A comprehensive work plan has been designed and a number of milestones have been set to prevent delays and monitor the overall progress of the project. The planned duration of the project is three years. Table 6 illustrates the GANTT chart of the project.
 
 
Table 2. Work package list overview
 
 
 
Partners involved
Person-months
Start month
End month
Title
N0
 
 
BGU, HU, NERC
54
1
12
Pilot design & construction
1
 
 
BGU, HU, NERC
47
10
25
Pilot testing & optimization
2
 
 
R&D ARAVA, NCARE, EPRI
98
16
31
Agronomic experiments
3
 
 
BGU, HU, NERC, EPRI
30
31
36
Evaluation
4
 
 
All partners (EPRI is WP leader)
36
1
36
Exploitation & dissemination
5
 
 
BGU, HU
12
1
36
Management
6
 
277
TOT
 
 
 
Table 3. List of deliverables
 
Nr.
Title
WP
Partners involved *
Nature
Dissemination
Delivery
D1.1
Site characterization
1
BGU, NERC
Int. report
Consortium
Month 4
D1.2
Pilot plants design
1
BGU, NERC
Int. report
Consortium
Month 8
D1.3
Design and construction
1
BGU, NERC
Report
Public
Month 12
D2.1
Pilot testing (1st series)
2
BGU, NERC
Int. report
Consortium
Month 15
D2.2
Pilot testing (2nd series)
2
BGU, NERC
Int. report
Consortium
Month 24
D3.1
Agronomic experiments (1st series)
3
R&D ARAVA, NCARE, EPRI
Int. report
Consortium
Month 21
D3.2
Agronomic experiments (2nd series)
3
R&D ARAVA, NCARE, EPRI
Int. report
Consortium
Month 30
D4.1
Technology evaluation
4
All
Int. report
Consortium
Month 34
D4.2
Final report
4
All
Report
Public
Month 36
* The work package leader assumes the responsibility to coordinate the preparation of the report.
 
 
Table 4. List of milestones
 
Nr.
Title
WP
Delivery
M1
Website established
6
Month 3
M2
Installation of the two pilots
1
Month 12
M3
Agricultural workshop, Israel
5
Month 16
M4
End of first series of testing & agronomic experiments
2, 3
Month 21
M5
Solar desalination workshop in Jordan
5
Month 25
M6
End of second series of testing and agronomic experiments
2, 3
Month 30
 
 
Table 5. Work share of the partners
 
 
BGU
NERC
EPRI
HU
R&D ARAVA
NCARE
1
Pilot design & construction
17
27
-
10
-
-
2
Pilot testing & optimization
20
24
-
3
-
-
3
Agronomic experiments
-
-
12
-
42
44
4
Evaluation
7
7
4
12
-
-
5
Exploitation and dissemination
8
6
20
2
10
9
6
Management
8
-
-
4
-
-
TOTAL
 
60
64
36
31
52
53

Table 6. Work plan and GANTT chart of the AGRISOL project
 
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Table 7. Project meetings
 
Host
Country
Timing
Notes
BGU
Israel
At kickoff month 1
Includes visit at Hatzeva site
NERC
Jordan
Around month 6
Includes visit at solar desalination pilot in Aqaba
HU
Israel
Around month 12
Held in correspondence to WATEC/IDS conference or other major event
R&D ARAVA
Israel
Around month 16
Workshop with farmers at Hatzeva
NCARE
Jordan
Around month 25
Workshop with farmers in Jordan
BGU
Israel
Around month 30
Held in correspondence to WATEC/IDS conference or other major event
NERC
Jordan
Around month 36
Held in correspondence to major national/international conference in Jordan