Water Solutions for Urban and Rural Resilience

 

Floods and droughts are increasing as a consequence of global warming, climate change. The impacts affect us all directly and indirectly in many ways - not least looming food security for vast numbers of people amid extreme weather patterns.  

 

Modern agriculture has been framed on production as if the resources came free especially the availability of water. Now aquifers and wells across the planet are running dry at an astonishing rate. How can we reverse this and become a water rich, thriving planet again?

 

The workshop will cover:

 

• Solutions for both drought and flood areas,  that has a direct impact on Agri Business;

• Methods to make farmers water rich and their impact;

• Migration and reverse migration – how people in villages can enhance local food systems;

• The water footprint of Agribusiness ;

• Agri Business role in returning water (that is used in the rest of the supply chain) back to the communities .

 

As outcomes of the workshop , the participants will better understand:

 

• How to balance profit and environmental wellbeing through a healthy water cycle;

• Methods to help their farmers to manage water in the landscape for greater productivity;

• How Agri business can meet its responsibilities in keeping both rural and urban areas water rich and resilient;                                       

• We all eat food and some of us produce and sell. How to engage people and businesses globally (esp those who don’t live in rural areas experiencing floods and droughts), to make the planet water rich again.

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Suggested map of the workshop:

 

Part one: 40 mins/30 mins – cases of water management in drought and flood areas. Business case from India. Q and A.

Part two: 30 mins- Break out session with groups and problem solving

Part three: 40 mins (20 mins/20 mins)  – Returning Water / Water Footprint/ recap and (20 mins) ways forward- with actions from each participant at the end.