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New IWMI findings suggest that adaptive management, a structured approach to decision-making in the face of uncertainty, can help achieve sustainable agricultural transformation.
By Amare Haileslassie, Principal Researcher, IWMI
A farmer in Ethiopia demonstrates a hand pump used for agriculture.Photo: Apollo Habtamu / IWMI
Ethiopia has decades of experience in implementing land and water management interventions. However, the resulting alteration of agricultural landscapes ...more
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By Eleanor Ross, Strategic Communications Specialist, IWMI
This year’s theme for International Women’s Day is female leadership. When we hear these words, the women who come to mind are those visible in the political arena who are inspirational to many. Women like Angela Merkel, Jacinda Arden, Michelle Obama, Malala Yusuf and Greta Thunberg. Making their presence felt, their voices heard in ...more
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Irrigation in drought-hit Gujarat. Photo: Hamish John Appleby / IWMI
Most of us know someone who has migrated. Maybe a relative moved to a new country to be closer to family, or left in search of different job opportunities. There are around 272 million migrants in the world today, which is around 3.5 percent of the ...more
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The case of Ziway-Shala, Ethiopia
Alemseged Tamiru Haile and Eva Ludi (International Water Management Institute, IWMI)
Tabea Donauer, Tobias Siegfried and Silvan Ragettli (hydrosolutions ltd.)
Demelash Wondimagegnehu Goshime (Arba Minch Water Technology Institute)
Measuring the water level in the Ajuri River in Ethiopia. Photo: Maheder Haileselassie / IWMI
Rapidly increasing demand and uncontrolled use of water is threatening the water balance of the Ziway-Shala ...more
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Likimyelesh Nigussie, Research Officer, IWMI and Alemseged Tamiru Haile, Researcher – Hydrology/Hydrological Modeling, IWMI
Farmer Mercy Wambui measuring rain water on her farm. Photo: CIAT / Georgina Smith
Agriculture is the mainstay of Ethiopia’s economy, contributing 37% of gross domestic product (GDP). Growth of the sector depends on efficient and sustainable use of natural resources such as water and land. But, ...more
IWMI in the news
Sewagegn, a local smallholder farmer, and Gebeyaw, a data collector, set up Sewagegn's solar powered pump to irrigate her backyard garden in Danghesta, Amhara region of Ethiopia. Photo Credit: Mulugeta Ayene/WLE
Agriculture sustains the Ethiopian economy, and access to irrigation here is critical for food security. Now, in the wake of COVID-19, the World Food Programme estimates ...more
Learn more:
To learn more about IWMI’s efforts to facilitate farmer-led irrigation, attend a series of interactive webinars on June 11th and July 9th hosted by the International Water Management Institute (IWMI), the World Bank, the Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute, and the Global Water ...more
By David Wiberg, Hydro-Informatics Leader (HIL)
Photo: Futurepump
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.
Because of high rainfall variability African farmers are becoming more reliant on groundwater, the only reliable source of water for irrigation. IWMI have developed an online water ...more
The case of the Omo-Turkana and Zambezi basins
Patience Mukuyu
Omo-Turkana basin. Photo: Fritz Kleinschroth / ETH Zurich
When it comes to resource management, the nexus between water, energy and food (WEF) is well recognized, where competing demands on resources such as water have to be managed. Nonetheless, creating models and simulations to predict how one factor, such as hydropower generation, will ...more
New report suggests national leaders make water security a priority now, link water policy to other national policies, from agriculture to trade, and put in place water-sharing institutions early.
Working toward better shared water management is particularly crucial as climate change brings more drought, floods and other water extremes, said Alan Nicol, who is based in Ethiopia for the International Water ...more
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