Water’s Fundamental Truths: Part 2 – Why do we have to manage water as a system?
Water has to be managed as a system, and cannot be effectively managed separately from land, or from its major uses or users, of which agriculture is by far the biggest.
Water’s Fundamental Truths – for One CGIAR and Beyond
Water scarcity is growing. While water is finite, demand for it grows along with population, the water intensity of diets, and the broader water demands of the economy.
Ramsar Convention and the wise use of wetlands: rethinking gender equality and inclusion
It is imperative that we realize the need for a profound and urgent rethinking on who decides, how and why, what makes for the wise use of wetlands
Success despite Covid: Hope from a Water Users Association in Central Myanmar
The Covid-19 health and economic crisis, as well as recent drought, could have caused optimism to fall. But not for the members of the “Five Village Bless” Water User Association.
After the flush: How a project in Ghana is turning human waste into an economic resource
An IWMI-led project in Ghana aims to address issues with insufficient financing and lack of capacity by capturing value (‘CapVal’) from human waste in ways that support a circular economy.
Modernizing wastewater treatment in Sri Lanka
Working across South Asia to identify applied technologies and business models to sustain water and sanitation systems.
Banking on wastewater
IWMI enables societies to address challenges posed by wastewater by generating new knowledge on wastewater management, writes Jeremy Bird.
Facing up to South Asia’s environmental arsenic
Report calls for more action to combat the region’s contamination challenge.
IWMI hydrologist recognized with President’s Award
Lal Muthuwatta, hydrologist and mathematical modeler at IWMI, received the President's award for a journal article on his research in a river basin in Iran.
Message from Jeremy Bird on World Food Day 2013
Water plays a vital role in sustainable food systems, IWMI's Director General reminds.
Saving the world’s wetlands
Under the WETWIN project, researchers looked at issues in seven wetlands from Africa, Europe and South America.
CGIAR call for action at Rio+20
CGIAR calls for a focus on harmonizing food security and environmental sustainability through agricultural research and development.
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Water, food and ecosystems (413)Water, climate change and resilience (386)Water, growth and inclusion (324)Climate mitigation and adaptation pathways (240)Gender equality and social inclusion (160)Water data science (153)Next generation irrigation systems (151)Water, food, energy nexus (105)Sustainable water infrastructure and ecosystems (98)Water data science for action (67)Integrated circular economy transformations (56)Agricultural water management transformations (47)Water futures data and analytics (44)Climate policies, finance and processes (44)Economics and impact assessment (39)Water governance and political economy (37)Integrated basin and acquifer management (26)Water risk to development and resilience (20)Non-research (9)