Monthly Archives: September 2008
When the going gets tough…
The report said food had to become more affordable and nutritious without degrading the land. In 2006,water specialists from numerous national institutes published the...
Remote sensing and GIS for wetland inventory, mapping and change analysis
"Remote sensing and GIS for wetland inventory, mapping and change analysis" - Rebelo et al 2008 listed as No 13 of the "Top 25...
Health concerns over imported fruit and veg
The International Water Management Institute has found some farmers in 53 developing countries use untreated sewage and urban wastewater to grow crops. ...
Tacio: Running out of water
The Philippines used 28.5 billion cubic meters of water in 2000. A third of that flowed into farms. According to a UN-backed study by...
Running dry
MOST people may drink only two litres of water a day, but they consume about 3,000 if the water that goes into their food...
Solving the food crisis needs water
The International Water Management Institute, which I lead, is ready to take on this challenge and wants to do so in partnership with leading...
Human waste to power US city
"There is a large potential for wastewater agriculture to both help and hurt great numbers of urban consumers," said Liqa Raschid-Sally, who led the...
Lessons from World Water Week ’06
In fact, the future would appear dire. This past week, a panel of scientists released a groundbreaking study on water usage over the past...
Forecast: dry, becoming drier
The Middle East and North Africa, the driest population centre on the planet, is particularly vulnerable to water shortages. According to the International Water...
A benign dam
But Surya K Sharma says there was no significant increase in the population of the other malaria vector. Also, the researchers did not come...