IWMI in Southern Africa

The competition for scarce natural resources in the Letaba River Basin and why it matters for World Rivers Day.

Ten groups, consisting of young entrepreneurs, professionals, and graduate students, with ideas for transformative approaches to climate-smart agriculture and climate information services participated in the three-phase challenge.

In this radio interview Professor Tafadzwa Mabhaudhi discusses the impact of climate change on the world’s future, highlighting its effects and implications.

Multiple climate prediction centers have concurred that this El Niño event will reach a “strong” category in the Northern Hemisphere by the winter of 2023-24.

The future of water storage requires a systems approach which fully integrates natural infrastructure alongside built infrastructure.

Other organisations involved included various departments within the metro, TMPD, SAPS, a’Quelle, Coca-Cola Beverages South Africa, Necsa, Pheli FM, the International Water Management Institute (IWMI), Pulset kids academy, Phatudi secondary school and Gauteng agricultural and rural development department, among many others.

IWMI and CIMMYT encourage stakeholders in the Limpopo River Basin to stay informed about the evolving El Niño event and its potential implications.

Digital innovations can mitigate risks by providing services and technologies for planning, forecasting, reducing impact, and compensating losses.

The CGIAR’s Initiative on Diversification in East and Southern Africa visited farmers in Malawi as part of its efforts to offer small scale farmers support.

Recognizing the need for youth to be included in this conversation, young people have been made co-guardians of the TFWS process

Empowerment and structural change come hand in hand – and with women agri-entrepreneurs at the center!

The CGIAR Food Systems Accelerator Kick-off event is taking place in Kigali, Rwanda on 22 February 2023 to unveil its first cohort of agribusinesses from East and Southern Africa.

The CGIAR Food Systems Accelerator Kick-off event is taking place in Kigali, Rwanda on 22 February 2023 to unveil its first cohort of agribusinesses from East and Southern Africa.

As we transitioned into a new year, IWMI researchers continued to advance our knowledge of how we can strengthen natural resource management, improve food resiliency, and promote gender equity.

IWMI is working with the Zambian government for improved knowledge generation and effective advisory services following the floods that affected more than 20,000 people in Zambia in 2023.

It is essential that young people working in water and science are ‘co-guardians’ of the Transformative Futures for Water Security initiative.

This International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we celebrate Dr. Lisa-Maria Rebelo’s achievements and inquire of her advice for the next generation of aspiring female researchers.

Wise use calls for balance between maintaining key wetlands functions while not unduly restricting wetlands’ use by millions of often poor people.

Roundup of research, journal and other academic articles from September to November.

New research identifies legal pathways for better recognition and protection of customary water tenure in sub-Saharan Africa as well as concrete solutions to improve current water law and water infrastructure development programs.

IWMI researcher Tafadzwanashe Mabhaudhi’s collaborative, integrative approach to research yields studies that reveal and address the complex interconnections between water and all aspects of life.

Mitigating desertification and drought impacts, with water-smart solutions and digital innovations.

Roundup blog of IWMI activities, events and sessions at the World Water Forum in Dakar, Senegal

With proper preparedness, drought doesn’t have to be such a killer. But being prepared means being proactive rather than responding to crises.

It is so important to harness the power of international cooperation to reduce risk and losses from disasters.

Ultimately, rights-based water resource allocation may appear to be the most effective to address legal pluralism for poverty alleviation and broad-based agricultural growth.

In a recent interview, Dr. Villholth spoke more about IWMI’s groundwater program and how events such as World Water Week are important to protecting and managing the resource.

All components of the hydrological cycle have been impacted by human-induced climate change, and the way we use our land and water has, in turn, also intensified the impacts.

Population growth in the Limpopo River Basin will exert pressure on the demand for water in the region amid calls by an expert for Sadc countries to manage transboundary water resources.

In rural southern Africa, hybrid water law is a tool for social justice and environmental stewardship.

When designing water solutions for communities, IWMI researchers always consider the impact on biodiverse ecosystems.

The coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak has placed stress and attention on the importance of food, water and energy security, as governments focus their efforts not only on blocking the transmission of the disease, but also consider how their responses affect food security today and in the future, IWMI has said.

Enhanced data sharing across sectors and countries is vital if we want to achieve food, water and energy security in Southern Africa

The five Partner States of the Kavango Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area (KAZA TFCA) have joined forces with IWMI to manage groundwater resources spanning an area larger than Austria and Germany.

Droughts are the most deadly and costly natural disasters in southern Africa. They affect most people and cause the most deaths in the region.

Toward more inclusive water management in Kenya’s Tana River Basin

A new study has found that outdated, colonial-era water permit systems across Africa are unintentionally criminalising millions of small farmers who can’t obtain permits. This undermines efforts to boost farming production and meet economic growth goals.

The project builds on important progress achieved earlier this year. In February, DAFNE held its first stakeholder workshop in Lusaka, Zambia.

A timely new book on southern Africa’s Zambezi River Basin

A baseline for revitalization of smallholder schemes in South Africa

Local mapping of irrigated areas in South Africa’s garden province.

Mapping groundwater from the air in Southern Africa.

Moving in the right direction, but still room for improvement.

Managing ecosystem services in the Drakensberg The Barrier of Spears. That is the name that the Zulu people gave to the imposing mountain range that dominates the eastern area of South Africa. Later settlers called them the Drakensberg – Dragon Mountains; both names evoking the jagged nature of its sheer basalt peaks .The Drakensberg range […]