Yearly Archives: 2020

To be clear, nexus projects do exist that have put principle to practice with impressive results. In Central Asia, for example, research by the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) demonstrates that substantial savings can be achieved in water and energy if more efficient irrigation technologies are adopted.

The African Water Facility, together with the Water Research Commission, South Africa, as its implementing agent, supported the demonstration project Operationalizing community-led Multiple Use water Services (MUS) in South Africa.

The African Water Facility, together with the Water Research Commission, South Africa, as its implementing agent, supported the demonstration project Operationalizing community-led Multiple Use water Services (MUS) in South Africa.

IWMI is launching an AI-powered seasonal rainfall forecasting tool, developed in partnership with Johns Hopkins University and funded by USAID.

A partnership with the Sri-Lanka-based International Water Management Institute (IWMI) led to the development of a flood insurance product based on newly available high-resolution satellite data.

Early trials were promising, but farmers needed additional support to help them get back on their feet.

This will contribute towards compensating them for their wage losses caused by flooding throughout July, August, and September this year.

Poor sanitation continues to pose major health, environmental and socioeconomic risks in many African countries, according to new research by the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP).

A Town Hall meeting had been planned as part of the review process of the district medium-term development plan (DMTDP), to discuss agricultural development needs, climate change resilience, unemployment and migration issues for the youth when all of a sudden COVID-19 struck and the meeting, cancelled.

A new IWMI Working Paper provides a Gap and Opportunity Analysis of Hydrological Monitoring in Ethiopia.