Water blog posts

As the world marks World Environment Day this week, we ponder the links between our natural environment and our struggling food systems

Private and public sector players met at FAO in Rome to discuss the many facets of solar technology use for irrigation and other uses on small and medium scale farms, including financing, application, and innovations.

We need natural infrastructure - like forests, swamps, aquifers and grasslands - to overcome droughts and floods that have a high economic cost.

As we mark World Water Day on March 22, researchers explore the complexity of sharing water resources across borders, sectors, and issues.

It’s time to take a scientific approach to understanding the origin of water resources.

As dam construction surges across Southeast Asia’s Mekong region, major changes in river flows, sedimentation, and fisheries are taking place. WLE Greater Mekong has been compiling a free and publicly available Dam Observatory that collects data on planned and constructed hydropower and irrigation dams in four Southeast Asian river basins.

Small scale irrigation projects yield agricultural gains—but create unanticipated problems for women farmers in Tanzania.

The world is currently facing a daunting double challenge: human populations and material demands are increasing while natural resources are declining at an alarming rate.

GILIT offers an integrated, participatory approach for measuring gender equity in irrigation schemes, facilitate learning, and help identify ways to improve equity. 

As small-scale irrigation becomes a viable option for improving farmers' resilience to climate shocks in Africa and Asia, decisions about access and use are made at the household level. How can equal governance of these water resources be ensured?