Monthly Archives: October 2008
Accra Consensus – Agenda for Research, Capacity Building & Action on...
In collaboration with IDRC and WHO, IWMI organized in early October an international expert consultation in Accra, Ghana, to brainstorm about the state of...
Drought Resistance Is the Goal, but Methods Differ
How much could be gained by use of these new crops is not yet clear. A report in 2007 by the International Water Management...
Drinking water for 800 schools
Additional Secretary G. A. Kumararatne said moves are under way to obtain international assistance to take forward ongoing projects of the Government. ...
Society must unite to build healthy nation
The Sanitation Task Force (STF) in Sri Lanka yesterday announced the necessity politicians ,teachers, households and communities in general to ensure sanitation...
Canada in 2020 – Agriculture: Grow-ops
Of course, feeding the world, whose population is expected to reach 8.5 billion within 30 years, will require more than just soybeans. Indeed, it...
Another inconvenient truth
According to a report by the International Water Management Institute, by 2025, about one third of the world's population, perhaps as many as 3...