Sabine Douxchamps, Augustine Ayantunde and Jennie Barron at the sister Volta Basin Development Challenge just published a study of agricultural water management in rainfed crop-livestock systems of the Volta Basin (Burkina Faso and Ghana) that investig…
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Water, Food and Energy: nexus or Lexus? A back-of-envelope analysis
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…

The Goats that Save Water: Linking Water, Food Security and Poverty Reduction
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.
ICT-Based Identification and Characterisation of Small Reservoirs in the Limpopo River Basin in Zimbabwe
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…
Bangladesh’s rice man
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.
