Activities
Only the main events organized in the country are summarized in the table below
Date | Location | Activity |
2017 |
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June | Amman | Signature of project document by MWI |
July | Amman | Inception workshop |
2018 |
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May | Amman | A total of 20 participants from MWI, JVA, DOS, NARC, MoA, attended a training on water accounting basic concepts and methodologies participants. |
May | Amman | A total of 25 participants from MWI, JVA, DOS, NARC, MoA, attended a training on water productivity basic concepts and methodologies with the initial field analysis with the University of Cordoba. |
2019 |
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Mar. | Amman | Thirty-two professional experts from the different national and international institutions participated in the First Nexus Dialogue workshop, to assess Water Sustainability using a Water-Food-Energy-Climate-Ecosystems Nexus analytical framework. |
April | Al Mashare’- NJV | A total of 25 participants attended a training of facilitators workshop for the FFS’s in Jordan. |
Oct. | Dead Sea | Thirty-two qualified staff and agricultural engineers from the different national directorates of each beneficiary country of the project (Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine and Tunisia) participated in a training on Water Productivity analyses using WaPOR dataset. |
Oct. | Dead Sea | Twenty-five qualified staff and agricultural engineers from the different national directorates of each beneficiary country of the project (Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine and Tunisia) participated in a regional training on crop mapping using remote sensing. |
Dec. | Amman | The Second ‘Nexus Dialogue’ workshop was implemented. Twenty-six professional experts from the different national and international institutions participated in the workshop. |
Dec. | Dead Sea | Eighteen extension personnel from the Palestinian Ministry of Agriculture were trained on Farmers Field School (FFS) methodology in Jordan. |
2020 |
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Feb. | Amman | A two-day workshop on Rapid Water Accounting and Advanced Water Accounting was implemented, where 28 participants attended. |
2021 |
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April | Amman | National water Auditing “Water Governance Analysis” virtual training was conducted, 42 participants from Jordan and Palestine attended. |
May | Amman | A two-day virtual workshop under the title of final Nexus training and results (strategy assessment) was conducted. |
June | Amman | A two-days physical training on water accounting for the water accounting team at ministry of water and irrigation (MWI) was conducted, where six participants form the MWI attended. |
June | Al Mashare | The FFS third season was launched in Al Mashare area. Around thirty farmers attended the launching in the presence of FAO Jordan representative, the ministry of agriculture, Jordan Valley Authority, and water user association pump No. 33. |
2022 |
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February | Dier Alla | The ET Cordova station was upgraded by installing improved kits and sensors. |
February | Al Mashare | A small-scale agro-silvo-pastoral test site was established in Al Mashare area with participation of the local community. |
February | Al Mashare | Dairy processing units were established in Al Mashare area and the related capacity-building program was conducted. |
March | Al Mashare | Livestock’s FFS for 20 female herders started in Al Mashare area. |
April | Al Mashare | A four-day physical advanced training on dairy processing for eleven women from Al Mashare area was conducted. |
May | Al Mashare | On-ground evaluation for the Farmer Field Schools (FFS) implemented in Jordan and Palestine was conducted. |
June | Al Mashare | Energy-efficient food drying units (sun-drying units) were established and the related capacity-building program was conducted for selected households. |
June | Amman | Three-day physical training on advanced water accounting analysis for twenty seven national trainees was conducted. |
August | Amman | Synthesis report includes the whole project findings was developed |
September | Amman | Three-day physical training on the proper irrigation management and water productivity assessment for eighteen extension staff from the Ministry of Agriculture was conducted. |
September | Al Mashare | On-ground evaluation of the on-farm irrigation systems efficiency and irrigation management practices was conducted in Al Mashare |