The 2^nd regional workshop on Safe Use of Wastewater in Agriculture took place on May 16-18, 2012, in New Delhi, India.

Following up on the impetus and the priorities identified at the international kick-off workshop in Bonn in November 2011, the 2^nd regional workshop for South, West and Central Asia was held in India. ICID and UNU-INWEH took the lead in organizing this 2^nd regional workshop. It was part of the multi-year project together with FAO, WHO, UNEP, UNU-INWEH and UNW-DPC, in collaboration with ICID and IWMI, on the “Safe Use of Wastewater in Agriculture.” The project concluded with an international wrap-up event in June 2013 in Tehran, Iran.

Click here to download the Project Concept Note 

Participating Countries:
Bangladesh, India, Iraq, Jordan, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Syria, Turkey

Facilitators:
Satya Priya (FAO)
Anjan Datta (UNEP)
Manzoor Qadir (UNU-INWEH)
Jens Liebe, Miranda Pieron (UNW-DPC)
Avinash Tyagi (ICID)
Priyanie Amerasinghe, Bharat R Sharma (IWMI)
Mrs. Payden (WHO)

Materials

1. Background Materials

Workshop Agenda (Draft)
Brochure
Format for the preparation of the country reports
Questionnaire
General information for workshop participants 

2. National Reports

Bangladesh
India
Iran
Iraq
Jordan 
Lebanon
Myanmar
Nepal
Pakistan
Sri Lanka 
Syria

4. eLectures

• Title: Recap of the International Kick-off and 1st Regional Workshop; Scope of the 2nd Regional Workshop
  Speaker: Jens Liebe, UNW-DPC
  Duration: 00:19:44 min
• Title: Wastewater (including greywater) treatment and non-treatment options for use in agriculture
  Speaker: Satya Priya, FAO
  Duration: 00:19:19 min
• Title: Wastewater Production, Treatment, and Use in Jordan
  Speaker: Ahmed Ali Uleimat, Jordan
  Duration: 00:11:49 min
• Title: National Strategies for the use of poor quality Water Resources in agriculture
  Speaker: Avinash C. Tyagi, ICID
  Duration: 00:30:11 min
• Title: Economic challenges of wastewater treatment and use in agriculture
  Speaker: Bharat Sharma, IWMI
  Duration: 00:21:35 min
• Title: Institutional Arrangements and Collaboration for Safe Use of Wastewater in Agriculture
  Speaker: Manzoor Qadir, UNU-INWEH
  Duration: 00:13:45 min
• Title: WHO Guidelines Safe Use of Wastewater Greywater and Excreta
  Speaker: Payden, WHO and Priyanie Amerasinghe, IWMI
  Duration: 00:27:36 min
• Title: Wastewater Management: UNEP perspectives
  Speaker: Dr. Anjan Datta, UNEP
  Duration: 00:27:36 min
• Title: A Constructed Wetland Technology Based Pilot Plant For Treating Municipal Wastewaters Of Indian Agricultural Research Institute
  Speaker: Ravinder Kaur, WTC
  Duration: 00:19:117 min
• Title: Capacity needs and national strategies
  Speaker: Jens Liebe, UNW-DPC
  Duration: 00:23:58 min
• Title: Wrap up and Concluding Session: Expectations
  Speaker: Jens Liebe, UNW-DPC
  Duration: 00:09:02 min

5. Photo Gallery

Link to Project Page 

Link to Kick-Off Workshop, Germany

Link to 1^st Regional Workshop for Francophone and Northern Africa

Link to 3^rd Regional Workshop for Anglophone Africa

Link to 4^th Regional Workshop for Latin America and the Caribbean

Link to 5^th Regional Workshop for Southeast and Eastern Asia

International Wrap-up Event