CGIAR Initiative: Fragility to Resilience in Central and West Asia and North Africa
From Fragility to Resilience in Central and West Asia and North Africa
Mapping aquifer recharge zones in Balochistan
Mapping Aquifer Recharge Zones in Groundwater-stressed Areas in Eight Selected Sub-river Basins of Balochistan
Training cotton producers on water efficiency
Implementation and conducting of Trainings on water efficiency technologies by cotton production in Uzbekistan
Nature-based solutions for climate risks in Vietnam’s Central Highlands
Enabling smallholder farmers to better manage water-related climate risks in the Central Highlands of Vietnam with novel nature-based solutions.
Blogs
As the demand for water rises, we need to re-think global water storage
The future of water storage requires a systems approach which fully integrates natural infrastructure alongside built infrastructure.
Blogs
Tributary-level cooperation in the Isfayramsai River basin can benefit Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and the Aral Sea
Within the NEXUS Gains Initiative, an IWMI team is focusing on water storage around the Isfayramsai River.
Blogs
Enhancing the benefits of integrated water storage management in Ethiopia’s Tana-Beles sub-basin
Water storage, both built and natural, can be managed to address competing water demands for food and energy production while sustaining healthy ecosystems.
Blogs
How water can boost environmental health and biodiversity
As a result of IWMI’s work in the realms of e-flow monitoring and aquifer recharge, water management for rivers and aquifers has been strengthened.
Blogs
Water for whom? Realizing contemporary water allocation through age-old customary tenure practices
Ultimately, rights-based water resource allocation may appear to be the most effective to address legal pluralism for poverty alleviation and broad-based agricultural growth.
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.
Blogs
Everything you need to know about Integrated Water Storage
A new report explains the challenges and the processes needed to improve integrated water storage worldwide.
In the media
TheConversation: Managing water is key to adapting African agriculture to climate change
Jeremy Bird posted an article in TheConversation.com talking about investment in water storage, more efficient use of water and getting advice to farmers.
News
New monitoring system maps Bundelkhand drought
The Central Indian region of Bundelkhand is currently experiencing severe drought.
News
Raising the stakes
Why fences, crop rotation and water storage mean one farmer is no longer losing the plot in Northern Ghana.
Features
Technology alone is not a silver bullet
Storing water could help rural communities in Nepal, if socioeconomic factors are addressed.