The 2017 CGIAR annual report features some success stories from WLE, including the establishment of a new Sri Lankan sanitation policy that turns septic waste into a resource, and the work of the Groundwater Solutions Initiative for Policy and Practice (GRIPP) in promoting sustainable groundwater use. The WLE publication, Global Sequestration Potential of Increased Organic Carbon in Cropland Soils, was also featured.
With over 6.5 million shallow tube wells in Nepal, India, and Bangladesh, the Ganga basin is one of the most densely plumbed aquifer systems in the world. More than 80% of farmers depend on these wells. But affordable electricity or solar pumps could wean farmers from canal irrigation, leaving more water to flow in Ganga and its tributaries, without adversely affecting hydropower.
In Today.AgriLife.org, the International Water Management Institute's partner Texas A&M receives funding for Feed the Future Innovation Laboratory for Small Scale Irrigation project.
