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The UK government funded [https://upgro.org/ | UPGro] research programme (2013-2019) funds the development of this Atlas, and a series of research projects aimed at Unlocking the Potential of Groundwater for the Poor. UPGro takes a social and natural science approach to enabling sustainable use of groundwater for the benefit of the poor. | The UK government funded [https://upgro.org/ | UPGro] research programme (2013-2019) funds the development of this Atlas, and a series of research projects aimed at Unlocking the Potential of Groundwater for the Poor. UPGro takes a social and natural science approach to enabling sustainable use of groundwater for the benefit of the poor. | ||
The first phase of the UPGro programme, from 2013 - 2015, was a series of short [https://upgro.org/catalyst-projects/ 'catalyst' projects] investigating different aspects of how the use and understanding of groundwater in Africa interacts with with socio-economic conditions. You can read a summary of the results of these projects here: [https://upgro.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/synthesis-and-summaries-june-2016-final-sfu.pdf summary of UPGro catalyst projects in English] / [https://upgro.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/les-projets-catalyseurs-upgro.pdf résumés des projets catalyseurs UPGro en Français)]. | |||
The second phase of the UPGro programme runs from 2015 - 2019 with five [https://upgro.org/consortium/ consortium projects] taking forward detailed research on specific issues of groundwater relating to socio-economic conditions in Africa. These projects are: | |||
; [https://upgro.org/consortium/gro-for-good/ Gro for GooD]: Groundwater risk management for growth and development | |||
; [https://upgro.org/consortium/grofutures2/ GroFutures]: Groundwater Futures in Sub-Saharan Africa | |||
; [https://upgro.org/consortium/brave2/ BRAVE]: Building understanding of climate variability into planning of groundwater supplies from low storage aquifers in Africa | |||
; [https://upgro.org/consortium/t-group/ T-GroUP]: Experimenting with practical transition groundwater management strategies for the urban poor in Sub Saharan Africa | |||
; [https://upgro.org/consortium/hidden-crisis2/ Hidden Crisis]: unravelling current failures for future success in rural groundwater supply | |||
Results from the research projects have been emerging throughout the programme, including [https://upgro.org/publications-papers/ papers, conference presentations, reports and briefings], and [https://upgro.org/category/announcement/webinars-and-films/ webinars and films]. | |||
===Groundwater research projects by country=== | ===Groundwater research projects by country=== |
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Groundwater Research in Africa
A series of pages providing more information on key current and past groundwater research themes and projects in Africa.
For example:
UPGro
The UK government funded | UPGro research programme (2013-2019) funds the development of this Atlas, and a series of research projects aimed at Unlocking the Potential of Groundwater for the Poor. UPGro takes a social and natural science approach to enabling sustainable use of groundwater for the benefit of the poor.
The first phase of the UPGro programme, from 2013 - 2015, was a series of short 'catalyst' projects investigating different aspects of how the use and understanding of groundwater in Africa interacts with with socio-economic conditions. You can read a summary of the results of these projects here: summary of UPGro catalyst projects in English / résumés des projets catalyseurs UPGro en Français).
The second phase of the UPGro programme runs from 2015 - 2019 with five consortium projects taking forward detailed research on specific issues of groundwater relating to socio-economic conditions in Africa. These projects are:
- Gro for GooD
- Groundwater risk management for growth and development
- GroFutures
- Groundwater Futures in Sub-Saharan Africa
- BRAVE
- Building understanding of climate variability into planning of groundwater supplies from low storage aquifers in Africa
- T-GroUP
- Experimenting with practical transition groundwater management strategies for the urban poor in Sub Saharan Africa
- Hidden Crisis
- unravelling current failures for future success in rural groundwater supply
Results from the research projects have been emerging throughout the programme, including papers, conference presentations, reports and briefings, and webinars and films.
Groundwater research projects by country
A series of pages describing key groundwater projects in particular countries. More pages are in development.
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