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Ethiopia farmer Etenesh Asro using groundwater for irrigation. Photo: Maheder Haileselassie/IWMI

International Day of Rural Women

Empowering women in community-based groundwater governance.

Committed to soil and water conservation

Understanding Ethiopia’s past experience to guide future investments
Kariba Dam between Zimbabwe and Zambia.

Damned if you don’t!

Time for smart dam design and operation to combat malaria in Africa.

The road to climate resilience

Enabling rural communities to draw up action plans aimed at enhancing resilience to climate-related hazards through sustainable management of natural resources.

Good, better, best – Never let it rest

Success factors of watershed management in Ethiopia

Bloomberg: U.S. Startup Plans Africa Expansion With Solar Watering Kits

Only about 5 percent of African agriculture is irrigated, according to the International Water Management Institute. In Tanzania, for example, the government says it has a 6.8 trillion-shilling ($3.1 billion) irrigation funding gap.

Smallholder irrigation taking root

USAID and Texas A&M team field visit to ILSSI sites in Ethiopia

A happy medium for Ethiopian tomatoes

Locally produced compost bags could help market gardeners

Sustainable development in the Eastern Nile

Investments in land and water are critical

Solar water pumps boost household micro-irrigation

The case of Ethiopia’s Rift Valley Region