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12/11/2012 International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics Water4Crops-I ndia The only Global R&D Organization I ntegrating bio-treated wastewater for Semi-Arid Agriculture reuse with enhanced water use ICRISAT’s Mission ICRISAT’s Vision efficiency to support the green Reduce poverty, hunger, A prosperous, food-secure economy in EU and I ndia and resilient dryland tropics malnutrition and environmental degradation in the dryland tropics (I ndia side) SP Wani and Team SP Wani and Team I nternational Crops Research I nstitute ffor the Semi-Arid Tropics (I CRI SAT) I nternational Crops Research I nstitute ffor the Semi-Arid Tropics (I CRI SAT) Patancheru 502 324, Andhra Pradesh, I ndia Patancheru 502 324, Andhra Pradesh, I ndia I CRI SAT Experimental Field I CRI SAT Locations in the SAT Facilities Well-laid plots Alfisols and Vertisols Farm machinery Linear irrigation Furrow irrigation Sprinkler irrigation Challenges to Produce More Food A W ater-Short W orld A W ater-Short W orld with Limited Water  Vital, finite and scarce  Vital, finite and scarce  Vital, finite and scarce  Vital, finite and scarce Poverty Poverty  Essence that makes GREY - GREEN  Essence that makes GREY - GREEN  Essence that makes GREY - GREEN  Essence that makes GREY - GREEN Malnutrition Malnutrition Water scarcity Water scarcity  By 2025 1/3 rd population will face water  By 2025 1/3 rd population will face water  By 2025 1/3 rd population will face water  By 2025 1/3 rd population will face water scarcity scarcity scarcity scarcity Population explosion Population explosion 211 m India 211 m India 142 m China 142 m China 156 m Other Asia & Pacific 156 m Other Asia & Pacific Land degradation Land degradation 1

12/11/2012 Rainfed Agriculture in Need of Rainfed Agriculture in Need of Water Demand to meet Resource Conservation Technology Resource Conservation Technology MDG With improved water productivity (1800 1200 m 3 t ‐ 1 ) additional water demand will be: 1815 km 3 By 2015 3000 km 3 By 2030 10 000 Vulnerability of impacts Increase to reach the Hunger Goal 2015 Water scarcity and drought of climate change 2002 base line 8 000 Balanced diet will need 1300 m 3 6 000 person ‐ 1 year ‐ 1 3 km 4 000 2 000 0 1960 1970 1980 1990 2002 2015 2030 2050 Source: Falkenmark and Rockstrom 2004 year Low water use efficiency Land degradation Present and Anticipated Future Fresh Per Capita Water Availability Water Demand for Food Production and in I ndia Other uses in I ndia Per capita Population Year water availability (Million) M 3 /year 1951 361 5177 1955 395 4732 1991 846 2209 2001 1027 1820 2025 1394 1341 2050 1640 1140 Source: Govt. of India, Ministry of Water Resources, 2009 Source: Central water commission, 2005 Present and Anticipated Future Urban About the Project Population and Wastewater Generation in I ndia 1200 140 Water4Crops ‐ India Wastewater Generation (Million m3/day) 120 1000 Urban Population Urban Population (Millions) Wastewater generation Collaborative KBBE.2012.3.5 ‐ 03: Biotechnological wastewater 100 800 Projects treatments and reuse in agronomical systems 80 600 Integrating bio ‐ treated wastewater reuse with 60 Proposal enhanced water use efficiency to support the 400 Title 40 green economy in EU and India (India side) 200 20 Duration 48 months 0 0 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 2030 2040 2050 2060 Call identifier FP7 ‐ KBBE ‐ 2012 ‐ 6 ‐ Singlestage Year Source: Ministry of Environment & Forests, 2007 2

