“As climate change kicks in during the second half of the century, irrigation and hydropower development may no longer be able to meet the demands of Ethiopians.” Matthew McCartney addresses the likely impacts of climate change on water inf…
In 2009-2012, IWMI conducted a study for the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) on the performance of their agricultural water management interventions across five countries in Africa and Asia: Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Ghana, Nepal and Sri Lanka. Weak community engagement was found to severely hinder the effectiveness of interventions in all countries. An original training curriculum was developed for local project managers, social mobilisers, irrigation engineers and government extension officers, based on research findings, to improve community engagement in the particular case of agricultural water management interventions. This video presents the main innovations of this curriculum, illustrated by the [...]
Dr Asaduz Zaman talks about the innovative approach his organization took to sustainable irrigation management in Bangladesh, which he recently presented at Asia Water Week in Manila, Philippines.
Researchers from the IWMI-Tata Water Policy Program investigated the impact of SRI practices in India, and in a recently published report Impact of the System of Rice Intensification (SRI): analysis of SRI practices in 13 states of India they suggested…
