Meet up with us at World Water Week 5-11 September, 2010
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James Clarke: j.clarke@cgiar.org
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Jeff Haskins: +254 729 871 422 orjhaskins@burnesscommunications.com
About World Water Week in Stockholm
World Water Week in Stockholm is the annual meeting place for the planet’s most urgent water-related issues. Organised by the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI), it brings together 2500 experts, practitioners, decision makers and business innovators from around the globe to exchange ideas, foster new thinking and develop solutions.
Out of Water
From Abundance to Scarcity and How to Solve the World’s Water Problems
Media release , Video commentary and more…
The Indispensable Guide to the Next Global Crisis: Water
“No water, no life. Are you wondering how this planet can be ‘running out of water’ when it still rains and rivers flow? This book is your guide. Colin Chartres has lived his life to improve the management of the water that gives life to all. His lessons are worth learning.”-Margaret Catley-Carlson, Member of the UN Secretary General’s Advisory Board, Chair of the Global Water Partnership, and former Deputy Executive Director of UNICEF
Water Storage in an Era of Climate Change
Addressing the Challenge of Increasing Rainfall Variability
Blue Paper, Media release, Video commentary and more…
For many of the world’s poorest people, rainfall variability is a major impediment to their livelihoods. The inability to predict and manage rainfall, and consequent runoff, variability is a key contributing factor to their food insecurity and poverty. Frequent periods with too much water are followed by periods with too little and intermittent water scarcity is often a direct consequence of rainfall variability. This is likely to be exacerbated by climate change.
Wastewater Irrigation and Health
Assessing and Mitigating Risk in Low-income Countries
Edited By Pay Drechsel, Christopher A. Scott, Liqa Raschid-Sally, Mark Redwood and Akiça Bahri
This book represents the best, modern innovative thinking on the topic and symbolizes an important turning point in the history of wastewater reuse in irrigation as a major contributor to water and nutrient conservation, public health and welfare.’ Professor Hillel Shuval, Hadassah Academic College and Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
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Population pressure and increasing water competition in a changing climate require us to take stock of the availability and use of water across scales. Water availability not only influences farmers’ commercial prospects but also irrigation-related enterprises and agri-businesses. Greater water scarcity could jeopardize irrigation and agricultural markets while excessive water use can lead to declining ecosystems, water quality and soil health. IWMI advises development partners and the public and private sectors on all aspects of water resource availability and use through a variety of advanced modeling and remote-sensing products and tools, including 
The ability of farmers to engage in or expand irrigation depends on the prevailing socioeconomic, ecological and political contexts, which are often complex, non-linear and changeable. Overcoming systemic barriers to farmer-led irrigation development while taking advantage of existing opportunities 
A lack of affordable credit, particularly for women and resource-poor farmers, is one of the main barriers to expanding farmer-led irrigation in low- and middle-income countries. But 
Scaling farmer-led irrigation requires strengthening human capacity and knowledge exchange among all actors and stakeholders involved. IWMI takes an action research approach, working with national and international research institutions, governments, extension agents and public and private organizations to co-develop the scaling ecosystem and strengthen capacity to drive scaling networks and collective action. We support the