Underground Taming of Floods for Irrigation (UTFI), an IWMI/WLE/CCAFS project, involves diverting water flows from rivers or canals at times when these flows pose a flood risk to recharge the groundwater via village ponds or small dams, which are modified for this purpose.
Almost 300 researchers and practitioners attended Seeds of Change, an interdisciplinary conference on gender equality in agricultural research for development. WLE/IWMI and affiliated researchers contribute to sessions and discussions of three day event.
Much of the developing world, including Sri Lanka, is facing an organic waste challenge, but the right economic incentives and business models can help turn waste into food and energy, WLE/IWMI told a recent business forum in Colombo.
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Scientists and government officials are collaborating with communities to test out new approaches to reversing land degradation—methods that might have potential to change the status of the entire highlands region from vastly degraded to successfully restored.
IWMI received a commendation from the Government of Ghana for its contribution to incorporating organic fertilizers into the government's Fertilizer Subsidy Programme.
Community-led initiatives in the Yewol mountains in Ethiopia are successfully countering severe soil erosion, extreme weather and water scarcity to the benefit of farmers and the environment
While land and water resources are rich in the coastal zone of Bangladesh, they are underutilized, and farmers are challenged by climate change and extreme weather events.
Researchers are working with governments, farmers and private sector actors to provide information for decision makers and test new infrastructure that can help ensure that communities are resilient.
New policy changes have made pumping groundwater for irrigation cheaper in West Bengal where groundwater resources are ample, resulting in greater production and income for poor farmers.
