Monthly Archives: August 2012
Modernghana.com: Local irrigation systems provide better food security: study
STOCKHOLM (AFP) - Farmer-led irrigation schemes provide better food security, protect millions of farmers from climate risks and reduce poverty in sub-Saharan Africa and...
News.softpedia.com: Small-Scale Irrigation Schemes Now Argued to Ensure Food Security
Seeing how the global food industry has been severely impacted by recent developments in terms of weather patterns, and environmental conditions, the case is...
Guardian.co.uk: Food shortages could force world into vegetarianism, warn scientists
Leading water scientists have issued one of the sternest warnings yet about global food supplies, saying that the world's population may have to switch...
Reliefweb.int: Food: A quiet water revolution
JOHANNESBURG, 24 August 2012 (IRIN) - Quietly, a revolution to develop cheap ways to draw water for irrigation is unfolding in small villages and...
Africasciencenews.org: Food security: Sub-Saharan Africa, Asia need farmer-led irrigation schemes
A new study by the International Water Management Institute (IWMI), a CGIAR consortium research center, released ahead of Stockholm World Water Week has...
Enn.com: Climate change ‘may boost South-East Asian agriculture’
Scientists from the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) have predicted that precipitation levels in vast areas of South-East Asia will remain stable, and most...
Egineeringnews.co.za: Drought, food supply fears boost small-scale irrigation – study
Farmers in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa are increasingly taking up small-scale irrigation schemes as drought threatens the security of food supplies, a report...
IrinNews.org – FOOD: A quiet water revolution
JOHANNESBURG, 24 August 2012 (IRIN) - Quietly, a revolution to develop cheap ways to draw water for irrigation is unfolding in small villages and...
SciDev.net: Climate change ‘may boost South-East Asian agriculture’
Scientists from the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) have predicted that precipitation levels in vast areas of South-East Asia will remain stable, and most...
News24.com: Local irrigation linked to food security
When farmers manage their small-scale irrigation systems themselves their yields can increase by up to 300% in some cases and add tens of billions...