Terry Clayton

Imagine a workshop where people come together with the stated aim of producing documents to carry forward a body of work ten years in the making. We suggest there are a number of essential ingredients in this currently unorthodox format.

This post reviews Agricultural Water Management Journal Special Section: Investing in small, private irrigation to increase production and enhance livelihoods.  Articles are OPEN ACCESS u

One of several insights from the recently published Survey and Analysis of the Data Requirements for Stakeholders in African Agriculture is that people tend to feel their data is the best, the truest, the most suitable data for informing the decisions of others and that everyone else’s data is a bit suspect.

The Agriculture and Ecosystems Blog is one year old! Reflecting on the year and into the future: for researchers, it used to be “publish or perish”. Now I think it’s “blog or die”.

There is something inherently fascinating about maps. They invite the eye to roam free and resonate perhaps with our ancient hunter-gatherer instincts. Maps tell stories of what was and what could be.

For researchers trying to get from outputs to outcomes, one way to grasp experience is set up an ‘engagement platform’. In general terms, an engagement platform is an opportunity for individuals and people representing organizations with different backgrounds and interests to come together to diagnose problems, identify opportunities and implement solutions.

A response to Water Alternatives Special Issue on Shedding Light on Hidden Dynamics in the Water Sector. Don’t speak your mind until you’ve retired. That’s one message readers might take from Water Alternatives special issue...

Examining the record, water seems to be more often used as a weapon of war or is a casualty of war or an excuse rather than the actual cause of conflict. What’s far more evident is transboundary cooperation over water.

I confess. Before a colleague mentioned it, I had never heard of Kuznet or his curve. Now that we are acquainted, I think Kuznet’s Curve has a lot to tell us.

I read "Scalar Disconnect" with a distinct sense of déjà vu. Between 2000 and 2003, I worked almost exclusively for the Mekong River Commission (MRC) Secretariat, then in Phnom Phenh.

What is the most exciting part of a conference? Is it the rare outstanding PowerPoint presentation, the articulate speaker, the new information and insights? No. It’s the coffee breaks. And don’t tell me you haven’t said it yourself.