As we sail down the road from Phnom Penh to Sihanoukville in air-conditioned luxury, we can stare out of the mirrored windows at mile upon mile of dry rice paddy. It is the dry season, and the landscape is a dark brown, the paddies empty. On the back o…
In his latest blog post, CPWF’s director, Alain Vidal, discusses a promising innovation platform for goats in Zimbabwe and explains how this work can inform food security discussions at this year’s Stockholm World Water Week.
Semi-arid conditions that prevail in the Limpopo basin in general and Zimbabwe in particular emphasise the importance of water storage. In this respect small reservoirs play a critical role in sustaining rural livelihoods.However, the management of sma…
Growing up in Bangladesh’s flood-prone and salt affected coastal areas, Manoranjan Mondal saw firsthand the hardships facing hundreds of thousands of poor rice farmers.
Bangladesh is one of the most water abundant countries in the world, so how is water management even an issue? Aditi Mukherji, project leader of the Ganges 3, reflects on her work in Bangladesh and asks some tough questions for government officials and…
