STRIVER closing conference in Brussels May 28-29 2009
May 28, 2009.
Broadcasted live in the internet
ZEF is a partner in the European Commission funded research project STRIVER (Strategy and methodology for improved IWRM - An integrated interdisciplinary assessment in four twinning basins; under SUSTDEV-2005-3.II.3.6: Twinning European/third countries river basins).
The ZEF research focuses on the Tungabhadra basin in south India, which is one of the four basins studied in the project. Tungabhadra river is a tributary of the Krishna river. ZEF will be mainly active in Work Package (WP) 9 "IWRM in the twinned Tungabhadra and Tejo/Tagus river basins, with a focus and land and water use interactions".
The research focuses on the interaction between irrigated and rainfed farming in the lower Tungabhadra basin, in the border area of the states of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. The districts on the Karnataka side are Raichur, Koppal and Bellary, on the Andhra Pradesh side Mahbubnagar and Kurnool.
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