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Gil Levine, champion of international collaboration, dies at 96

Levine’s lengthy and impactful career included helping establish what is now the International Water Management Institute.

Episode Four: Colombia’s Policy Pathways

Episode 4 of Policy Pathways takes you to one of the most biodiverse countries in the world, Colombia!

Episode One: Introducing… Policy Pathways

Researchers introduce the series and explain what a 'policy pathway' is.
International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples

4th International Conference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS)

The international community will gather to review SIDS’ sustainable development progress and propose a new decade of partnerships and solutions.

New podcast explores policy coherence and system transformation in food, land...

Policy Pathways, produced by IWMI, examines policies for sustainable development and climate resilience in six countries.
Wastewater is pumped into channels for irrigation, in Kanpur, India. Neil Palmer/IWMI

Investing in the circular bioeconomy

Some countries are better placed than others to make the change and create sustainable urban-rural linkages.
Urban farming at the Town Hall of Colombo, Sri Lanka. Photo: IWMI

Urban agriculture during economic crisis: Lessons from Cuba, Sri Lanka and...

How low-cost measures can help to reduce an urban food crisis. 
Farmer Yatin Kumar in front of his solar irrigation pump site. Photo: Metro Media / IWMI

CGIAR funders pledge $650 million for farmers’ climate adaptation

At the UN Climate Action Summit, a global coalition of funders promise more than $650 million to help 300 million smallholder farmers adapt to climate change.
Basudev Mondal irrigates a farm near the busy EM Bypass road of Calcutta, India growing brinjal or egg plant.

Crop irrigation with untreated wastewater, a major health and environmental menace

The use of wastewater to irrigate crops is far more widespread than previously estimated, according to a new study.
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Raw waste water use on farms is ‘50% higher’ than estimated

IWMI study reveals the global use of untreated waste water from cities to irrigate crops is much more widespread than previously estimated.