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Lyceum International wins IWMI World Water Day 2014 Junior Quiz

Pupils from the Lyceum International School won the World Water Day 2014 Junior Quiz hosted by IWMI in Battaramulla, recently.

A Participatory Approach for Hydrometeorological Monitoring in the Blue Nile River...

Zemadim, B.; McCartney, Matthew; Langan, Simon; Sharma, Bharat. 2013. A participatory approach for hydrometeorological monitoring in the Blue Nile River Basin of Ethiopia. Colombo,...

Citizen scientists

A new study from the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) suggests that community monitoring can work, if the right incentives and procedures are put in place.

IWMI renews Nepal partnership

IWMI and the Department of Irrigation (DoI) of the Government of Nepal renewed their long-standing partnership by signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).
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Water for all

Can multiple use services deliver?

MUS is a participatory water services approach that takes account of poor people’s multiple water needs as a starting point of planning.

Africa’s ‘hidden water’: Lessons from India

The relevance of the Indian experience for groundwater development policies in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).
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Call for proposals: WLE Innovation Fund

In order to support innovative research that advances the concepts of sustainable agricultural intensification, the WLE Steering Committee agreed in 2013 that funding should...

IPSnews.net: What Nepal Doesn’t Know About Water

KATHMANDU, Apr 1 2014 (IPS) - Water is a critical resource in Nepal’s economic development as agriculture, industry, household use and even power generation...