| Tue, 21 May 2013 Will desalination and clean energy solve the global water crisis? 1.8 billion people are predicted to live in areas of extreme water scarcity by 2025. As drinkable water reserves are getting scarce and population increases globally, desalination, a process that derives freshwater from sea or brackish water, is becoming more and more widespread. Read More Source: http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/ |
| Mon, 20 May 2013 CGIAR Drylands Research Program Launched Amman, 21 May. A new research approach to improving productivity on the world’s driest lands is being launched today. Read More Source: http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/ |
| Mon, 20 May 2013 Supporting farmer flood risk management in Zambia Everisto Mapedza, Cai Xueliang, Barbara van Koppen and Sonali Senaratna Sellamuttu explain how their research under the CGIAR AAS Research Program will contribute to more resilient communities in Zambia’s Barotse Region. Read More Source: http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/ |
| Mon, 20 May 2013 Workshop: Unlocking the potential of aquatic environments in Africa By Everisto Mapedza, Cai Xueliang, Barbara van Koppen and Sonali Senaratna Sellamuttu A workshop entitled Building Research in Development Alliances to Unlock the Potential of Aquatic Environments in Africa took place in Lusaka, Zambia, 14 -16 May 2013. This AAS organized event, brought together key stakeholders including representatives of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD), Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA), and CGIAR. Read More Source: http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/ |
| Sun, 19 May 2013 New book for Biodiversity Day : Wetlands Management and Sustainable Livelihoods in Africa Matthew McCartney is one of the editors of Wetlands Management and Sustainable Livelihoods in Africa, published this week. In this book, the editors argue for a paradigm shift in the way African wetlands are considered and stress the need for Integrated Water Resource Management and landscape approaches to ensure sustainable use of wetlands. Read More Source: http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/ |
| Fri, 10 May 2013 New partnership will explore how SL can avoid pollution from human waste IWMI/Ministry of Water Supply and Drainage research project will look at how human waste from septic tanks can be turned into valuable fertilizer rather than an environmental concern. Read More Source: http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/ |
| Mon, 06 May 2013 Linking climate change and water resources in the Upper Blue Nile "As climate change kicks in during the second half of the century, irrigation and hydropower development may no longer be able to meet the demands of Ethiopians." Matthew McCartney addresses the likely impacts of climate change on water infrastructure development in the Upper Blue Nile. Read More Source: http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org |
| Thu, 18 Apr 2013 Create livelihoods by turning waste into gold A research project aiming at Resource, Recovery and Reuse. A team of international researchers is currently looking into the opportunities of replication and up-scaling of viable business models within the solid and liquid waste sector. More than 150 viable business cases have been analyzed in Africa, Asia and Latin America to derive generic business models that will be tested in the local context of Kampala/Uganda, Hanoi/Vietnam, Bangalore/India and Lima/Peru. Read More Source: http://www.sdc-water.ch |
| Wed, 10 Apr 2013 Boomtime in Barind: a model for India’s irrigators to follow? Dr Asaduz Zaman talks about the innovative approach his organization took to sustainable irrigation management in Bangladesh, which he recently presented at Asia Water Week in Manila, Philippines. Read More Source: http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/ |
| Tue, 09 Apr 2013 More rice for less outlay: fact or fiction? Researchers from the IWMI-Tata Water Policy Program investigated the impact of SRI practices in India, and in a recently published report Impact of the System of Rice Intensification (SRI): analysis of SRI practices in 13 states of India they suggested that, on the whole, SRI adopters did achieve comparatively higher yields than more traditional approaches. Read More Source: http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/ |