (in areas with high competition for water)
- EU Water Technology Innovations applied to deliver safe groundwater-based domestic water supply in rural areas affected by groundwater pollution
- Managerial and technological measures to restore severely depleted groundwater aquifers
Investigador Principal: Julio Berbel Vecino
Correo electrónico de contacto: es1bevej@uco.es