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Water is a precious resource, and managing it well is fundamental.
The water-agriculture connubium is practically indissoluble; agriculture is arguably the most important industry on the planet and consumes most of the world’s fresh water.
How can we improve water management? How can we better save this vital resource?
In this episode, Nicholas Brozović, Zac Gazit, Asad Sarwar Qureshi and Adriano Battilani will give us many interesting points of view.
Guests
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Nicholas Brozovic -
Zac Gazit -
Asad Sarwar Qureshi -
Adriano Battilani
In this series
Trends & Talks
Guest Talk: Adriano Battilani
Guest Talk: Asad Quereshi
Guest Talk: Zac Gazit
Guest Talk: Nicholas Brozovic
Nicholas Brozovic
PROFESSOR & DIRECTOR OF POLICY, DAUGHERTY WATER FOR FOOD GLOBAL INSTITUTE AND AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA IN LINCOLN
He has over twenty years of experience working on water management issues worldwide. Nicholas strives to influence the way managers, decision makers and funders view and implement policies to sustain water use in agriculture. He and his team partner with many kinds of stakeholders to understand, test and validate new technologies and business models. He has mentored a growing community of students and young professionals dedicated to improving water and food security globally.
Zac Gazit
CEO & MANAGING DIRECTOR, ALVÁTECH
Zac Gazit is constantly looking for ways to combine his passion for technology and innovation with his desire to make our world a better place. His experience in developing and growing high technology companies and his work with internationally renowned companies led him to start ALVÁTECH, an award winning AgTech company that is rapidly growing worldwide. Zac is a keen advocate of green change and is working with governments and organizations to make a global impact and form a green legacy.
Asad Sarwar Qureshi
SENIOR SCIENTIST IN IRRIGATION AND WATER MANAGEMENT, ICBA
Before joining the International Center for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA) in 2014, he worked at the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) and International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) in different scientific and management capacities in Pakistan, Iran, Iraq, Central Asia, and Bangladesh. He has about 30 years of experience in action research aimed at finding agronomic and engineering solutions geared towards mitigating the incipient water logging and salinity problems of irrigated areas and developing conservation strategies for the water-scarce regions of the Middle East, South Asia, Africa and Central Asia.
Adriano Battilani
SECRETARY GENERAL, INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION IRRIGANTS D’EUROPE
A member of the Director’s staff and appointed representative by EU Institutions and international organizations of the Italian National Association of Land protection and Irrigation Consortia (ANBI), and a member of the Board of Directors of the Euromediterrannean Irrigators Community (EIC). He has more than 40 years of experience as researcher and project manager in the fields of irrigation, fertigation and cropping system’s sustainability. Since 1990, he has been involved as principal scientist in EU research projects and as scientific responsible for projects financed by public bodies and private institutions, industries and stakeholders.
