International Water Management Institute Deputy Director General Rachael McDonnell (left) and Director General Mark Smith (right) talk to attendees at the CGIAR AI Hub booth at the AI Agriculture Ecosystem Launch in Abu Dhabi on December 08, 2025. Photo: CGIAR

IWMI contributes water solutions to UAE AI Ecosystem for Global Agricultural Development

Through CGIAR’s AI Hub, IWMI researchers lend expertise to a global push to apply AI in agriculture and water resilience.
Sintayehu A. Abebe from Ethiopia presents the Lake Tana Monitoring Dashboard during a 2025 DIWASA symposium in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. “Lake Tana Monitoring Dashboard” showed how visualization enhances water-governance decisions in Ethiopia. Photo: IWMI

Digital innovations for community impact across Africa

IWMI is helping African researchers transform satellite data into actionable water intelligence, through DIWASA, strengthening local capacity and supporting smarter water decisions.
Kusum Devi operates a solar-powered rice mill in Chimkatola village, Madhya Pradesh. Photo: Tanmoy Bhaduri/IWMI

Innovative solar irrigation models inspire South–South learning

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

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Next generation monitoring of surface waTer fRom space (TRACE): monitoring small waterbodies for integrated storage management

International Water Management Institute | February 17th, 2026
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Chapter 7 – Optimizing water productivity: challenges and opportunities in smallholder irrigation schemes—a case study from South Africa

Elsevier | February 17th, 2026
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Evaluation of drought prediction in South Asia Drought Management System (SADMS): assessment over India in Kharif 2025

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Chapter 6 – The critical role of water in facilitating agroecology transitions in semiarid regions of sub-Saharan Africa

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