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During the 2025 Borlaug Dialogue, IWMI’s Director of Water, Growth and Inclusion was recognized by the World Food Prize Foundation for her leadership in empowering farmers and businesses across East and Southern Africa.

At the annual event in Egypt, IWMI and partners explored how to turn climate research into real-world water resilience across the Middle East and North Africa.

As a first-time member of the G20 Advisory Committee, IWMI is driving a renewed focus on water security by championing data-driven solutions, ecosystem resilience and inclusion to shape global policy, explains regional representative for Southern Africa, Henry Roman.

IWMI's Javier Mateo-Sagasta discusses the social perceptions, economic constraints and policy challenges that hinder water reuse in the MENA region.

IWMI's Abdulkarim Seid reflects on the pivotal role of digital partnerships in shaping how Africa will manage its water resources in the decades ahead.

The devastating dam collapses of September 2023 in Derna, Libya demonstrate the ongoing danger of aging dam infrastructure around the world. IWMI is working on practical pathways for improving dam management including within conflict-affected communities.

IWMI’s Seipati Mokhema and Everisto Mapedza share recommendations to overcome barriers faced by women and youth in South Africa’s food, water and land systems in the context of climate change.

This International Day of Rural Women, IWMI’s innovative finance models are empowering women farmers in India with greater involvement, access to resources and opportunities in agriculture.

The Solar Energy for Agricultural Resilience (SoLAR) project in Ethiopia and Kenya aims to strengthen food systems and improve climate resilience.

IWMI’s research is shaping policies to protect vulnerable groups facing flood-driven migration and displacement.

IWMI researchers found a 9% increase of global crop blue and green water consumption between 2010 and 2020. The spatially distributed data and the model will benefit decision-making in agricultural water management in the Global South.

The new role of the IWMI Country Representative in Ghana will lead strategic research-for-development and policy engagements across the West and Central Africa region.

Roundup of research, journal and other academic articles from July and August 2025.

In the eastern Nile Basin, researchers and policymakers are coming together to put solutions into practice at the intersection of water, food, energy and ecosystems.

The platform will serve as a hub for research, innovation and policy engagement to unlock irrigation development and strengthen resilience for Nigerian smallholder farmers.

UK-supported technologies introduced in Okara, Pakistan, are giving farmers new tools to save costs, improve productivity and strengthen the country's climate resilience.

IWMI and partners convened a capacity-building workshop in Lucknow to support the adoption of solar irrigation pumps under India’s PM-KUSUM scheme.

Hackers are turning water into a new target. For the Global South, the stakes are high — but simple, practical steps can help keep communities safe.

Deployed across 170 townships, IWMI’s Aqua Decision Support Tool guides policymakers and farmers towards climate-resilient, profitable aquaculture in Myanmar.

IWMI is co-hosting the CGIAR 2025 Gender Conference which will focus on solutions and strategies to advance gender equality in agriculture, land and water systems.

Jordan's Minister of Environment visits IWMI's project in Wadi Al-Seer, calling it a successful model for water security and climate resilience.

The collaboration combines IWMI’s research capabilities with Microsoft’s cutting-edge AI technology to tackle pressing water management challenges in southern Africa’s Limpopo River Basin.

IWMI's Meron Teferi Taye highlights how Africa can reduce its vulnerability to climate change impacts by improving how water is managed, used and distributed.

The new role will oversee research-for-development capabilities across Asia.