Workshop WATER FOOTPRINT APPLICATION FOR WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT IN AGRICULTURE, 16 April 2013, Rome, Italy

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WORKSHOP

WATER FOOTPRINT APPLICATION FOR WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT IN AGRICULTURE

Rome, 16 April 2013
INEA, Sala Serpieri, Via Nomentana 41

9.00 REGISTRATION

9.30 WELCOME ADDRESS: Tiziano Zigiotto, President of INEA

9.50 Session 1 > Chair: Alessandro Monteleone, INEA

COST Action ES1106 "EURO-AGRIWAT"
Anna Dalla Marta, Università degli Studi di Firenze,UNIFI

Waterfootprint as an indicator to improve the sustainability of food systems
Alexander Maybeck, FAO

Drought Risk Management and Role of National Drought Policies
Sivakumar Mannava, WMO

11.00 COFFEE BREAK

11.30 Session 2 > Chair: Anna Dalla Marta, Università degli Studi di Firenze, UNIFI
Who determines the demand for food and who manages water?
Tony Allan, King's College London

Water Footprint Assessment: An essential tool to understand and manage
water in agriculture
Ashok K. Chapagain, Water Footprint Network

Climate Change, Wheat Water Use and Water Use Efficiency
Qunying Luo, University of Technology of Sydney

Water management in Montenegro
Mirko Knezevic, University of Montenegro, Biotechnical Faculty

The use of seasonal climate forecasting in stream flow forecasting and
agricultural management in Australia
Roger Stone, Australian Centre for Sustainable Catchments, University of
Southern Queensland

Recent Advances and Challenges in Natural Resource Monitoring and
Decision Support
Rey Motha, George Mason University, Usa

13.30 end of the workshop

Details of this workshop can be accessed here:

http://www.waterfootprint.org/downloads/Workshop%20Rome%20Final%20Programme%2016-17%20April%202013.pdf