Monthly Archives: October 2010
Timesofindia.indiatimes.com: Guj farmers turn tech savvy, green arid landscape
According to Sharma, earlier the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) had implemented a project named North Gujarat Sustainable Groundwater Management Initiative from 2002 to...
Weeklytimesnow.com.au: Race to feed hungry world
According to Colin Chartres, director-general of the International Water Management Institute in Sri Lanka, a doubling of food production would require twice as much...
Switchboard.nrdc.org: World Water Week brings together the scientists, activists, creative thinkers...
Integration of locally available natural water storage and transportation solutions, rather than traditional centralized treatment and long pipes was another approach echoed throughout the...
Monstersandcritics.com: Asia needs to produce more food with less water, experts...
'Asia needs to find ways to make its irrigation systems more efficient and productive without tapping more water,' added the study authored by the...
Washingtonbanglaradio.com: Asia Needs to Produce More Food with Less Water –...
The study - authored by Aditi Mukherji, David Molden, and Colin Chartres of the International Water Management Institute, and Thierry Facon of the Food...
Nature.com: How to avert a global water crisis
But researchers at the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) in Battaramulla, Sri Lanka, have come up with plan for averting disaster1. Nature asked...
Colin’s STRAIGHTtalk: Revitalizing Asia’s Irrigation
In the latest video from the video series titled "Colin's STRAIGHTtalk" Dr. Chartres talks about Asia's Irrigation and how it needs to be revitalized.
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Rusi.org: Climate Change and Security News – September 2010
Increasingly unpredictable patterns of rainfall, related to climate change, pose a major threat to food security and economic growth, the International Water Management Institute...
Greenbang.com: The next global crisis: Water
Besides changing our focus from treating symptoms to solving problems, we also need more and better data about how water is being used and...
Tinygreenbubble.com: Better Water Storage Could Reduce Global Food Shortage
The report, issued by the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) out of Sri Lanka, the water supply globally has become erratic. Just recently, in...