Dr. Petra Schmitter at the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) and WLE leads a pilot project that could revolutionize farming in Myanmar's Central Dry Zone, one of the most food-insecure regions in the country.
Our partners at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) have contributed to a new paper published in Science that shows that increasing irrigation efficiency through irrigation technologies alone is failing to reduce water consumption and, paradoxically, may even be making water scarcity worse.
“We should apply this model to the other 300 irrigation projects in the dry zone. Now many villagers in this area know how to use water more efficiently and there will no longer be disputes over the allocation of water in the near future”
Farmers living in the central dry zone will no longer have to fight for water thanks to a pilot project funded by Livelihoods and Food Security Trust Fund (LIFT), International Water Management Institute (IWMI) and other partners, officials said.
As severe floods hit India’s Kerala state, satellite maps produced by IWMI and WLE are supporting the state government’s relief efforts by helping to estimate water inundation.
Researchers frin the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), the German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ), and the University of Illinois find that a soil's prior management impacts its response to liming and phosphorus uptake.
A trip along the Karnali river, where a major hydro electric project is planned, shows how different communities are impacted, as well as who can negotiate and who cannot. By Emma Karki, Diana Suhardiman, Patrick Drown, and Claire Swingle.
A trip along the Karnali river, where a major hydro electric project is planned, showcases how different communities are impacted, and who can negotiate, and who cannot.
WLE contributed to a new report by the FAO and IWMI showing water pollution from unsustainable agricultural practices poses a serious risk to human health and the planet's ecosystems, a problem often underestimated by policy-makers and farmers.
A hydropower dam failure in Southern Laos has destroyed villages and left many homeless or dead. WLE and IWMI researchers are offering assistance to the flood relief efforts.
Sequestering carbon into agricultural soils has the potential to reduce atmospheric greenhouse gasses while improving soil quality for farmers, but to what extent? A recent webinar looks at the mitigation potentials.
