27th Session of the OSS Strategic Orientation Committee, Tunis, January 28, 2025
Held on January 28, 2025 in Tunis, the 27th session of the Strategic Orientation…
Status
Closed
Duration of the project
3 years and a half (2016-2019)
Themes
- Sustainable water resource management
- Food safety
- Fluoride contamination
Total budget
185 000 €
Beneficiaries
- Public, private and political institutions and other authorities of the three African countries concerned (Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania);
- Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), NGOs (interested in the implementation of new technologies related to water consumption, agriculture, and wildlife protection);
- Water managers, scientific community, educational system, PhD students, post-graduate students, young scientists
- Farmers associations, rural communities
Countries concerned
Ethiopie,
Kenya,
Tanzanie
De-Fluoridation Technologies for Improving Quality of Water and Agro-Animal Products along the East African Rift Valley
The FLOWERED project is part of a broader effort to establish a sustainable water resource management system in the Rift Valley countries (Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania). In this region, water, soils, and food production are severely affected by fluoride contamination, which undermines the environment, public health, and food security. By addressing this challenge, the project seeks to bring lasting improvements to the living conditions of local communities.
Beyond the initial assessment, FLOWERED focuses on technological innovation. It explores, tests, and implements defluoridation solutions tailored for drinking water and irrigation, designed primarily for application at the village level.
These concrete interventions are reinforced by a commitment to integrated, sustainable, and participatory management of water and agriculture—an approach that extends beyond national boundaries and fosters strengthened regional cooperation.
Financial partners
- European Union - EU
Technical partners
Key Achievements
- Implementation of an innovative Geo-Data system for knowledge management with a web platform for data sharing;
- Geographical, geological, and hydrogeological characterization of the target areas;
- Comic strip in the local language, leaflets in the local language, posters, quarterly newsletter;
- Production of documentary films on the project's achievements;
- Organization of three experience-sharing workshops in Tanzania 2017, Kenya 2018, and Ethiopia 2019: scientific conferences and field visits;
- Development of a defluoridation prototype and experimentation in the project's intervention areas.
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