Special Sessions COSTEA

The COSTEA Think Tank, dedicated to water for food in the face of climate change challenges, was established in France in 2013 and is implemented through Eau, Agriculture et Territoires (EAT), with financial support from the French Development Agency (AFD).

It has progressively expanded internationally by connecting its partners within a Scientific and Technical Committee of nearly 800 members from multiple countries, a genuine community for reflection and action.

Its mission is to produce, share, and promote knowledge and policy recommendations to address the challenges of irrigated agriculture.

COSTEA organizes working groups, field expertise missions, cross-learning initiatives, and training activities across four main thematic areas:

➢ Agroecological reengineering and management of collective irrigation systems

➢ Wastewater reuse for agriculture 

➢ Mitigation of irrigated agriculture’s impact on climate change

➢ Participatory and inclusive territorial water governance

COSTEA will participate in the upcoming ICID Congress, a major international event dedicated to irrigation and water management.

Its governance is based on a Steering Committee composed of representatives from member states (through their sectoral ministries in charge of agricultural water), which defines strategic orientations and validates COSTEA’s objectives.

To date, member states include: Cambodia, Morocco, Tunisia, Palestine, Senegal, Chad, Mauritania, and France.

More information on: comite-costea.fr

COSTEA will be attending the next ICID conference!

On this occasion, a series of thematic side-events organized by COSTEA will highlight international experiences, research findings, and practical approaches addressing the challenges of agroecological transition in irrigated systems:

1. Water storage - With : BRL, SCP, INRAE, CIRAD, AgroParisTech, Hydroconseil, Université Paris 8 Vincennes-Saint-Denis

2. Gender in agroecological transitions of irrigated systems - With : Comités Techniques des Territoires Ruraux – AFD

3. Assessment of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from irrigated agricultural systems and mitigation levers

4. Reengineering of irrigated infrastructures and management to promote agroecology - With : SAED, ISRA, LISODE, BRL, SCP, CIRAD, URA-ECOLAND

5. Remote sensing in irrigated agriculture - With : IRD, INRAE / OneWater Vision, FAO, World Bank, Digital Earth Africa (IWMI), BRLi, Rives & Eaux, SCP, CESBIO, UMR G-EAU

6. REUSE for agriculture: innovative and participatory approaches in the Mediterranean - With : Experts Solidaires, AdaptAction, INRAE, INRGREF, Région Occitanie, Commune de Barjac, Ministère de l’Europe et des Affaires étrangères, Al Ard, Toubas Water Utility, JSC Nord Hébron - Including: Joint development of a risk management plan for the reuse of treated wastewater / Mizan Al-Maa Project: participatory modeling for local water management in Palestine and Morocco

7. Water efficiency of agri-food value chains in Morocco and Tunisia