Dr. Keith Shepherd, co-leader of the Decision Analysis and Information Systems Research Theme, has been invited to be a member of the new Thematic Network on Data for Sustainable Development, one of the 12 Thematic Groups of the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN).
After five years of activity, an impact assessment reveals a positive trend in livelihoods linked to increased conservation and use of Uzbekistan’s and its Central Asian neighbors’ fruit trees.
The Tana-Nairobi Water Fund is a public-private scheme that aims to unite big business, utilities, conservation groups, government, researchers and farmers.
17th June is the World Day against desertification. A good time to show how Ethiopian highland farmers have built miles of stonewalls and changed their way of farming to re-green barren lands.
Around 5,000 acres of farmland in arid and semi-arid regions are lost every day to damage caused by salt, according to a UN report with contributions from scientists at the International Water Management Institute and WLE.
Some of the world’s leading water, environment and resilience scientists and experts publish a call to the UN, saying that rain, and the way it is managed, is what will determine whether hunger and poverty can be eradicated in the world.
The World Agroforestry Centre's Land Health Decisions, Science Domain 4 held its second Hands-on Soil Infrared Spectroscopy Training Course – “Getting the Best out of Light” on 12-16 May 2014 at headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya.
An overview of the recently published 'Hydrological models bring clarity and consensus to challenging policy issues' journal article by Vladimir Smakhtin and Robyn Johnston published in Water International journal.
ICRAF, in partnership with MTT and the University of Nairobi have started a new project. This collaboration will establish a soil micronutrient surveillance system for sub-Saharan Africa and develop new diagnostic analytical methods.
The Ethiopian government’s Agricultural Transformation Agency has just launched the Soil Health and Fertility Ethiopian Soil Information System based on the soil health surveillance methods developed by the Africa Soil Information Service, which is hosted by the CGIAR.
Sophisticated mapping tools and land restoration cost analyses in efforts to improve ecosystem health in Kenya, which faces complex problems such as uncontrolled open-pit mining.
