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Table 5. –
PRIMA Pillar 1 themes
Pillar 1
themes to be addressed
Understanding groundwater processes and link with
surface water for catchment/basin balance
The PRIMA DIS
will ensure that a detailed
prioritisation of the activities within each subtheme is
defined and reflected in Annual Work Programmes.
Such prioritisation will be developed on the basis of
the SRIA and of the specific input of the Member
States and MPCs participating in the PRIMA Initiative.
Technical and social aspects of water saving and water
management in agriculture
Technologies adapted to smallholders and to local
conditions
Soil, water and vegetation interactions
Water systems governance
Water reuse and water desalination for use in
agriculture
Activities within PRIMA Pillar 1 are meant to target these priorities and for a set of outcomes to be part of
the exploitation potential of the PRIMA initiative. A prioritisation of the activities needed to achieve the
expected impacts is provided hereunder.
The first type of activity foreseen for PRIMA Pillar 1 concerns networking (indicatively Year 1-2), which will
be followed by Research and Innovation (R&I) activities and pilot studies (indicatively Y 2-10). In parallel to
the activation of R&I activities, training and outreach activities (indicatively Y 2-10) )will be carried out and
accompany the development of the R&I activities.
Table 6. –PRIMA Pillar 1
targets and activities
PRIMA
Operational
objectives
Main target
Prioritisation of activities needed for PRIMA impact
2
Novel plant varieties and technologies
to increase productivity and water
saving
Innovative
user-centered
water
saving
processes and programs
Awareness raising on water supply
strategies and water treatment or
reuse by farmers
Research projects
Innovation projects
Network of infrastructure
7
Novel approaches for the survey of
water and soil resources
Innovative
strategies
for
soil
management
New technologies and approaches for
management of water and natural
resources
Research projects
Innovation projects
Network of infrastructure
Capacity building
and training
8
Novel tools/DSS for planning and
adaptation to global changes
New monitoring and forecasting
water management systems
New
methods
integrating
desalination
and
wastewater
treatment in water management
Novel methods for water sanitation
and quality protection for food
production,
agriculture
and
aquaculture
Research projects
Innovation projects