FAO One Water One Health & EU Horizon 2020 present FLOWERED
Under FAO’s One Water One Health Initiative, FAO presents FLOWERED – an EU Horizon 2020 project results on Fluoride in water quality and food impacts.
The meeting will be held on 10 December 2019 from 9.00 to 12.00 in FAO Headquarters, Rome, Italy.
MEETING AGENDA:
9.00-9.08 a.m.
Welcome and Introduction to FAO One Water One Health Initiative, Sasha Koo-Oshima, Deputy Director, FAO Land and Water Division
9.08-9.20 a.m.
Presentation of Horizon 2020 de-FLuoridation technologies for improving quality of water and agro-animal products along the East African Rift Valley in the context of adaptation to climate change project (FLOWERED), Giorgio Ghiglieri, H2020 Project Coordinator FLOWERED, Department of Chemical and Geological Sciences, University of Cagliari, Italy
9.20-9.30 a.m.
Advancing hydrogeological knowledge, Alber Soler Gil, Director, Technical group MAiMA, Department of Minerology, Petrology and applied Geology, University of Barcelona, Spain
9.30-9.40 a.m.
Mitigation options for fluoride contamination in agriculture and livestock systems, Pier Paolo Roggero, Director, Desertification Research Centre, University of Sassari, Italy
09.40-9.50
Innovative water de-fluoridation technologies, Alfredo Idini, Department of Chemical and Geological Sciences University of Cagliari, Italy
9.50-10.00
Socio Economic Analysis
Luciano Gutierrez, Pro-rector Erasmus Program and International Cooperation, University of Sassari, Italy
Georgina Vidal-Gavilan, Head of Laboratory, Environmental and Innovation Services at D’ENGINY BIOREM, Spain
10:00-10:30
Coffee break
10:30-12:00
Experience and knowledge exchange:
Exploration of defluoridation technologies for improving quality of water and agro-animal products
Resource mobilization for future potential projects with FAO on global water quality
Giulio Pattanaro, Project Adviser, European Commission, Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (EASME)
ABOUT THE FLOWERED PROJECT:
FLOWERED is the abbreviation for de-flouridation technologies for improving quality of water and agro – animal products along the East African Rift Valley in the context of adaptation to climate change. FLOWERED aims to develop sustainable water management systems in areas affected by fluoride (F) contamination in water, soils and food in the African Rift Valley countries (Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania) and ultimately improve people’s living standards (environmental, health and food security).
The project follows three main pillars:
- Advance beyond state-of-the-art technologies
- Improve technologies
- Increase public engagement and address social challenges.
For more information on the FLOWERED project, visit the project website