12/11/2012 Sustainable I ntensification of Water 4 Crops Agriculture To provide sustainable solutions through  To provide food for growing  Increasing water availability by developing  To produce biomass as population feed and new technologies to treat and reuse resource to produce chemicals and energy wastewater  Water availability and soil health are critical  Using water more efficiently in irrigation factors  Better management of water, land and crops to develop viable, stronger and green economy Continued Objectives Objectives (Cont..)  Develop and demonstrate integrated treatment processes for  Mapping and characterization of quantitative trait loci (QTL) for agro-food industry effluents targeted for recovery of economically useful components and recycling of water drought tolerance related traits in maize, sorghum, pearl millet suitable for irrigation and chickpea  Selection and optimization of fungal consortium to remove  I mproving drought adaptation using marker-assisted breeding contaminants from municipal wastewater for re-use in and trait-based selection approaches in maize, sorghum, pearl agriculture millet and chickpea, and transgenic approaches in chickpea  Enhancing water use efficiency through improved irrigation  Evaluate and optimize the proposed combinations of bio- systems, agronomic practices and using validated simulation treatment and wastewater reuse from a perspective of models supporting green growth and to boost interaction between  Assess impacts of treated wastewater on soil, crop produce knowledge organisations and industries of the European and and groundwater quality I ndian parties  I ncreasing sea water use efficiency through I ntegrated Mangrove-Fishery Farming System Objectives of Water 4 Crops Objectives of Water 4 Crops (EU Side) (EU Side) (Cont..)  Production of water for irrigation from wastewater and return of nutrients and fertilizer to the land  I mproved water use efficiency at field level through genomics and breeding  Recovery of specific high-value products from the wastewater  Development of green economy by transdisciplinary co-  Develop an easy and cheap microbial monitoring method to creation of agribusiness opportunities and water bio- control irrigation water quality for pathogens treatment  Optimize domestic wastewater treatment, recycling and  Stimulate cross fertilization and knowledge transfer discharge via constructed wetlands between the WPS and activities in Europe and I ndia  Development of irrigation products, systems and strategies  Disseminate the newly developed technologies, new coupling with irrigation systems economic concepts and local business demand  Modeling the impact of using poor quality water on crop and soil quality 3

12/11/2012 Work Packages Consortium Partners 1 International Crops Research Institute for the Semi ‐ Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) Work Title 2 The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) package 3 Amity University Uttar Pradesh (AUUP) Agro ‐ food industry wastewater valorization and reuse WP1 4 University of Agricultural Sciences Dharwad (UASD) Municipal wastewater bio ‐ treatment and reuse WP2 5 MS Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF) 6 National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) Agricultural water management WP3 7 Jain Irrigation Systems Limited (JISL) WP4 Development of water efficient crop varieties 8 Euro India Research Centre (EIRC) Enabling green growth using water treatment and reuse WP5 9 SABMiller (SABM) innovations 10 University of Agricultural Sciences Bangalore (UASB) Dissemination and technology exchange WP6 11 PRAJ Matrix (PRAJM) Management & Coordination 12 Ugar Sugar (UGSG) WP7 13 Larsen & Toubro (L&T) 14 Ion Exchange Water 4 Crops: Strategy The Water4crops Principle  Consortium approach – Public Private Partnership  Mirror case approach  I nnovative modular biotechnological process  Co-learning and evolutionary  Co-creation of new products leading to new business opportunities Distribution of Work Concept of the Mirror Cases Packages Technology Technology Partners WP1 WP2 WP3 WP4 WP5 WP6 WP7 Technological option Technological option Development Hot Development ICRISAT Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Spots (Europe) Technological demand Technological demand Hot Spots (India) TERI Y Y Y Y Waste water Ugar sugar works AUUP Y Y Y Y treatment plant, Bari with UASD Y Y Y Y Y IRSA Laboratory Praj and Larsen & • Discuss • Discuss Y Y Y Y Y Bari/Rome Toubro MSSRF technological technological Membrane treatment advances advances NEERI Y Y Y Y Y • Exploit business • Exploit business Jain Laboratory and JISL Y Y Y Y Y opportunities opportunities field experiment Sparta olive oil waste • Facilitate • Facilitate facilities Y Y Y water treatment EIRC targeted targeted training training SABMiller Y Y Y Y Y Laboratories TERI Laboratory and UASB Y Y Y Y BOLOGNA FHVW field experiment Integration with EBCT CEMAGREF Aix facilities PRAJ Matrix Y Y Y Y Dissemination and technology Ugar Sugar Y Y Y Y transfer activities Y Y Y Y Larsen & Toubro Mirror case (Europe) Mirror case (India) Ion Exchange Y Y “Emalia Romagna” “Hyderabad” 4