Dr. David Molden, Deputy Director General-Research at IWMI, won the CGIAR “Outstanding Scientist of the Year” award for his leadership and contribution to the Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture (CA), a five-year study that drew in the expertise of over 700 scientists and practitioners worldwide and evaluated current thinking on water and its interplay with agriculture to help chart the way forward for future water management and investment in agriculture. Read more…
K. Jinapala, B. Ranjith Ariyaratne, Somaratne & L.R. Perera have been selected for a 2010 Sri Lankan Presidential Award for their co-authorship of the paper Participatory decision support for agricultural management. A case study from Sri Lankaon the use of decision support systems (DSS) to identify problems and assess potential solutions for river basins in Sri Lanka.