Atelier sur L'Acceleration de la Reutilisation dex Eaux Usees au Maroc: Analyse Couts-Avantage et Possibilites D'Investissment

This consultation workshop was organized by IWMI through its Regional Office for the Middle East and North Africa in Cairo, jointly with ANAFIDE, the Moroccan National Committee for International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID), and was held on December 20 and 21, 2022 at the FAIRMONT Rabat-Salé hotel. The ultimate objective of this workshop was to contribute to the development of the water reuse sector in Morocco through the initiation of a dialogue around investment options and the different financing possibilities for the treatment and water reuse for various agricultural activities and other purposes; as well as exploring various cost-benefit analysis approaches for an optimal set-up of treatment and sustainable reuse projects. The workshop falls within the framework of the CGIAR’s Regional Integrated Initiative F2R-CWANA WP 4, which is led by IWMI and works for better productivity and more sustainable integration between the Water, Agriculture, Energy and Territory systems

Climate change, transformative adaptation options, multiscale polycentric governance, and social welfare Towards an empirical evaluation in the context of Oum Er Rbia Basin, Morocco

The overall objective of the proposed research is to develop an empirically applicable methodology for capturing and evaluating the critical linkages between the relative success of transformative adaptation options and their relative effectiveness as determined by the underlying institutions and infrastructures at various scales and contexts. The methodology will cover both the individual and joint roles of institutional and infrastructural elements of multiscale and polycentric governance (MPG) structure in enhancing the effectiveness and climate resilience contributions of different transformative adaptation options

Polycentric governance model for transformative adaptation in Morocco: Institutional mapping

This paper mapped the institutions involved in planning, funding, implementing, maintaining and monitoring, and evaluating of the adaptation interventions in Morocco. It considered the following interventions implemented through the Green Morocco Plan for mapping institutions. 1). Adoption of Water Saving Program in irrigation 2). Adoption of resilient cropping patterns, and 3). Improvement of the investment climate in agriculture. The mapped institutions include institutional actors such as ministries, departments, local authorities, public establishments, professional organizations, funding agencies, etc., and non-institutional actors such as unorganized farmers, private operators, and households

WP 5: Scaling innovation and digital tools for climate resilient food value chains

From Fragility to Resilience in Central and West Asia and North Africa (F2R CWANA) WP 5: Scaling innovation and digital tools for climate resilient food value chains Inception Workshop Morocco May 17, 202

WP 4: Integrated food, land, water and energy systems for climate resilient landscapes

From Fragility to Resilience in Central and West Asia and North Africa (F2R CWANA) WP 4: Integrated food, land, water, and energy systems for climate-resilient landscapes Inception Workshop Morocco May 17, 2022

Understanding the trade-offs between climate change-induced aridity and agricultural water demand in the Souss basin, Morocco

The concept of integrated water resource management requires an in-depth analysis of water inflows into a river basin. Population growth and the uncertainties associated with climate change are causing increased water stress and droughts, which are impacting agriculture. Hence the need for studies on the impact of climate change on demand-supply interactions in river basins. In this study, a generic decision support system, ModSim, was used; for the first time in the region; to examine the agricultural water usage and demands over Souss basin in Morocco. ModSim was calibrated over the period from 1990 to 2019 using recorded data about physical processes and hydraulic infrastructures features and management. The simulations succeeded in replicating different deficit episodes at the various irrigated perimeters. During the simulated period from 2012 to 2019, it was observed that the water supplies for the different dams in the basin experienced a decline ranging from 38% to 89%. As a result, the average total unmet demand for surface water from reservoirs in irrigated areas reached 201 mm3 between 1990 and 2019 and the monthly average demand increases by 55% in the dry season, compared to the demands in the rest of the year. The significant amount of unmet demand across all sites suggests that demands are satisfied by the withdrawal of water from groundwater resources. The adopted approach has proven to be a useful decision support tool to understand water resources planning challenges. Water managers require such reliable tools to represent the basin's water trade-offs. Thus, additional investigation to improve the representation of groundwater/surface water interaction approaches is required to enhance the evaluation of the consequences of different uses, especially in arid and semi-arid regions with significant water stress such as Souss. A conceptual framework as well as a detailed discussion have been produced in order to guide efficient water management and governance

Accelerating planned wastewater reuse in Morocco stakeholder consultation report

This consultation workshop was organized by IWMI through its Regional Office for the Middle East and North Africa in Cairo, jointly with ANAFIDE, the Moroccan National Committee for International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID), and was held on December 20 and 21, 2022 at the FAIRMONT Rabat-Salé hotel. The ultimate objective of this workshop was to contribute to the development of the water reuse sector in Morocco through the initiation of a dialogue around investment options and the different financing possibilities for the treatment and water reuse for various agricultural activities and other purposes; as well as exploring various cost-benefit analysis approaches for an optimal set-up of treatment and sustainable reuse projects. The workshop falls within the framework of the CGIAR’s Regional Integrated Initiative F2R-CWANA WP 4, which is led by IWMI and works for better productivity and more sustainable integration between the Water, Agriculture, Energy and Territory systems