Xueliang Cai, David Molden, Mohammed Mainuddin, Bharat Sharma, Mobin-ud-Din Ahmad and Poolad Karimi won the Water International Best Paper Award for “Producing more food with less water in a changing world: assessment of water productivity in 10 major river basins”. Read more…
A paper co-authored by Mark Giordano won one of three International Water Resources Association annual Best Paper Awards, presented at the triennial World Water Congress XIV held in September 2011 at Porto de Galinhas, Brazil. The awardees are chosen by a panel of leading water resources scholars selected by the editors of the journal Water International. The criteria for evaluation are relevance, rigor and impact. Read more…
IWMI won the prestigious 2011 Crystal Drop Award from the International Water Resources Association (IWRA) for outstanding contributions to the improvement of the world’s water situation. Awarded only once every three years, IWMI is only the fourth organization to have won the Crystal Drop, for which both individuals and organizations are eligible. The award was presented at 14th IWRA World Water Congress in Porto De Galinhas, Brazil. Read more…
Ashley Murray, IWMI Associate Scientist based in Ghana won a National Geographic award for “Emerging Explorers”. She is a wastewater engineer and founder and director of Waste Enterprisers Ltd., in Ghana. Her company is developing businesses that rely on human waste as a resource – such as fish farms and agriculture, providing a viable alternative to its haphazard discharge into a community’s waters and environment.
Enhancing capacity for system transformation
Strengthening and sustaining the enabling environment
Enabling gender and youth inclusion
Brokering knowledge for sustainability
Cultivating scaling preparedness
Fostering scaling partnerships
Co-developing innovation bundles
Scaling farmer-led irrigation requires strengthening human capacity and knowledge exchange among all actors and stakeholders involved. IWMI takes an action research approach, working with national and international research institutions, governments, extension agents and public and private organizations to co-develop the scaling ecosystem and strengthen capacity to drive scaling networks and collective action. We support the 
A lack of affordable credit, particularly for women and resource-poor farmers, is one of the main barriers to expanding farmer-led irrigation in low- and middle-income countries. But 
The ability of farmers to engage in or expand irrigation depends on the prevailing socioeconomic, ecological and political contexts, which are often complex, non-linear and changeable. Overcoming systemic barriers to farmer-led irrigation development while taking advantage of existing opportunities 
Population pressure and increasing water competition in a changing climate require us to take stock of the availability and use of water across scales. Water availability not only influences farmers’ commercial prospects but also irrigation-related enterprises and agri-businesses. Greater water scarcity could jeopardize irrigation and agricultural markets while excessive water use can lead to declining ecosystems, water quality and soil health. IWMI advises development partners and the public and private sectors on all aspects of water resource availability and use through a variety of advanced modeling and remote-sensing products and tools, including 
