We know that despite their importance for local human well-being and regulation of ecosystem services, wetland integrity continues to decline. How can policies at the local, regional and global scale be better aligned? This is the question that the FOR…
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Voices of the communities in Nepal
A new tv programme by IWMI, NEFEJ and villagers from Dhanusha District. Men and women farmers are given a limited opportunity to voice their concerns in the national debate on climate change. As a result, climate change policies and interventions hold …

Glacier systems and seasonal snow cover in six major Asian river basins: water storage properties under changing climate
IWMI Research Report 149 – This paper presents a comprehensive assessment of the water storage properties of glaciers and seasonal snow, carried out for the first time at a major river basin scale, for the Indus, Ganges, Brahmaputra, Amu Darya, S…

Improving the supply chain of motor pumps to expand small-scale private irrigation in Zambia
IWMI Working Paper 154 – During the past decade, smallholder groundwater irrigation with motor pumps has increased considerably in Zambia. The present study analyzes an important, but hitherto ignored, factor for adoption: the supply chain of imp…

Priming the pump: motorized pumps improve prospects for Zambia’s smallholders
Recent IWMI research highlights how farmers’ unions can support smallholder farmers and boosting agricultural productivity.
