Two improved strains of Nile Tilapia that grow 30% faster and heavier than non-improved strains are helping to increase aquaculture productivity and food security in West Africa and Egypt. WorldFish has been working with partners on two breeding progra…
Hundreds of forestry experts, activists, policymakers, global leaders and climate change negotiators will gather on the sidelines of U.N. climate talks in Doha this Sunday for the sixth annual Forest Day to discuss how forests can be better harnessed t…
Sri Lanka’s first-ever Young Water Professionals Symposium (YWPS) will be held on Thursday, November 22, at the Galadari Hotel. IWMI partners Unilever Sri Lanka in co-sponsoring the event, which is organized by the Sri Lanka Water Partnership.
Humidtropics, a major new research-for-development program launched today, aims at increasing average farm income by 50% with 25% of poor households lifted above the poverty line in the humid tropics in the next 15 years. ILRI is a partner in this new …
Stretching across central Africa, the Congo Basin forest is the second largest tract of rainforest in the world and a lifeline for over 60 million people. Yet the Congo’s forests are being cleared at an alarming rate. More research is needed to h…
