Applications for the eLearning course Real Water Savings in Agriculture (REWAS) can be submitted starting today. This online course is organized by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and FutureWater at no costs and will be organized in August 2022. Focus will be on India. Participants will receive a FAO / FutureWater certificate after successful completion.
The REWAS training course will introduce a simple tool to estimate the potential for generating real water savings from various agronomic, water management and technical practices in irrigated agriculture. Target audience are professionals working in water management (policy, academia, government, NGOs, private sector). Participants will gain a solid understanding of the linkages between field interventions (water, soil, agronomy) and basin-scale hydrology, in addition to being able to quantify these impacts.
The REWAS tool will be distributed among the participants and can be used free of charge during and after the training.
The training is delivered as an eLearning and will be distributed over a 4-weeks period. Each week consists of approximately 1 hour of ‘live’ online learning with all participants (using videoconferencing tool) followed by about 3 to 5 hours of self-learning at ones own pace.
The live online learning sessions will take place at the following days (13:30-14:30 Indian Time):
Submit your application before 18-Jul-2022 by sending an email to Peter Droogers (p.droogers@futurewater.nl) including:
- name;
- organization;
- email address;
- North or South India.
Downloadable flyers for both courses in North and South India by clicking the links.
