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Water, food and energy security in the “Urban Millennium”

How do we ensure towns and cities are viable places to live?

Facing up to South Asia’s environmental arsenic

Report calls for more action to combat the region’s contamination challenge.
Farmers planting Iri-Boro seeds

Bangladesh can avert a groundwater crisis by not producing too much...

Bangladesh will need to be much more efficient in using water to avoid putting pressure on groundwater resources.

More food, fewer floods

Why GAMES could mean a win-win for the Eastern Ganges Basin.

The risk of devastating floods and droughts can be minimized and food production boosted by taking advantage of underground water sources.
Mechanism to supply water for agriculture

Water and poverty

Defining the links October 17 marks the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. In many communities, access to water is potentially a critical factor...

Keeping their feet dry – Who should pay to uphold water...

A new study conducted under the CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food (CPWF) and presented at Stockholm World Water Week this week suggests...