Press & media

The Comprehensive Assessment on Water Management in Agriculture presented findings, results and organised wide consultations in various international events from 2001. Listed below are the main media coverage of the past years. Progress of the CA is also communicated to the larger network involved through regular CA News Briefs

2008

• FAO-BiotechNews - Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture
  

2007

• CGIAR News, October -  Water Enough to Eat?
• id21 Natural Resources - Water scarcity and water management in global agriculture
• 24/07: SIWI Water Front - Water for Food, Water for Life - Influencing What Happens Next
• InfoResources News No 2 / 07 (May) - Water and food security today and in 2050
• 11/5: SciDevNet - Biofuel crops could drain developing world dry
• id21 Natural Resources - Integrating water and forest management in Nepal
• 27/3: Science Daily - Water management: Urgetn need for more food with less water
• 22/3 SciDev.Net - Think small for water management, say scientists
• 22/3 BBC Mundo Ciencia - Si no aprendemos a vivir con menos agua, no podremos evitar los dramáticos desafíos que enfrentará la humanidad en los próximos 50 años

2006

• 13/11: International Herald Tribune: In China, a trickle down effect?
• 29/9: The Island: - Minister insists on installing Rain Water Harvesting System
• 18/9: Financial Times: - World water shortages growing 20 years ahead of predictions
• 18/9: AlertNet - World water demand surging due rising population
• 17/9: AlertNet - Water everywhere, but not clean enough to drink
• 17/9: AlertNet - "Water Wars" loom? But none in past 4,500 years
• 14/9: AlertNet - Thirsty world: Features package on water
• 13/9: New Scientist - Mega-dams back on the agenda
• 10/9: Center of Gravity - The dubious value of public hearings
• 8/9: azcentral.com - Want to conserve water? Fix your leaky pipes now
• 5/9: Oxford Analytica - Thirst For Water Will Grow
• 31/8: Finance & Economics - Buckets, not big irrigation systems, can prevent the world running dry
• 28/8: Svenska Dagbladet - Varje droppe maste nyttjas
• 28/8: Svenska Dagbladet - Forskare hoppfulla om vattenkris
• 27/8: GreenBiz.com - Scientists Call for Radical Action to Ease Water Scarcity
• 24/8: Toronto Star - Water, water not quite everywhere
• 26/8: New Scientist - Catch every drop to fight world hunger
• 22/8: New York Times - Need for Water Could Double in 50 Years, U.N. Study Finds
• 22/8: Pelple's Daily online - To increase production from every drop is the key solution for water scarcity
• 22/8: edie.net - World must improve water use to feed itself, say scientists
• 22/8: Journal de l'Environnement - Vers une révolution bleue?
• 22/8: ABC.es: Uno de cada tres habitantes del mundo es ya víctima de la escasez de agua
• 22/8: ILRI Web site - Livestock production an effective use of water in developing countries - new study
• 21/8: BBC News - Map details global water stress
• 21/8: Reuters - Food, biofuels could worsen water shortages-report
• 21/8: Financial Times - Water scarcity affects one in three
• 21/8: Economist.com - Water, water everywhere?
• 21/8: Technology News - Radical Changes in Water Management Needed
• 21/8: SciDev.Net - Study cites flood of solutions for water scarcity
• 21/8: Press Release - Scientists with Landmark Study Tracking 50 Years of Water Management Practices Call for Radical Action to Ease Water Scarcity [PDF 56Kb]
• 21/8: Press Release - A Third of the World Population Faces Water Scarcity Today [PDF 42Kb]
• 25/2: New Scientist - The Parched Planet by Fred Pearce. Focus on the groundwater use boom and its implications (key findings of CA Groundwater chapter)
• 26/1: ID21-Small-scale fishing: a range of livelihood benefits for poor rural people (findings of research on impacts of irrigation on fisheries supported by CA)

2005

• IWMI Africa Update: Issue 3, 2005 - Collaborating to improve agricultural investments and management (findings of Collaborative Program on Investments in Agricultural Water Management in SSA: Diagnosis of Trends and Opportunities supported by the CA).

• IWMI research Update: Issue 2, August - CA begins work on assessment report.

• ID 21 natural resources highlights: Two articles from the CA - (1) balancing the water demand of agriculture and conservation; (2) management reforms needed in the yellow river basin.

• 1/5: New Agriculturalist 02-4, On the CA March Bac Lieu conference -Bac Lieu to the future

• 20/4: SIWI/IFPRI/IUCN/IWMI Press information - Scientists Unite in Call for Action as Global Food Demands Threaten to Outstrip World Water Supply

• 26-28/1:Workshop on African Water Laws South Africa (press release)

2004

• 20/11: CA media advisory at the IUCN World Congress in Bangkok - The insatiable thirst of agriculture - Decreasing conflicts between agriculture and the environment.
• 1/9: New Agriculturist On-Line - Water, not food, the key to survival; More crop per drop; China's water problems; Fish out of water
• 28/8: New Scientist - To feed itself Africa must Capture more Rainwater
• 27/8: Mail and Guardian (SA) - Meat-eaters soak up the world's water
• 26/8: AzerTac - News Agency of Azerbaijan - Scientists say risk of water wars rising
• 26/8: Sydney Morning Herald - MEAT eating seen as threat to water supply
• 24/8: ENN - Environmental News Network - Scientists Say Risk of Water Wars Rising
• 24/8: The Daily Star - Bangladesh - 'Risk of Water Wars Rising: Scientists'
• 24/8: ABC Science Online - Australia - We'll wage wars over water, say experts
• 23/8: Independent Media TV - Meat-eaters soak up the world's water
• 23/8: SciDev.Net Editorial - Making Every Drop Count
• 23/8: The Guardian (UK) - Meat-eaters soak up the world's water
• 23/8: AllAfrica.com - Africa - REPORT Warns of Crunch in Water Supply
• 21/8: New Scientist - editorial - Running on empty: growing crops takes water and there is far less of it that we thought.
• 20/8: OneWorld.net (UK) - Food Habits May Impact Water Scarcity, Warns New Study
• 20/8: One World.net (UK) - World scientists issue wake-up call on water and food
• 20/8: Reuters USA - Scientists say risk of water wars rising
• 20/8: Reuters AlertNet - Scientists say risk of water wars rising
• 19/8: CA press release to the Stockolm Water week - Leading scientists launch ‘Blue Paper’ as wake-up call to combat water scarcity and food shortages.
• 10/11: Bridges-WTO news No.10 - Is Virtual Water Trade a Solution for Water-scarce Countries? by Charlotte de Fraiture and David Molden (p13)
  

2003

• 5/11: CA press release on the 1st Yellow River Forum - River management: solutions for saving China's imperilled Yellow River.
• 3/11: CA Book Launch at the Challenge program on water for food baseline conference - Water productivity in agriculture: Limits and Opportunities for Improvements.
• 21/10: CA press release at the 1st Yellow River Forum, Zhenghzou - New research could provide overdue solutions for saving China’s imperiled Yellow River
• 17/3: CA press release at the Kyoto World Water Forum, Japan - Achieving ‘More Crop Per Drop’ is possible; and a real solution to the water crisis over the coming two decades.