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Challenge winner moves forward with IoT to develop world first database
A network of solar irrigation pumps equipped with sensors that connect to the Internet will potentially provide a world first database of groundwater usage in sub-Saharan Africa.
A continental coalition is set in motion to support sustainable groundwater use across Africa
Inclusion of groundwater in continent-wide strategies has potential to help keep Africa’s broader development on a sustainable footing.
Press Release: Project makes water from the sun for climate smart farming
World’s largest user of groundwater for agriculture looks to solar for a more sustainable future.
Thomson Reuters: It’s time to look underground for climate resilience in sub-Saharan Africa
A recent study sheds new light on the climate-groundwater relationship, finding that the 2015-2016 El Niño weather event replenished groundwater very differently in southern Africa and in East Africa just below the equator.
Food for thought
How farmers in Sri Lanka have taken charge of their destiny by using motor pumps for irrigation.
How a dry village got its feet wet
As Laos seeks to strengthen food security and rural livelihoods, while adapting agriculture to climate change impacts, the potential of groundwater irrigation can only grow. Lessons learned from IWMI’s pilot study should prove valuable for helping realize this potential.
MongaBay.com: Restoring tank irrigation can strengthen rural climate resilience
Less than 10 percent of defunct tanks have been restored over the past two decades according to researchers.
Banking on nature
Projects that harness nature-based structures in places like Kenya and Sri Lanka are showing green infrastructure can be a valuable tool in helping vulnerable communities.
Media Release: 18 Natural Infrastructure Innovations Confronting Climate Change from Underground
More than 5 billion people could suffer water shortages by 2050 due to climate change, Pincreased demand and polluted supplies, concluded the UN’s 2018 report on the state of the world’s water.
Rural21.com: Agricultural pollutants – A serious threat to the world’s water
This new report was launched by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) at a conference in Tajikistan in June 2018.
IndiaSpend.com: Even Without India’s Water Crisis, Doubling Farmers’ Income In 5 Years Impossible
Currently a senior fellow at the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) in Anand, Shah helmed a pilot project in rural Gujarat that facilitated the creation of a farmers’ solar power cooperative.
News.Trust.org: The next great water crisis may be under our feet
As the world marks World Water Day, it is clear we need better groundwater governance to avoid the next big crisis
High time to fast-forward arsenic reduction in Bangladesh
IWMI researchers suggest how in a Devex opinion article.
TheHindu.com: The alarming levels of India’s groundwater
Groundwater is the world’s most extracted raw material, supplying and sustaining a range of human activity.
IndiaSpend.com: Gujarat’s Solar Irrigation Cooperative Has A Solution For India’s Groundwater Crisis
India is the largest user of groundwater in the world.
Shedding light on policy options
Toward sustainable solar-powered pumping of groundwater for irrigation
Scroll.in: A call for “water-sensible” urbanization policies in India
An article in Scroll.in, an award-winning news portal in India, calls on state governments to devise “water-sensible urbanization policies” in partnership with the International Water Management Institute (IWMI).
Knowledge sharing: Working within local frameworks
Rock piles act as small check dams that slow water flow and increase soil percolation for groundwater recharge.
Alaraby.co.uk: Climate change and food insecurity – Groundwater will be key
Hotter and more unpredictable weather means the need to ensure water and food security in the region is becoming critical
Can groundwater irrigation be a “triple win” for smallholder African farmers?
Julie van der Bliek highlighted some of the various irrigation techniques currently used by farmers in Africa and their reach.
HuffingtonPost: A Plan for Protecting Our Hidden Water Supplies
Jeremy Bird talks about colossal challenge to ensure that policies on groundwater translate into action and sustainable and equitable outcomes.
TheGuardian: Africa droughts prompt calls to start pumping untapped groundwater
The Guardian recently published an article covering the Groundwater Solutions Initiative for Policy and Practice (GRIPP) co-led by IWMI.
Learning to live with the devil tree
Invasive species in Tamil Nadu threatens irrigation but could be a valuable resource.
Not so quiet on the wetting front
A new irrigation technology is helping Ethiopian farmers assess crop water requirements
Moving beyond boundaries
New training manual supports groundwater management across African borders.
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