IWMI joined the Netherlands Embassy on Nov. 28 in Colombo to discuss the impact of climate change on agricultural production and the food supply chain.
Index-based Flood Insurance (IBFI) developed by IWMI and partners including WLE, is giving smallholder farmers in climate-related disaster prone regions a new lease of life, as well as a win-win for government and private sector.
The state of Bihar is India’s most flood prone state. This photo essay explores an IWMI-led flood insurance program supported by WLE and ICAR — one that has delivered real benefits.
Even if the climate crisis was miraculously solved tomorrow, agricultural production would still be racing down the road to unsustainability. The decisions made in the next few decades will shape the future of our planet.
The report provides guidance in estimating soil organic carbon (SOC) and help identify appropriate deployment of sustainable land management (SLM) technologies, with a special focus on maintaining land degradation neutrality (LDN).
Switzerland recently announced its decision to invest in agricultural research by supporting the CGIAR, joining contributions aimed at food security and the 2030 Agenda goal of eradicating poverty and hunger.
From a new report released by the Global Commission on Adaptation: CGIAR research needs to double over the next ten years if the world is to meet urgent challenges posed by climate change
A new project, introduced in Bihar, helps smallholders prepare for a new climate era -- offering new opportunities for recovery after disasters strike.
A recently published report, which followed the UNCCD in New Delhi, emphasizes how Soil Organic Carbon (SOC) plays a role in preventing land degradation and desertification. Experts from ICRAF and WLE contributed to the discussion.
Being heavily dependent on rain-fed agriculture is making Mali ever more vulnerable to climate shock. But Mali’s most abundant resource – sunlight – may prove to be its ultimate savior in accessing the ever-scarce water resource.
Delayed weather information left 12 districts flood-hit in Bihar last month, a trend that leaves communities in Nepal and India vulnerable and surprised by heavy rain.
To prevent flooding and improve irrigation, a new practice utilizes systems of weirs -- small dams -- to distribute water to crops in the Ethiopian drylands.
