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| Title | Socio-economic Water Productivity Analysis (dual thesis opportunity) |
| Group | Water Resources Management group |
| Project type | thesis |
| Credits | 36 |
| Supervisor(s) | tbd |
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| Contact info | maria.christoforidou@wur.nl |
| Begin date | 2022/04/01 |
| End date | 2022/01/01 |
| Description | Country: Egypt
Host institute: MetaMeta / IHE / WUR End date: to be determined Problem context Improving Water Productivity (WP) is currently high on the list of objectives of various water related projects. The Water Productivity Improvement in Practice (WaterPiP) is a project executed by IHE, MetaMeta and WUR. The main objective of WaterPIP is to guide Dutch funded water projects in Water Productivity (WP) concepts to reach 25% WP improvement in the agricultural sector using WaPOR. WaPOR (Water Productivity through open access of remotely sensed derived data) is a FAO database with ET, Biomass production & WP data for Africa and the Middle East, with a maximum spatial resolution of 30x30m. Research Objective/Question IWMI Egypt has gathered data from socio-economic surveys from different farmers in the Nile Delta, Egypt. The dataset includes data on agronomic aspects (soil type, crop choice, yield, irrigation type, water source) as well as costs of production and labour. Having these data, we would like to assess different aspects of WP, such as economic water productivity (the economic value obtained from a unit of water) and biophysical water productivity (yield or biomass over the water consumption). From WaPOR and AquaCrop, data on the water consumption can be retrieved and used for the analysis. Moreover, we also like to perform diagnostic analyses to identify the causes behind low or high WP levels based on the socio-economic dataset. The outcomes will contribute to the WaterPiP project, and the improved assessment of Water Productivity. What is expected from the student (type of research) This is a dual thesis opportunity where two students can work together. One student will focus more on economic water productivity and the other will focus more on water consumption using WaPOR and AquaCrop simulation model. Students will have the opportunity to collaborate with WaterPIP partners and IWMI Egypt. |
| Used skills | CWR, Aquacrop, GIS |
| Requirements | Completed WRM30806- Water Delivery |