Home 2012
Yearly Archives: 2012
Water fields
Watch how the district administration joined forces with the villagers to bring water to this arid land
Thisdaylive.com: Improved Agricultural Production to Boost Farmers’ Income
Partners collaborating with IITA in implementation of the Humidtropics include the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), the...
Sri Lanka’s First-ever Young Water Professionals Symposium
IWMI joined Unilever Sri Lanka in co-sponsoring the event organized by the Sri Lanka Water Partnership (Lanka Jalani). The Minister of Water Supply and...
Poor farm families in the humid tropics to boost income from...
IBADAN (23 NOVEMBER 2012) — Humidtropics, a major new research-for-development program launched this week, aims at increasing average farm income by 50% with a...
Sciencecodex.com: King’s Water Research Group co-convenes global conference on food and...
Collaborating groups at the conference included representatives from the International Land Coalition, the International Water Management Institute as well as academics from Princeton and...
Zehabesha.com: A new research tries to mitigate Egyptian concern over the...
VENTURES AFRICA – New research has suggested there is sufficient water in the Nile to support all 10 countries it flows through.
Read...
Thisdaylive.com: Nigeria Records 1.2m MT of Production Loss to Floods
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, has disclosed an estimated production loss of 1.2 million metric tonnes of crops to the...
Dailymirror.lk: Young Water Professionals Symposium begins Nov. 22
Sri Lanka's first-ever Young Water Professionals Symposium (YWPS) will be held on Thursday, November 22, at the Galadari Hotel. Minister of Water Supply and...
Mekong: New video explores development challenges in one of South East...
Mekong examines the issues of hydropower development and its impact on Mekong citizen's lives. It features stories of Mekong Citizen's up and down the...
Below ground storage could alleviate floods and drought
New study explores win-win approach that could boost agricultural production and contribute to flood control on the Chao Phraya River.
Storing excess water beneath the...