Timothy O. Williams Director, Africa Background on LSLAs in WA Framework for analysis of LSLAs & impacts Summary of unethical and inimical practices Economic, social and environmental impacts Factors responsible for negative practices Strategies for improving integrity in LSLAs
To coincide with the 14th Global Conference of the International Association for the Study of the Commons, taking place in Japan this week, we highlight research on community resource management in Ethiopia.
Water productivity – the amount of a crop produced per unit water – is a much used measurement. A quick search for the phrase on Google Scholar yields nearly 18,000 citations. So it is popular, but is it of any use? Former IWMI Deputy Director General, Dennis Wichelns, thinks it may not be. He believes that to distil crop production down to merely the amount of water used leaves a lot of important information out of the picture. Fertilizer, seeds, plant intakes, labor and unpredictable influences like the weather all play their part, but are ignored by such a simplistic [...]
Think. Eat. Save is the theme of this year’s World Environment Day. The focus is on the food choices we make and how informed decisions can reduce the environmental impact of what we eat. IWMI researchers have been exploring the impact of water u…
