Monthly Archives: February 2009
Solution for the world’s water woes
Rising populations and growing demand is making the world a thirsty planet, says David Molden. In this week's Green Room, he says the solution...
Save Bundala
The other major catastrophe that has befallen this park of lagoons, tanks and water holes is the change in the water composition over the...
Eight reasons to pack your lunch
As much as 30 per cent of leftover food (worth about $48.3 billion) in the U. S. is thrown away every year, according to...
How African Farmers are Dealing with Climate Change
Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) countries must rethink and adopt water storage strategies for mitigation and adaptation, said Fitsum Hagos, a social scientist with the International...
Pollution afflicts Thai farmers / Toxic cadmium poisoning symptoms similar to...
The nonprofit International Water Management Institute (IWMI) concluded in 2004 that pollution of accumulated cadmium had changed the color of the rice in the...
Solution for the world’s water woes
Nonetheless, the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) and other research organisations have identified new and more affordable opportunities for low-cost water investment. ...
Sardar Sarovar way off projected path
A study conducted by the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) in the SSP command area has revealed that farmers are using the branch canal...
Water, not land, to slow China ag expansion
The International Water Management Institute reported in 2003 that on the North China Plain-home to 200 million people and source of more than half...