- Farid Herda
- Agricultural Water and Rural Development Scientist
- [email protected]
- 0776049656
- Algeria
- National Agricultural Research Institute (INRAA)
- Research Organisation (Public)
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The Algeria National Agronomic Research Institute (INRAA) is a public scientific and technological institution under the supervision of the Ministry of agriculture and rural Development endowed with the mandate to contribute in the development and implementation of research programs; to coordinate agricultural research activities at the national level; to participate in the development of training and development plans for research purposes; to promote research results and ensure their dissemination and use in collaboration with relevant national and international institutions. The activities of INRAA relate mainly to the following areas: Improvement and development of plant production; Improvement and development of animal production; Conservation, processing and improvement of agricultural products; Biotechnologies applied to agriculture; Economics and sociology of the agricultural and rural world.
Among Research Divisions existing at INRAA there is ''Bioclimatology and Agricultural Water Management 'Research Division''
- Topic 1.1.1-2024 (IA) Sustainability of Mediterranean irrigated agriculture through the implementation of WEFE Nexus approach.
- Topic 1.2.1-2024 (IA) Transformative Adaptation of Mediterranean dry farming systems using water harvesting techniques to address extreme drought in arid and semi-arid environments.
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i) participation in a consortia dealing with agricultural water mangement in drought prone areas ,
ii) we can work as well with low-rainfall agropastoral communities with which we have developped comunity integrated development plans in which there is a significant development potential for water harvesting techniques
iii) case studies -
deficit irrigation , supplemental irrigation , water productivity improvement , community development plans , Algeria