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Float, an unmanned surface vehicle (USV), being driven around one of the Colombo city's wetlands to collect water quality data.

Wetlands, humans and robots

This high-tech but accessible tool allows researchers and communities to monitor water quality in their wetland, contributing to better understanding of trends and hence wetland health.

Newsroom Post: ‘Solar farmers’ of Gujarat’s Dhundi village are making global...

What assumes more significance to Prime Minister’s visit is the global spotlight that the co-operative led by ‘solar farmers’ of Dhundi village are getting.

International workshop on Water, Energy, Food and Ecosystem Nexus for Indus...

IWMI and Khwaja Fareed University of Engineering and Information Technology (KFUEIT), RYK join hands to organize an international workshop on Water, Energy, Food and Ecosystem (WEFE) Nexus for Indus Basin
Woman irrigating a rice field

Arsenic risk to humans: How crops, trade, and groundwater contribute

The study represents a first step towards improving our collective understanding of the magnitude of global risk stemming from crops irrigated with arsenic-contaminated groundwater.
Packing mangoes. Photo: Hamish John Appleby

April 2022 Research Journal Roundup

Every month, IWMI researchers collaborate on studies that explore the deeply interconnected relationships between humans and water systems.

Urdu Point: Experts Call Climate Change, Growing Water Scarcity A Cloud...

Water and climate change experts on Thursday called for better management of trans-boundary rivers to cope with growing water scarcity, frequent droughts and increasing heat waves due to climate change.

Asia Nikkei: India downplays wheat export worries as heat waves threaten...

Giriraj Amarnath, a group research leader at the International Water Management Institute, told Nikkei that he "would argue that India would have secured all the wheat that was needed."
Urban agriculture in Ghana . Photo: Nana Kofi Acquah / IWMI

Exploring agricultural water challenges and opportunities in West Africa as climate...

Enhancing the sector’s climate resilience through the scaling of innovative and integrated water management solutions in West Africa.

Nature World News: Water Shortage Is Expected To Increase in More...

Lacking water, people are unable to irrigate their crops and, as a result, are unable to feed the world's rapidly rising population.
Dr. Stefan Uhlenbrook, NEXUSGains lead, stressed on the interconnectedness of the water-energy-food-ecosystems sectors.

Exploring the water, energy, food, and ecosystems nexus in the Ganges...

Six interesting takeaways from the recent NEXUS Gains Ganges Basin Inception Workshop in Kathmandu.