A new study by the International Water Management Institute (IWMI), a CGIAR consortium research center, released ahead of Stockholm World Water Week has found that small-scale irrigation schemes can protect millions of farmers from food insecurity and …
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SciDev.net: Climate change ‘may boost South-East Asian agriculture’
Scientists from the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) have predicted that precipitation levels in vast areas of South-East Asia will remain stable, and most of the anticipated changes will occur over the sea, rather than over land.

IrinNews.org – FOOD: A quiet water revolution
JOHANNESBURG, 24 August 2012 (IRIN) – Quietly, a revolution to develop cheap ways to draw water for irrigation is unfolding in small villages and rural regions in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, a new three-year study has found. This movement …

Implications for development: Leading up to World Water Week
Simon Cook, Director of the CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems, talks about the recent report released by the AgWater Solutions project and its implications for development.

Outgrower farming schemes in Sub-Saharan Africa
Regassa Namara, Senior Economist & Head, IWMI West Africa, talks about outgrower farming schemes in Sub-Saharan Africa.
