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6th African Regional Conference on Irrigation & Drainage

6th African Regional Conference on Irrigation & Drainage

When

April 14, 2025 - April 17, 2025    
9:00 am - 5:00 pm

Where

International Conference Center
Number 11, Central Area, 900 Herbert Macaulay Way, Abuja, 900001

The 6th African Regional Conference on Irrigation and Drainage (ARCID) will focus on the theme: “Tackling Irrigation Development and Water Management Crises in Africa.” The conference aims to convene experts in irrigation and drainage from across Africa to address contemporary and future challenges in these fields, fostering collaboration through the International Commission on Irrigation & Drainage’s network and working groups.

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April 12, SaturdayApril 13, SundayApril 14, MondayApril 15, TuesdayApril 16, Wednesday

 

Time Session Details
09:00 – 17:00

Smart Irrigation Systems: The role of AI and Machine learning

TBD (presenter)

 

Time Session Details
12:00-19:00 Arrival and Start of Registration

 

Time Session Details
9:00-10:30

Goodwill message from IWMI

Mark Smith (speaker)

11:00-12:30

Tackling the Irrigation Development and Management Crises in Africa

Mark Smith (presenter)

12:40-14:00

Digital Innovations for Water Secure Africa (DIWASA)

Komlavi Akpoti (session lead)

15:00-17:00

Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation: Water Enabler Compact (TAAT-WEC)

Adebayo Oke (session lead)

 

 

Time Session Details
9:00-11:00

Farmer-led Irrigation Development (FLID)

Birhanu Zemadim Birhanu (session lead)

11:30-13:30

Water-Food-Energy-Ecosystem NEXUS

Mohsin Hafeez (session lead)

14:30-16:30

WaterTalk

Moctar Dembélé (session lead)

17:00-18:30

IFPRI-CAADP

TBD (panelist)

 

 

Time Session Details
9:00-11:00

Irrigation Tool-IFPRI

TBD (panelist)

14:30-17:00

High-level Policy Dialogue on Achieving SDGs in the Prevailing Transboundary Water Governance, Irrigation Funding, Scales, and Spread in Africa

Mark Smith (panelist) 

 

IWMI delegation at ARCID

Mark Smith

Mark Smith

Director General
Olufunke Cofie

Olufunke Cofie

Africa Director for Research Impact
Komlavi Akpoti

Komlavi Akpoti

Post-Doctoral Fellow-Spatial Hydrology
Birhanu Zemadim Birhanu

Birhanu Zemadim Birhanu

Deputy Country Representative (IWMI-Ghana) & Senior Researcher – Water and Land Management Expert
Moctar Dembele

Moctar Dembele

Researcher – Spatial Hydrologist
Mohsin Hafeez

Mohsin Hafeez

Strategic Program Director – Water, Food and Ecosystems
Everisto Mapedza

Everisto Mapedza

Senior Researcher – Social and Institutional Scientist
Abena Ofosu

Abena Ofosu

Senior Research Officer – Innovation Scaling
Afua Owusu

Afua Owusu

Postdoctoral Fellow – Remote Sensing and Hydrology
Maïmouna Tall

Maïmouna Tall

Regional Communications and Knowledge Management Coordinator

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