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Connected thinking, compelling solutions

WLE is a research-for-development program delivering agriculture solutions
that enhance natural resources and the well being of people in the Global South

Highlights

- Learning / Training
Culturally grounded indicators of resilience
Resilience
October 03, 2019
This tool provides case studies for building culturally grounded indicators of resilience for indigenous and local communities. Approaches can be applied to other places and cultural contexts within the geographic regions in which they were developed.
Blog Post
Blog Post
February 14, 2020
With technology and trust, we can move mountains
By reviving the landscape through ancient and new techniques – and trust, scientists help Ethiopia's Yewol community change their future.
- Adam Hunt
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Blog Post
Blog Post
April 17, 2020
Satellite maps can help nations make critical food production decisions amid coronavirus
How cloud technology is being used to innovate new globally applicable decision support tools to maintain food production and minimize large-scale food waste, while still maintaining social distancing practices.

News

Partner News
September 24, 2020
Chad: championing healthy soils and ecosystems through dataread original article on external website
Land degradation is one of the biggest and expanding threat to smallholder farmers in the drylands across the globe. In Chad researchers, government and development are working together to find solutions with the help of spatial soil data visualization.
News
August 07, 2020
Digital defenses: Can high-tech insurance flood-proof vulnerable farmers?
When climate disasters strike, farmers are among the first to feel the consequences. Now, index-based flood insurance (IBFI) could help the most vulnerable defend and recover faster.
Lead Partner: International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
Partner News
July 20, 2020
Improving the health of India’s soil doesn’t stop for COVID-19read original article on external website
ICRAF’s global soil laboratory provides virtual training to India during the pandemic as part of the Land Degradation Surveillance Framework.

Thrive

Blog Post
Blog Post
September 24, 2020
Knowledge brokers as a bridge between research and policy
Policy makers must look at the broader implications while researchers by nature zoom in on narrow issues, resulting in a communications malfunction between them. A recent paper on a framework for knowledge brokering aptly addresses this issue.
- Daniel McGonigle
Blog Post
Blog Post
September 23, 2020
Unravelling gendered practices in Nepal's public water sector
In Nepal, the legal quota for women’s participation in official community water management groups marks an important step towards gender equality. For meaningful change however, there also needs to be structural transformation.
Blog Post
Blog Post
September 16, 2020
Optimism for sustainable peatland agriculture is here - and growing
Globally, land available for agriculture is shrinking due to urbanisation, and research shows that peatland can be converted into agriculturally productive land with the help of integrated water management for sustainable use.
- Nurul Ihsan Fawzi

Publications

Report
2020
Business models for fecal sludge management in India
Rao, K. C.; Velidandla, S.; Scott, C. L.; Drechsel, Pay. 2020. Business models for fecal sludge management in India. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE). 199p. (Resource Recovery and Reuse Series 18: Special Issue) [doi: 10.5337/2020.209]
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Report
2020
Gender in urban food systems
Halliday, Jess; Joshi, Deepa; Young, Laine; van Veenhuizen, René. 2020. Gender in urban food systems. Urban agriculture magazine no 37. 37p. https://ruaf.org/assets/2020/07/UA-Magazine-37_web.pdf
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Journal Article
2020
Experiments in farmers' collectives in Eastern India and Nepal: Process, benefits, and challenges
Agarwal, B.; Leder, S.; Saikia, P.; Sudgen, Fraser; Raut, Manita; Kumar, Anoj; Ray, D. 2020. Experiments in farmers' collectives in Eastern India and Nepal: Process, benefits, and challenges. Journal of Agrarian change. 2020;1–32. https://doi.org/10.1111/joac.12369
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Conversation Starters

Research

120+ research projects in 79 countries carried out in collaboration with more than 350 partners

Solutions

Evidence-based land and water management innovations for sustainable intensification of agriculture at scale

Impact

333,000 farmers use new technologies and 2,9 million hectares are under improved use or management