Blogs
Tapping into Groundwater
In a recent interview, Dr. Villholth spoke more about IWMI’s groundwater program and how events such as World Water Week are important to protecting and managing the resource.
Blogs
Declining data quality threatens water resources management in the Lake Tana sub-basin
Through the FLAIR project in the Lake Tana sub-basin, IWMI is supporting the way data is generated by measuring water diversions at selected schemes.
Blogs
Three months of floods, or nine months of drought
An intense monsoon season in Pakistan means the country’s food system faces the challenge of both extreme floods and extended droughts.
In the media
The impact of large and small dams on malaria transmission in four basins in Africa
On VOA, Jonathan Lautze discusses the impact of small and large dams on malaria transmission in four river basins in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Blogs
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.
Blogs
Tapping into the ground to counter floods and droughts
New IWMI Research Report identifies opportunities to use natural groundwater storage to provide more reliable water supplies, particularly in areas of water scarcity.
Blogs
How to pay for watershed rehabilitation
New study addresses the question of how to finance future investment in watershed rehabilitation.
News
Cooperation may trump conflict on Central Asia’s Rivers
New database reveals large numbers of sub-basin scale agreements
Features
The rise and fall of Onion Land?
Irrigation has proved profitable in Ethiopia, but unsustainable use could burst the bubble.
News
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.
News
Study of 10 river basins brings new perspective on water management
Instead of inevitable water and food crises, the politics of equitable and sustainable development of resources could make all the difference.
News
Rethinking agriculture in the Greater Mekong
How to sustainably meet food needs, enhance ecosystem services and cope with climate change.