Water

Objectives:

Conduct innovative research and provide recommendations to support decision-making on water resources management, environmental degradation, and disaster risk reduction (DRR) at both national and transboundary levels.
Enhance skills and build capacity.
Develop and implement response programs at all levels to improve management and ensure equitable access to water and WASH resources.
Formulate and execute responses to environmental degradation and DRR.

Location: Botswana, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Sudan, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Duration: 48 months
Budget: €5 million
Lead Organisation: Stellenbosch University (South Africa)

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Location	Custom text
38.726255338294, 8.9620977381556	Addis Ababa University (AAB) Country: Ethiopia Project Framework: Regional Centres of Excellence for the Green Transition
36.761273145676, -1.3030023749157	IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Centre (ICPAC) Country: Kenya Project Framework: WEFE Africa Partnership, Regional Centres of Excellence for the Green Transition
-1.5036520846596, 12.378260987848	Institut International d'Ingénierie de l'Eau et de l'Environnement (2iE) Country: Burkina Faso Project Framework: Regional Centres of Excellence for the Green Transition
-1.5713109926175, 6.6739493814029	Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology (KNUST) Country: Ghana Project Framework: Regional Centres of Excellence for the Green Transition
32.567982673645, 0.3342616968332	Makerere University Country: Uganda Project Framework: WEFE Africa Partnership, Regional Centres of Excellence for the Green Transition
17.077322338052, -22.565844424071	Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST) Country: Namibia Project Framework: Regional Centres of Excellence for the Green Transition
31.061463774708, -17.854088971063	National University of Science and Technology (NUST) Country: Zimbabwe Project Framework: Regional Centres of Excellence for the Green Transition
7.3987112211593, 10.585476171395	National Water Resources Institute of Kaduna (NWRI) Country: Nigeria Project Framework: Regional Centres of Excellence for the Green Transition
28.269869563166, -25.753744360431	The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) Country: South Africa Project Framework: Regional Centres of Excellence for the Green Transition
34.945466704095, -18.56886779611	The International Center for Water Economics and Governance in Africa (IWEGA) Country: Mozambique Project Framework: Regional Centres of Excellence for the Green Transition
14.691323234893, -17.461757617865	Université Cheikh Anta Diop (UCAD) Country: Senegal Project Framework: Regional Centres of Excellence for the Green Transition
5.6150655169538, 6.392972238681	University of Benin (UNIBEN) Country: Benin Project Framework: Regional Centres of Excellence for the Green Transition
25.931426284084, -24.6605376	University of Botswana (UB) Country: Botswana Project Framework: Regional Centres of Excellence for the Green Transition
32.536504296288, 15.602554024951	University of Khartoum (UOFK) Country: Sudan Project Framework: Regional Centres of Excellence for the Green Transition
30.9807272, -29.8674219	University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) Country: South Africa Project Framework: Regional Centres of Excellence for the Green Transition
35.337020190006, -15.389173720248	University of Malawi (UNIMA) Country: Malawi Project Framework: Regional Centres of Excellence for the Green Transition
57.496513976702, -20.235223466685	University of Mauritius (UoM) Country: Mauritius Project Framework: Regional Centres of Excellence for the Green Transition
	University of Stellenbosch (SU) Country: South Africa Project Framework: Regional Centres of Excellence for the Green Transition
18.624914394579, -33.937384517093	University of the Western Cape (UWC) Country: South Africa Project Framework: Regional Centres of Excellence for the Green Transition
28.32845558466, -15.392894263384	University of Zambia (UNZA) Country: Zambia Project Framework: Regional Centres of Excellence for the Green Transition

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Water footprint

Water Footprint in Africa, considered as the sum of both the green and blue WF and defined as the ratio between evapotranspiration (in m3 per hectare) and crop yield (in ton per hectare). The values a...