IMPETUS

Since mid-2000, the interdisciplinary IMPETUS research project has been studying key aspects of the water cycle on the basis of two catchment areas in Benin and Morocco. The aim is to enable the partner countries to manage the scarce resource of water sustainably. Already in the past, the participating scientists have identified the most important water-related problems and grouped them into “complex research nodes”. Inserting the development of decision support systems into a family of plausible future developments (scenarios) was done in a structured dialogue with local decision makers. The implementation of these systems as well as training and continuous capacity building in the field of water management and food security are central tasks of the project.