Abhatoo - Centre Nationale de Documentation

Executive summary
THEME 1: TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES AND TRENDS
A. Overview of desalination technologies and prospective advances
B. Desalination technologies worldwide
C. Brine treatment
D. Prospective innovations
THEME 2: AGRONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES AND CONCERNS
A. Desalination for irrigation: current state and development prospects
B. Impact of water salinity on irrigation
C. Agronomic studies
D. Impact of water chemical composition on irrigated crops
E. Best management practices for desalinated water use in agriculture
THEME 3: ECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITY AND FINANCING
A. Total costs in a non-regular production situation
B. Pillars of advances in desalination technologies
C. Reverse osmosis, optimized specific energy consumption
D. Sizes of desalination plants
E. Renewable energy and desalination
F. Financing desalination for agriculture
THEME 4: ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
A. Impacts on the water cycle
B. Global warming impact
C. Other environmental impacts of desalination
THEME 5: SOCIAL INCLUSION AND ACCEPTANCE
A. Acceptance by farmers
B. Public acceptance
THEME 6: CAPACITY BUILDING TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE DESALINATION FOR AGRICULTURE
A. Capacity building for the operation of desalination plants
B. Capacity building for farmers
C. International capacity building for water or energy resources managers
THEME 7: POLITICAL, INSTITUTIONAL, REGULATORY FRAMEWORK AND GOVERNANCE