Next generation irrigation systems - Page 3
Blogs
Experts unite to find the best ways to scale up farmer-led irrigation
It makes sense to encourage farmer-led irrigation, to capitalize on benefits, but how can we do so inclusively and sustainably?
Photos
How to accelerate and scale inclusive water access in Ethiopia
A photo story to highlight farmer-led irrigation in Ethiopia.
News
Special issue of ICID journal Irrigation and Drainage
We invite scientific contributions that help to improve our understanding of the interactions between the field/farm scale at which irrigation water application takes place and the irrigation system/basin scale at which water resources are being available and managed leading to build climate resilience for better water adaptations in irrigation sector.
Blogs
Challenge winner moves forward with IoT to develop world first database
A network of solar irrigation pumps equipped with sensors that connect to the Internet will potentially provide a world first database of groundwater usage in sub-Saharan Africa.
Blogs
Making irrigation technology more affordable in Ethiopia
How the tax exemption would actually benefit farmers on the ground, and not just importers and retailers of irrigation technology.
Blogs
People power
A first for Myanmar – participatory management of a pump-based irrigation scheme
Features
Food for thought
How farmers in Sri Lanka have taken charge of their destiny by using motor pumps for irrigation.
Blogs
You can’t manage what you don’t measure
New information on water resources to guide development in Nepal’s Koshi Basin.
Blogs
How a dry village got its feet wet
As Laos seeks to strengthen food security and rural livelihoods, while adapting agriculture to climate change impacts, the potential of groundwater irrigation can only grow. Lessons learned from IWMI’s pilot study should prove valuable for helping realize this potential.
Blogs
Reconciling growth with nature’s gifts
Toward a decision-making framework for two of Africa’s transboundary basins.
Blogs
Financing a farmer-led revolution in Africa
Farmer-led irrigation offers one of sub-Saharan Africa’s brightest prospects for defeating chronic hunger and making good on the promise of a more sustainable and resilient future.
In the media
How to clean up the Ganges?
Using groundwater for irrigation and increasing river flow could reactivate the "Ganges river machine", argues Tushaar Shah on Science.
Blogs
How to pay for watershed rehabilitation
New study addresses the question of how to finance future investment in watershed rehabilitation.
News
AWP and IWMI to collaborate on water management across the Asia-Pacific
Strengthening DFAT and AWP’s partnership with IWMI provides the opportunity for working more closely together on critical water challenges facing the region
Blogs
Anatomy of an irrigation scheme
The search for better ways to connect smallholder farmers, government and agribusiness.
In the media
AgriLinks: Cultivating the habits of efficient water management in Central Asia
How the creation of water user associations has helped empower rural people to have a direct stake in irrigation management in Tajikistan.
News
Making hazards into opportunities
What to do about too much and too little water in northern Ghana.
Blogs
Impartial perspectives on a contested resource
A timely new book on southern Africa’s Zambezi River Basin
In the media
WaterOnline.com: Study: Agricultural Wastewater Reuse Puts 800 Million People At Risk
Farmers around the world are spreading raw sewage all over their farms, researchers say.
Press releases
Global use of wastewater to irrigate agriculture at least 50% greater than previously thought, says new study
With 885 million consumers exposed to health risks, study calls for urgent investments in improved sanitation.
News
Pinpointing untapped irrigation potential
A baseline for revitalization of smallholder schemes in South Africa
Blogs
Zooming in on irrigation
Local mapping of irrigated areas in South Africa’s garden province.
News
The fragility of rural cooperation
New evidence on the effects of integrating farmers with the global food chain
News
Dynamics of modern day landlordism in the Gangetic Plains
“Control over the means of production by a small landowning aristocracy with political, ideological and economic power over a peasant majority,” is how Karl Marx defined feudalism.
News
Digo Jal Bikas Update: Forming Partnerships Across Basins
Beginning research on a three-year long project that will establish a comprehensive understanding of the water resources of the Karnali and Mahakali basins.
Publications
Wastewater Irrigation in Maharashtra: An exploration
This Highlight presents a synthesis of field explorations in 11 locations in Maharashtra which cover the extent of wastewater irrigation.
In the media
Government and IWMI discuss Irrigation Plans in Eastern Indian States
Ways of improving the implementation of Indian Government’s flagship irrigation scheme called Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayi Yojana (PMKSY)
News
Smallholder irrigation taking root
USAID and Texas A&M team field visit to ILSSI sites in Ethiopia
News
A happy medium for Ethiopian tomatoes
Locally produced compost bags could help market gardeners