Mega-dams and massive government-run irrigation projects are not the key to meeting world’s water needs, a growing number of experts now say. For developing nations, the answer may lie in small-scale measures such as inexpensive water pumps and other…
In developing country cities like Accra in Ghana, sewage facilities tend to be rudimentary and much human waste is simply dumped into the sea. So converting this into valuable compost would help both farmers and the environment. A project initiated by …
The AgWater Solutions Project, led by IWMI, explored how innovations in on-farm water management could help smallholder farmers. In Ghana, one of the countries targeted by the researchers, the use of motorized pumps and drip irrigation gives farmers ne…
According to Colin Chartres, who heads the International Water Management Institute, we can expect more extreme weather. “In monsoon climates, we expect later onset of the monsoon, heavier rainfall, shorter monsoon duration and so on. More floodi…
Discussions centered on the question of how agricultural production can be increased by 40 to 50 per cent over the next 30 years in order to provide food security for a growing global population – even though there is not more water available. As…
