http://www.iwmi.orgIWMI is a non-profit scientific organization funded by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR). IWMI's research agenda is organized around four priority themes covering key issues relating to land, water, livelihoods, health and environment.http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/images/iwmi_logo_icon.jpghttp://www.iwmi.orgWed, 02 Oct 2002 08:00:00 ESTHumanenCopyright 2006 International Water Management Instituted.perera@cgiar.org (Perera Dominique)d.perera@cgiar.org (Perera Dominique)http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specificationhttp://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/news_room/pdf/Wateronline_com-New_Survey_Of_The_Effects_Of_Climate_Change.pdfThe book, Water and Climate Change: an integrated approach to adaptation challenges is the culmination of the three year Climawater project, funded by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs through Bioforsk, a national research institute in Norway and implemented by the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi and the International Water Management Institute.Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:30:16 GMTNewswww.iwmi.cgiar.org/news_room/pdf/Wateronline_com-http://New_Survey_Of_The_Effects_Of_Climate_Change.pdfhttp://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/news_room/pdf/Wateronline_com-New_Survey_Of_The_Effects_Of_Climate_Change.pdfhttp://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/news_room/pdf/Bangkokpost_com-Liuzhou_scare_brings_to_mind_local_tragedy.pdfThe Mae Tao cadmium saga began in 2004, when foreign scientists from the International Water Management Institute found that several hundred villagers in the three tambons had high levels of cadmium in their blood.Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:39:26 GMTNewshttp://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/news_room/pdf/Bangkokpost_com-Liuzhou_scare_brings_to_mind_local_tragedy.pdfhttp://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/news_room/pdf/Bangkokpost_com-Liuzhou_scare_brings_to_mind_local_tragedy.pdfhttp://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/News_Room/Archives/WorldWetlandsDay/index.aspxWetland tourism: a great experience New IWMI research highlights the challenges of developing wetlands tourism in Africa.Wed, 01 Feb 2012 02:25:37 GMTNewshttp://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/News_Room/Archives/WorldWetlandsDay/index.aspxhttp://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/News_Room/Archives/WorldWetlandsDay/index.aspxhttp://www.mrcmekong.org/mekong2rio/1-3 May 2012, Phuket, Thailand The sustainable management of water resources is the key to people's lives and the development of society. When these resources cross international and regional boundaries, the demand becomes more complex, needing greater cooperation and involving a wider range of actors.Tue, 01 May 2012 00:30:33 GMTEventshttp://www.mrcmekong.org/mekong2rio/http://www.mrcmekong.org/mekong2rio/http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/News_Room/Archives/Water_and_Climate_Change_Book/index.aspxA major new survey of the likely effects of climate change on India's water resources identifies huge challenges to maintaining adequate supplies in the next few decades, but argues that these can be overcome with an integrated, multi-sectorial approach that takes into account water use from farm to river basin level.Tue, 31 Jan 2012 03:11:07 GMTNewshttp://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/News_Room/Archives/Water_and_Climate_Change_Book/index.aspxwww.iwmi.cgiar.org/News_Room/Archives/Water_and_Climate_Change_Book/index.aspxhttp://www.iwa2012busan.org/about-the-event/what-is-this-event/Busan, Korea from 16 – 21 September 2012 The IWA World Water Congress & Exhibition is a high-profile event that attracts 5,000 water professionals, companies and institutions from across the globe. It is a biennial event organised by the International Water Association (IWA).Sun, 16 Sep 2012 22:54:21 GMTNewshttp://www.iwa2012busan.org/about-the-event/what-is-this-event/http://www.iwa2012busan.org/about-the-event/what-is-this-event/http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/News_Room/Archives/20120130/index.aspxIn his 2012 annual letter, the Microsoft founder and philanthropist urges investment in agricultural innovation for the poor.Wed, 25 Jan 2012 22:36:08 GMTNewshttp://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/News_Room/Archives/20120130/index.aspxhttp://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/News_Room/Archives/20120130/index.aspxhttp://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/News_Room/Archives/Durban_Climate_Change_Conference/PDF/Press%20Release_20120119.pdfWASHINGTON (19 JANUARY) - While last month's climate negotiations in Durban made incremental progress toward helping farmers adapt to climate change and reduce agriculture's climate footprint, a group of international agriculture experts, writing in the January 20 issue of Science magazine, urges scientists to lay the groundwork for more decisive action on global food security in environmental negotiations in 2012.Fri, 20 Jan 2012 01:52:49 