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Will the world die of thirst?
Experts from the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) believe that if the current dynamics of economic and population growth persist, the demand for water...
Irrigation Mitigation
Approximately 50 million acres of land worldwide is used for the production of biofuels and about 11.6 trillion gallons of water is used throughout...
CGIAR Annual General Meeting 2008
"Investing in Agricultural Science: The Best Bet for the Future", is the theme of this year's Annual General Meeting of the Consultative Group on...
Chenab Water Issue: India is Leaving a Bad Taste
he International Water Management Institute (IWMI) published a report in 2006 by 700 experts, warning that one in three people were 'enduring one form...
CAC Program Wins “CGIAR KIng Baudouin Award for Outstanding Partnership”
The CAC (Central Asia and the Caucasus) Program for Sustainable Agriculture has been awarded with the "CGIAR King Baudouin Science Award for Outstanding Partnership"...
Ganga’s moment
MOEF recommends a minimum flow of a little less that one cumec, while the Bhagirathi requires 13 cumecs of flow throughout the year to...
The shimmer of blue gold
And despite the notion that water is everywhere, consumable and usable water really is not. Supply is under pressure with only half the world's...
Food crisis a warning we must heed
THE director-general of the International Water Management Institute, Colin Chartres, has warned that Australia, along with the other developed nations, needs to invest more...
Vacancy: Director, Challenge Program On Water And Food
…... “A unique opportunity to lead an international program to help solve one of the world’s greatest challenges - reducing hunger and poverty in...
Water experts to aid Arkville center
Seckler served as director general of the International Water Management Institute from 1995 until his retirement in 2000. "We are eager...