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Asia out-migration dialogue: Linking gender, water and agriculture
The Migration and Agricultural Resilience Initiative for Sustainability (MARIS) network gathers national and international experts..
New insights into the Ganges River Basin
New book presents an overview of the challenges facing the critically important Ganges river as a water resource for 500 million people.
Press Release: New Knowledge Platform on the Indus Basin
The Indus Basin Knowledge Platform (IBKP), which seeks to improve access to information and supports decision making on critical basin challenges, is launched at World Water Week 2016.
South Asia running out of groundwater
India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Pakistan along with China account for nearly half of the world’s total groundwater use and these regions are expected...
Ganges women to bear the brunt of climate change
Poor women and vulnerable groups will “bear the brunt” of climate change in parts of Bangladesh, India and Nepal.
IWMI signs MOU with the China Institute of Water Resources and...
The initial priority areas of research cooperation include issues related to water savings, multiple uses of water infrastructure, ecosystems services, water and soil conservation, water allocation and planning and sustainable hydro-power.
What lies beneath?
Subterranean storage could be the answer to Central Asia’s water woes
Farmers in the Syrdarya River basin of Central Asia have a problem. Water is...
Pond, tank or well?
People not just places determine the right choice for agricultural water storage in Africa
The Africa Agriculture Science Week (AASW) convened by the Forum for Agricultural...