WHLab
Water Harvesting Lab
Water Harvesting through Small Agricultural Reservoirs for sustainable water management
The edition of 2024-25 of the online course of the Water Harvesting Lab will be on “Water Harvesting through Small Agricultural Reservoirs for sustainable water management”
The course is organized in collaboration with the AG-WaMED PRIMA Project.
The call for application is open!
The online professional training course will deal with Small Agricultural Reservoirs as a tool for sustainable and resilient water management. Such structures are widely used in different parts of the world, from Southern America to Europe and East Asia. Even if their adoption is widespread, multiple challenges are still to be solved for their management, related to the planning of new small reservoirs, their potential for a multipurpose use, the problems given by excessive evapotranspiration due to climate change and siltation and the legal issues that farmers can have for their management.
The course is entirely online, in English and will be organized over four modules. The cost for enrolment is 150 Euros, plus 16 Euros of fees.
All the lessons will be streamed live and recorded for the students who cannot attend. Lessons will be given by international experts.
Free places are available* for
- Phd Students at the University of Florence (3)
- Research and teaching staff and fellows from the departments that approved the course (3)
- Students at the University of Florence (5)
- Candidates from water-scarce, resource-limited countries (10)
* all candidates will have to pay the 16 Euros of fees. Only Candidates from water-scarce resource-limited countries will also have a waiver for the fees.
In case of a number of applicants for the free places higher than the availability, a ranking based on the country, age, and the CVs will be made.
Important: the application procedure is the same for all courses. Complete it and select the course "Water Harvesting through Small Agricultural Reservoirs for sustainable water management". If you are applying for one of the free places, please attach a CV
The course will start on June 30th, 2025.
The proposed calendar is:
- Jun 30th - Jul 15th - Module 1
- Jul 16th - Jul 31th - Module 2
- Sep 1st - Sep 15th - Module 3
- Sep 16th - Sep 30th - Module 4
Deadline for applications: June 6th, 2025
DEADLINE EXTENDED! June 13th, 2025
For more information on the course:
Elena Bresci - elena.bresci@unifi.it (course coordinator)
Giulio Castelli - giulio.castelli@unifi.it
For technical questions regarding the application portal: perfezionamenti@adm.unifi.it
Important note: the course will not be activated if five students paying the full regular fee of the course will not be reached.
Image credits: Remi Courcier, Small reservoir, Haiti - CC BY-NC 2.0