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Famine in Gaza
CGIAR18.03.24-
Food security
By Rob Vos, Ismahane Elouafi, and Johan Swinnen Is it too late to save Gaza’s…
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CGIAR's Rachael McDonnell highlights systems approach in UK inquiry on achieving zero hunger
CGIAR14.03.24Rachael McDonnell, IWMI Deputy Director General and CGIAR Senior Program Director for Water Systems,…
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How to implement "innovation portfolio management" in a public R&D organization
CGIAR07.03.24To feed and nourish ten billion people by mid-century, and to do so sustainably, our…
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Invest in women, ignite change in food systems
CGIAR05.03.24By Ismahane Elouafi, CGIAR Executive Managing Director On this International Women’s Day, we celeb…
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New report: CGIAR's Transformative Crop Technologies Drive $1.3 Trillion Impact
CGIAR27.02.24The cumulative impact of CGIAR-related crop technologies reached US$1,334 billion from 1961 to 2020,…
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Urban wetlands and the built environment: how Colombo’s green spaces enhance city life
IWMI02.02.24-
Environmental health
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Environmental health & biodiversity
Colombo must justify the renewal of its Ramsar Wetland City status this year. Has the…
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Fixing food 2018: Best practices towards the sustainable development goals
IWMI03.12.18-
Food security
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Nutrition
This report investigates best practices in food sustainability across the world. It uses the three…
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SundayTimes.lk: What’s next now that Colombo’s an official Wetland City?
IWMI30.11.18-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
International recognition for Colombo and the other newly named Wetland Cities brings both benefits …
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Key to a healthy, sustainable world: Partnership and collaboration in agriculture
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)16.11.18-
Environmental health
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Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Is the world prepared to feed nearly 10 billion people by 2050? What role do…
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TheConversation: Food security in Africa depends on rethinking outdated water law
IWMI15.11.18-
Environmental health
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Food security
A new study has found that outdated, colonial-era water permit systems across Africa are unintenti…
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Discover what urban wetlands are worth
CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE)31.10.18-
Environmental health
[caption id="attachment_139075" align="alignnone" width="300"] Colombo Wetlands Complex[/capt…
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Water rights for millions of African farmers threatened by law rooted in colonial times, study finds
IWMI29.10.18-
Environmental health
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Researchers at Africa Water Week call for efforts to “decolonize” and improve water permit syste…
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7th Africa Water Week
IWMI29.10.18-
Environmental health
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Food security
“Decolonizing” formal water law to pave the way for smallholder irrigation. An IWMI research re…
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Ramsar Convention COP13
IWMI25.10.18-
Biodiversity
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Environmental health
Sri Lanka wins international recognition for valuable but threatened urban wetlands.…
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Giving water a second life
IWMI17.10.18-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
Launch of a major project on water reuse at Cairo Water Week.…
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International Day of Rural Women
IWMI12.10.18-
Gender equality
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Groundwater is notoriously difficult to manage. One cannot easily see how much is available, who…
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Mobile phone app launched to strengthen new insurance scheme for India’s farmers
IWMI21.09.18-
Environmental health
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
The scheme aims to provide more than half of Indian farmers with crop insurance within…
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IWMI scientist awarded for contributions to water policy in South Asia
IWMI20.09.18-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
The International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH) has named Tushaar Shah, a senior fellow with …
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Water, ecosystems, human development – we can’t have one without the others
CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE)18.09.18-
Environmental health
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Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Keynote address by UN Deputy Secretary General, Amina MohammedPhoto by Adam Hunt / WLE…
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IWA-network.org: Re-examining the economics, engineering and water management paradigms – An interview with Claudia Sadoff
IWMI18.09.18-
Environmental health
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
IWMI Director General, Claudia Sadoff, spoke to IWA about exciting initiatives that turn wealth fro…
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ICRISAT awarded Microsoft’s AI for Earth grant to promote environmental sustainability
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)10.09.18-
Big data
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Environmental health
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
As part of its worldwide AI for Earth program, Microsoft has recently announced grants to…
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DailyMirror.lk: Coordinated effort urged for Sri Lanka’s future water security
IWMI04.09.18-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
IWMI researchers expressed their views on Sri Lanka’s water security at the latest ‘Colombo Deve…
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Banking on nature
IWMI04.09.18-
Environmental health
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Food security
Projects that harness nature-based structures in places like Kenya and Sri Lanka are showing, green…
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ElPais.com: What to do in the absence of water
IWMI30.08.18-
Environmental health
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Food security
No development is possible without it. And more than 5,000 million people could suffer scarcity…
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