Harare, capital of Zimbabwe, has a problem with water supply. Often unavailable, and grossly polluted, it costs millions of dollars a year to treat. Yet, Harare, nestled within a natural wetland has the gift of nature of easy access to plentiful and clean water – as long the source area …
Editorial on the UNESCO-IHE website, by Ken Irvine: “In the Netherlands, we celebrate Dutch engineering that keeps the country dry. The Dutch have crafted their skills of water management over 600 years, as a necessity for choosing to live below sea level; engineering the landscape, and even the wetlands such …
Dear friends and colleagues, At the Wetlands Forum workshop in Kigali in 2013, we developed ideas for the Wise-Use, Smart Plans for African wetlands. The energy of the Kigali workshop demonstrated the appetite for a pan-African Community of Practice for the protection and management of wetlands; from that meeting, …
A new study covering 121 countries shows that improving access to safe drinking water is critical to tackling food insecurity in both low- and high-income countries.
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IWMI and the Nile Basin Initiative scope the development of a pioneering digital twin to boost water management and forecasting.
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A recent study led by the development NGO Brac, with the Global Center on Adaptation and IWMI, found that rising temperatures, declining rainfall and expanding boro rice cultivation are pushing the region towards critical groundwater depletion within the next two decades.
The post ‘I fear people will go to war over water’: as wells run dry, farmers struggle to survive in Bangladesh first appeared on International Water Management Institute (IWMI).
The Government of Tanzania has established a national roadmap for transforming the country's seed sector through 2030.
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IWMI’s Jayanta Bhattacharya highlights how pairing solar irrigation with Alternate Wetting and Drying techniques will help incentivize water conservation, reduce methane emissions and secure long-term food and water security in Bangladesh.
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