Home 2008

Yearly Archives: 2008

Health concerns over imported fruit and veg

The International Water Management Institute has found some farmers in 53 developing countries use untreated sewage and urban wastewater to grow crops. ...

Tacio: Running out of water

The Philippines used 28.5 billion cubic meters of water in 2000. A third of that flowed into farms. According to a UN-backed study by...

Running dry

MOST people may drink only two litres of water a day, but they consume about 3,000 if the water that goes into their food...

Solving the food crisis needs water

The International Water Management Institute, which I lead, is ready to take on this challenge and wants to do so in partnership with leading...

Human waste to power US city

"There is a large potential for wastewater agriculture to both help and hurt great numbers of urban consumers," said Liqa Raschid-Sally, who led the...

Lessons from World Water Week ’06

In fact, the future would appear dire. This past week, a panel of scientists released a groundbreaking study on water usage over the past...

Forecast: dry, becoming drier

The Middle East and North Africa, the driest population centre on the planet, is particularly vulnerable to water shortages. According to the International Water...

A benign dam

But Surya K Sharma says there was no significant increase in the population of the other malaria vector. Also, the researchers did not come...

Water Resources System Specialist – Ethiopia

We seek a highly competent and motivated individual for the position of Water Resources System Specialist to research water resources and hydrology. The...

Through Bifocals

That's the conclusion of a joint report issued last month by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the International Water Management Institute,...