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Life with grandmother crocodile

The changing benefits of ecosystem services for rural communities in northern Ghana.

Making hazards into opportunities

What to do about too much and too little water in northern Ghana.

The new economy of excrement

Entrepreneurs are finding profits turning human waste into fertiliser, fuel and even food.

Taking the measure of Ghana’s watersheds

A critical requirement for agricultural intensification.

Press Release: New compost plant to aid the greening of Ghana’s economy

Recycling waste and delivering a safe nutrient-rich fertilizer for food production

WaterAndNature.org: Local benefits highlight role of natural infrastructure in adaptive basin planning

A blog post on the IUCN Water Knowledge Platform about the ‘WISE-UP to Climate’ project by Marloes Mul, Senior Researcher at IWMI.

Ebb and flow in the landscape

Measuring how ecosystems regulate rivers.

Dry-season farming

A great opportunity to transform the economy of northern Ghana.

Tending fields by text

Mobile phones and satellite imaging are transforming farming in Sudan.

Raising the stakes

Why fences, crop rotation and water storage mean one farmer is no longer losing the plot in Northern Ghana.

Water, food and energy security in the “Urban Millennium”

How do we ensure towns and cities are viable places to live?

Farming on the doorstep

New study reveals scale of cropping in and around cities

Dirty water, dirty crops?

Reducing risks in urban vegetable production.

Crop irrigation with polluted water has caused a bit of a stink with policymakers and the public.

Ghana.gov: Ghana, Burkina Faso and Kenya WISE-UP to Climate Change

IWMI and its partners are working together over a four-year period to demonstrate that natural ecosystems or infrastructure are nature based solutions for climate change adaptation and sustainable development.

Sub-Saharan Africa: Making the case for groundwater

Farmers in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) have always had to deal with an unforgiving climate. The relentless cycles of drought and downpours that characterize much...

Cities and water: sinks or sponges?

The 16th International River Symposium, taking place in Brisbane this week, provides an opportunity to look at how urban areas influence rivers and the...

Good gulps in Ghana

World Water Monitoring Day: Making Accra’s water safe to drink World Water Monitoring Day, on September 18th, aims to build public awareness and involvement in...

Africa’s farmers get plugged in to water

New online tool helps smallholder water management The majority of farmers in Africa rely on rainwater for to produce their crops but suffer from...

EurekAlert.org: Climate change could deprive Volta Basin of water needed to boost energy and food production

ACCRA, GHANA (19 July, 2013)—A new study released today finds that so much water may be lost in the Volta River Basin due to...

Pond, tank or well?

People not just places determine the right choice for agricultural water storage in Africa The Africa Agriculture Science Week (AASW) convened by the Forum for Agricultural...

A changing climate: Are the Volta River countries ready?

Threading its way from the semi-arid scrub of the Sahel, through the lush tropical farmlands of Southern Ghana, the Volta River supports the livelihoods...