GMTNewshttp://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/News_Room/Archives/Durban_Climate_Change_Conference/PDF/Press%20Release_20120119.pdfhttp://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/News_Room/Archives/Durban_Climate_Change_Conference/PDF/Press%20Release_20120119.pdfhttp://www.isfmafrica2012.org/October 22-27, 2012, Nairobi, Kenya A conference of allied organizations and projects accelerating delivery of needed agricultural technologies to African small-scale farmers and including the 15th Conference of the African Association for Biological Nitrogen Fixation.Mon, 22 Oct 2012 01:46:07 GMTEventshttp://www.isfmafrica2012.org/http://www.isfmafrica2012.org/http://groundwatersummit.org/The focus of the 2012 NGWA Ground Water Summit - Innovate and Integrate: Succeeding as a Groundwater Professional in a Water-Short World - will help you prepare for, and thrive in, this environment.Sun, 06 May 2012 01:42:13 GMTEventshttp://groundwatersummit.org/http://groundwatersummit.org/http://www.gcwa.in/brouchure.pdfMarch 13-15, 2012, NASC Complex, New Delhi, India To discuss and deliberate the prevailing and emerging gender issues in agriculture and food systems and the lessons learned for future sustainable development.Tue, 13 Mar 2012 20:23:13 GMTEventshttp://www.gcwa.in/brouchure.pdfhttp://www.gcwa.in/brouchure.pdfhttp://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/news_room/pdf/Allafrica_com-UNEPs_Year_in_Review_2011.pdfThis was highlighted in a report - An Ecosystems Approach to Water and Food Security, launched by UNEP and the International Water Management Institute (IWMI), in partnership with 19 other organizations.Tue, 03 Jan 2012 23:54:29 GMTNewshttp://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/news_room/pdf/Allafrica_com-UNEPs_Year_in_Review_2011.pdfhttp://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/news_room/pdf/Allafrica_com-UNEPs_Year_in_Review_2011.pdfhttp://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/news_room/pdf/WMSD-2012.pdfDate and Venue: 30 – 31 January 2012 in Osmanabad, India. Objectives of this conference are to bring together the water management experts, industrial personnel and academicians on a common platform to interact with each other, discuss different aspects by considering the challenges and opportunities associated with Water Management.Mon, 30 Jan 2012 23:50:26 GMTEventshttp://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/news_room/pdf/WMSD-2012.pdfhttp://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/news_room/pdf/WMSD-2012.pdfhttp://www.adb.org/asian-irrigation-forum/2012With the global population now greater than 7 billion and with more water consuming diets driving greater demands for water use in agriculture the Asian Development Bank (ADB) will convene its first Asia Irrigation Forum in April 2012 to identify ways to address these competing challenges.Thu, 15 Dec 2011 01:05:55 GMTEventshttp://www.adb.org/asian-irrigation-forum/2012http://www.adb.org/asian-irrigation-forum/2012http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/news_room/pdf/Dhlsupplychainmatters_com-H2_woe.pdfAlready, 80% of the global population lives in areas where freshwater supply is rated as not secure, and The Water Resources Group predicts that the world will face a 40% shortfall in water supply by 2030.Thu, 01 Dec 2011 21:37:25 GMTNewswww.iwmi.cgiar.org/news_room/pdf/Dhlsupplychainmatters_com-H2_woe.pdfhttp://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/news_room/pdf/Dhlsupplychainmatters_com-H2_woe.pdfhttp://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/news_room/pdf/Nilebdc_org-Nile_Basin_Development_Challenge.pdfAs part of the Challenge Programme for Water and Food, Peter Casier interviewed Catherine Pfeifer, a post-doctoral scientist working for the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.Wed, 30 Nov 2011 21:31:20 GMTNewswww.iwmi.cgiar.org/news_room/pdf/Nilebdc_org-Nile_Basin_Development_Challenge.pdfhtp://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/news_room/pdf/Nilebdc_org-Nile_Basin_Development_Challenge.pdfhttp://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/news_room/pdf/Mnn_Com-Urban_farming_in_Africa.pdfThe WHO guidelines were based largely on research carried out by the International Water Management Institute (IWMI), headquartered in Accra, Ghana. Lee-Smith put me in touch with Philip Amoah, a young researcher there, and he offered to show me the city's wastewater farming in action.Wed, 30 Nov 2011 21:18:16 GMTNewshttp://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/news_room/pdf/Mnn_Com-Urban_farming_in_Africa.pdfhttp://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/news_room/pdf/Mnn_Com-Urban_farming_in_Africa.pdfhttp://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/News_Room/Archives/Water_Calculator/index.aspxA new digital irrigation water calculator will help farmers to assess more accurately the water requirements of their crops. Currently available on CD, the new tool should help boost production by enabling smallholders to work out how to use water more efficiently.Thu, 01 Dec 2011 03:52:46 GMTNewshttp://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/News_Room/Archives/Water_Calculator/index.aspxhttp://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/News_Room/Archives/Water_Calculator/index.aspx