Monthly Archives: November 2011
Nilebdc.org: Spatial analysis and modeling – an interview with Catherine Pfeiffer
As part of the Challenge Programme for Water and Food, Peter Casier interviewed Catherine Pfeifer, a post-doctoral scientist working for the International Livestock Research...
Mnn.com: The constant gardeners
The WHO guidelines were based largely on research carried out by the International Water Management Institute (IWMI), headquartered in Accra, Ghana. Lee-Smith put me...
CGIAR Research Program 5 funding approved
Colombo, 30 November. The CGIAR fund council has given a category 1 approval to the Water Land and Ecosystems research program (CRP5). Commenting on...
Guardian.co.uk: Africa’s great ‘water grab’
Foreign investors aren't just after land in Africa. Access to water is essential - which can bring them into direct competition with the needs...
Water and climate change: time to act
by Colin Chartres, former Director General of IWMI
Water and climate change: Time to act
As the negotiators, activists and journalists have left South Africa at...
Mydigitalfc.com: Meaty issues
According to the International Water Management Institute and the Stockholm International Water Institute, an average of six m3/kg (1 kg water is 1/1000 m3)...
Animal-law.biz: How to feed the world’s population of 7 billion?
The International Water Management Institute has predicted that by 2025 about 1.8 billion people will live in places suffering from severe water scarcity.
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Apps.eng.unimelb.edu.au: Impacts of climate change and watershed development on whole-of-basin agricultural...
The main aim in this project is to assess the impacts of watershed development and climate change on the long-term water security for agriculture...
Unesco-ihe.org: Switch: Sustainable water management improves tomorrow’s cities’ health
SWITCH is an EU-funded research programme aimed at achieving more sustainable integrated urban water management in the 'City of the Future', 30-50 years from...
Achieving food security in the face of climate change – Recommendations...
COPENHAGEN (16 November 2011) - In the lead up to UN global climate talks in Durban, South Africa later this month, an independent global...