Miriam Otoo

Miriam Otoo is an agricultural economist who served with the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) until November 2019, specializing in issues related to economics of waste reuse, business development and entrepreneurship, agricultural markets and productivity in developing countries, under the CGIAR-WLE program.

Content authored by Miriam Otoo

- Learning / Training
Online Course: Resources, Recovery and Reuse (RRR) Entrepreneurship
Urbanization
September 04, 2019
A new course following WLE/IWMI-led research on RRR offers video lectures, worksheets, and reading recommendations to entrepreneurs seeking opportunities in waste management and sanitation.
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- Pay Drechsel
- Business model
Business models for smallholder solar pump-based irrigation
Smallholders
November 14, 2018
A business model approach to assessing the feasibility and encouraging investment in smallholder solar pump irrigation. In doing so, these proposed business model frameworks identify promising investment opportunities that can increase the sustainability of agricultural water management technologies.
- Business model
Business models for recovering resources from waste
Urbanization
June 26, 2018
There are valuable resources trapped in city waste, including nutrients for soils, water for irrigation, and energy for household use. By creating business models for recovering and reusing these resources, we can help pave the way for reduced pollution and more sustainable food and energy systems.
- Pay Drechsel
- Miriam Otoo
Blog Post
Blog Post
March 10, 2016
Waste not: How businesses can turn a profit from poo
What if sanitation and waste challenges in megacities across Asia and Africa could be turned into profitable business ventures?
The Economist Events' Sustainability Summit 2016
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