Monthly Archives: August 2009
Asian irrigation systems need updating to meet future food supply challenges
A new joint report from the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), presented at the World Water...
International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
IWMI is one of 15 international research centers supported by the network of 60 governments, private foundations and international and regional organizations collectively known...
Innovation urged for water management in Asia
Asian irrigation systems require urgent reform, according to a report published on 18 August by the International Water Management Institute in Battaramulla, Sri Lanka,...
Asia’s Water Crisis
Asia faces a water usage crisis which, if not addressed urgently, will cause food shortages and sharply higher prices in the not too distant...
Water crisis to hit Asian food
The findings are published in a new joint report by the UN Food and Agricultural Organisation and the International Water Management Institute (IWMI). ...
Global experts warn of Asian water, food crisis
Director General Colin Chartres of the International Water Management Institute says continued water waste will lead to increased malnutrition, poverty and social unrest that...
International experts urge Asia to manage water supplies better on farms...
"If we don't manage to do that there will be increases in malnutrition, increases in poverty, increases in social unrest," said Colin Chartres, director...
Water shortage threatens Asia’s food supplies
By 2050, an extra 1.5 billion people will live in Asia, piling even more pressure on already scarce food supplies, said a study by...
Asia faces food shortage without water reform: UN
An extra 1.5 billion people will live in Asia by 2050, putting even more pressure on already scarce food supplies, said the study, issued...
Irrigation reform needed in Asia
The report - jointly produced by the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) based in Battaramulla, Sri Lanka, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the...