POLICY SEMINAR

Groundwater: Potential and Pitfalls for Africa

2023 UN Water Conference Side Event

MAR 20, 2023 - 8:00 TO 9:30AM EDT

Development of groundwater is key to accelerating agricultural and overall economic growth, fighting climate change, and generating employment in Africa. However, improvements in groundwater institutions are needed to increase equity and environmental sustainability in groundwater use. This session discusses the groundwater program of the African Ministers' Council on Water (AMCOW), including case studies on the benefits of groundwater development and institutional advances in several African countries.

The importance of groundwater development for water and food security in Africa

H.E. Dr. Seleshi Bekele, Ambassador of Ethiopia to the US

Africa’s groundwater development program

Moshood Tijani, African Ministers' Council on Water

Groundwater development potential in Africa

Ramon Brentführer, Policy Advice Groundwater bei BGR, Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources

The economy-wide benefits of accelerating groundwater development in Senegal and Uganda

Angga Pradesha, Senior Scientist, IFPRI

The groundwater governance toolbox: Elements to increase sustainability of groundwater use in Africa

Hagar ElDidi, Senior Research Analyst, IFPRI

Panel Discussion

Niokhor Ndour, Director of Resource Management and Planning, Ministry of Water and Sanitation, Senegal

Julius Aheebwa, Water Officer, Ministry of Water and Environment, Uganda

Mure Agbonlahor, Agricultural Production and Marketing Officer, African Union Commission

Ruth Meinzen-Dick, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI

Moderator

Claudia Ringler, Deputy Director of Environment and Production Technology Division, IFPRI

More about this event: https://www.ifpri.org/event/groundwater-potential-and-pitfalls-africa

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