Food, land, and water systems face daunting challenges in the future, and the body of research exploring these challenges is growing rapidly. This note is part of a series developed by the CGIAR Foresight Initiative to summarize what we know today about the future of various aspects of food systems. The goal of these notes is to serve as a quick reference,
Always important, effective water governance is now vital as population growth and agricultural intensification increase the burden on our planet’s limited fresh water supplies. However, establishing sustainable, equitable, and effective rules for water use can be challenging even for surface water resources, such as lakes and rivers. When it comes to groundwater – which supplies more than 40 percent of irrigation
Read the English version El 6 de diciembre de 2023 se llevó a cabo el tercer Webinar enmarcado en iniciativa de políticas y estrategias nacionales (NPS) en Colombia.,en colaboración con la Universidad de los Andes “Desastres climáticos, género y pobreza: Hacia una reducción inclusiva del riesgo de desastres en Bolivia”. Durante este seminario, se presentó el estudio realizado por Luis
Read the Spanish version On December 6, 2023, took place the third webinar, carried within the framework of the National Policies and Strategies (NPS) initiative in Colombia, in collaboration with the University of the Andes “Climate Disasters, Gender, and Poverty: Towards an Inclusive Reduction of Disaster Risk in Bolivia” During this seminar, Luis Escalante, a researcher at IFPRI, presented the
By Bryan Bruns and Ruth Meinzen-Dick Water stored in aquifers provides a crucial resource for people, crops, and ecosystems as it flows into springs, wetlands, streams, and rivers, and is lifted from wells. Rising demand for water, along with increasing droughts, floods, and heatwaves, all make groundwater more valuable. Groundwater is a shared resource, making collective action crucial to take
By Shisher Shrestha, Nilhari Neupane, Ritavrat Joshi, and Manohara Khadka The mid-hills of Nepal account for 68% of the country’s total area[1] and 56% of its arable land. Ranging in altitude from 610m to 4,876m, there are many small pockets of micro-irrigation that have the potential for high-value crop cultivation. However, almost a third of irrigable land here remains rainfed[2]
By Ryan Nehring, Maliviwe Mgudlwa, Edward Mswane, Buyani Fakudze, Oscar Sibia, Sindy Mthimkhulu, Sylvia Machimana, and Jonathan Lautze The Incomati River is one of 15 major transboundary basins in Southern Africa. Shared by Eswatini, Mozambique and South Africa, the basin is highly developed and has substantial flow-regulating infrastructure such as weirs and large dams. Key among these are the Maguga
In 2010, water levels at Lake Kariba were so high that the Kariba Dam had to be opened to prevent flooding. By January 2023, capacity at the world’s largest artificial lake, which straddles the Zimbabwe–Zambia border, had plunged to just 2 percent. Water levels have risen slightly since then, but the lake’s wild fluctuations in volume have sparked serious concern for