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Big benefits in small spaces

Bangladeshi women find profit in new methods of vegetable cultivation and cattle rearing.

Farming goes to town

Pay Drechsel, scientist at the Colombo-based International Water Management Institute (IWMI) and co-author of the study, published in Environmental Research Letters in November, says...

Technology alone is not a silver bullet

Storing water could help rural communities in Nepal, if socioeconomic factors are addressed.

Press Release: First Global Estimate of Urban Agriculture Reveals Area Size of the EU that’s Boosting Food Security in Cities

Study finds irrigation more common on city farms than rural farms, intensifying water demands in sprawling urban zones.

Dirty water, dirty crops?

Reducing risks in urban vegetable production.

Crop irrigation with polluted water has caused a bit of a stink with policymakers and the public.

Of PIM and pirates

Can community run reservoirs deliver?

Who can you call?

African farmers get water advice from mobile phones The information revolution has transformed farming in many parts of the world. Sophisticated computer models can now...

NationalGeographic.com: Small-scale Irrigation Boosts Incomes and Food Security in sub-Saharan Africa

A study by the International Water Management Institute, based in Sri Lanka, estimates that small motorized pumps could expand irrigation by some 30 million...

Priming the pump: motorized pumps improve prospects for Zambia’s smallholders

July 6 is the 2013 UN International Day of Co-operatives . The event seeks to encourage the growth and establishment of cooperatives and farmers’...