Articles by IWMI

In Sri Lanka’s dry zone, scientists and communities rehearsed drought response through a simulation — preparing for water scarcity before crisis strikes.

Women in Mandla, Madhya Pradesh are becoming leaders of their homestead farms.

Mark Smith, IWMI's director general shares insights on how governments can plan and implement policies to manage future water risks in food systems.

Alok Sikka and Giriraj Amarnath reflect on how, through partnerships with institutions like IWMI, Bharat-VISTAAR can evolve from a data platform into a decision-ready public good.

India’s groundwater crisis cannot be solved through technical fixes alone. Collective community leadership fostered through participatory exercises can offer a way forward.

IWMI's Muhammad Ashraf shares expert insight on sustainable groundwater management to address Balochistan's water crisis.

IWMI, Digital Earth Africa and partners are building and scaling digital tools to support better water decisions across the continent.

Through CGIAR’s AI Hub, IWMI researchers lend expertise to a global push to apply AI in agriculture and water resilience.

Community-managed solar irrigation in India offers scalable lessons for the Global South.

IWMI is helping African researchers transform satellite data into actionable water intelligence, through DIWASA, strengthening local capacity and supporting smarter water decisions.

On this International Day for Women and Girls in Science, bridging the gender gap in STEM can lead to more effective water solutions, explains IWMI researcher Meron Teferi Taye.

IWMI's Barbara Janusz-Pawletta reflects on reforms in Uzbekistan's water sector and emphasizes the importance of including measures to digitize water accounting and control systems.

Local communities and indigenous knowledge must be at the center of solutions for managing natural resources.

For centuries, communities across the subcontinent have protected wetlands through knowledge systems rooted in living with water. These relationships are essential to today’s conservation.

IWMI researchers argue that water innovations need built-in protections to avoid harming the most vulnerable.

On World Wetlands Day 2026, IWMI Director General Mark Smith reflects on the role of wetlands as living landscapes deeply woven into our well-being and cultures.

In a village in Pakistan, nature-based solutions are cleaning water and restoring dignity to daily life.

The Freshwater Challenge is rallying countries to reverse decades of degradation to rivers, lakes and other wetlands, restoring them for people and the planet.

As we observe the International Day for Water Justice, advancing transformative and justice-centered governance is crucial to achieving safe and equitable water for everyone.

The Ministry of Water and Irrigation is rolling out a Water Availability and Demand dashboard developed by IWMI and FAO to guide decisions on how the country allocates and stores

In remote areas with little internet access, eLandCare helps Ethiopia’s agriculture officers collect data offline and apply conservation guidance to plan climate-resilient interventions.

As severe water insecurities affect over 3.2 billion people, IWMI researchers point to localized private climate finance as a critical lever to closing funding gaps.

Data experts in Ethiopia explore how digital tools can improve data sharing and thus farmers' access to critical water, climate and soil data.

Irrigation engineers at Farmerline assist Ghanaian farmers with making the right choices for their irrigation investments.