Monthly Archives: January 2009
Water for Food Conference – 9th-11th June 2009
The International Water Management Institute, Irrigation Department, Department of Agriculture and Hector Kobbekaduwa Agrarian Research and Training Institute are jointly organizing a national conference...
Water pressure running dangerously high
In 2003, Frank Rijsberman, then head of the International Water Management Institute, expressed his concern: "If present trends continue, the livelihoods of one third...
FAO and IWMI Launch Asia Pacific Water Forum’s Knowledge Hub on...
22 January 2009: The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, and the International Water Management Institute (IWMI)...
Mae Sot locals sue two zinc mining firms for B3.7bn
The Mae Tao saga began in 2004 when a study by the International Water Management Institute found that soil and water supplies in the...
ADB funded IWMI-FAO Workshop on Trends and Transitions in Asian Irrigation:...
IWMI and FAO are co-hosting a brainstorming workshop on 'Trends and Transitions in Asian Irrigation: Prospects for the Future' from 19th to 21st...
SASB reconstituted
Besides being a member on various prestigious Government and non-Government Organisations, Narain is a Member of Committee on Environment, Planning Commission of India, Environmental...
As far as major pollution incidents go, Mother Nature got off...
Meanwhile, the International Water Management Institute exposed another link between pollution and agriculture - this time the other way round. According...
Southern Africa Regional Conference on Agriculture
On 8-9 December 2008, ReSAKSS-SA organized a high level "Southern Africa Regional Conference on Agriculture" in collaboration with "The Southern African Development Community (SADC)"...