Monthly Archives: November 2009
Upenn.edu: Battling the Elements: How Can India’s Farmers Cope with Drought?
Yet despite advances, many farmers still don't have access to irrigation and depend on current rainfall to see them through each sowing season. Even...
EVENT: International Conference on Sustainable Water Management, 15-17 Sep 2010, Jamshoro...
The scientific committee for The International Conference on Sustainable Water Management in Developing and Transition Countries (SWM2010) is pleased to invite abstracts for consideration...
ScientificAmerican.com: Tree Ring Science and Tomorrow’s Water
Tree ring expert Kevin Anchukaitis, of the tree ring lab at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, part of Columbia University's Earth Institute, talks about the...
Theaustralian.com.au: Agricultural scientists too thin on ground
A recent a study by the International Water Management Institute and the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation warns that many Asian countries may need...
Dailynews.lk: IFS Scientist wins prestigious award
An alumni of the Devi Balika Vidyalaya in Colombo, Dr. Vithanage completed her Bachelor's Degree in Natural Resources at the Sabaragamuwa University in 2002....
Reliefweb.int: Panellist Calls for ‘Blue Revolution’ As Global Population Grows Amid...
Concurring with that assessment, Colin Chartres, Director of the International Water Management Institute, noted that, because of climate change and other issues, water had...
Firstscience.com: A blue revolution: The key to future food security
Colombo, Sri Lanka 6th November 2009. "We will need nothing less than a 'Blue Revolution', if we are to achieve food security and avert...
IWMI’s Director General addresses UN General Assembly at special...
Dr. Colin Chartres, IWMI's Director General has been invited to address the Economic and Finance Committee of the UN General Assembly on 6th...
Circleofblue.org: India’s Leaders Argue Over River Linking Plan
The project is designed to move 178 cubic kilometers of water from northern Himalayan rivers to the drier south via 30 diversion projects, which...
Timesofindia.indiatimes.com: Money For Nothing
The common pool resource in which everyone has a stake today is groundwater, on which rural India has come to depend overwhelmingly. Most NREGS...