Africa - Page 5

Frontline practitioners share lessons on translating climate intelligence into action without widening risk or exclusion in fragile and conflict-affected settings.

Their work rarely makes headlines, but in some of the world’s most fragile places, locally led, gender-responsive approaches are quietly transforming access to water.

A multi-stakeholder dialogue platform in Nigeria takes ambitious strides to advance irrigation systems created and managed by farmers.

IRRILINE is helping farmers in Ghana assess if their farms are ready to develop irrigation infrastructure.

Innovation alone will not secure water’s future. IWMI experts demonstrated that cross-sector planning, community participation and digital tools are key to water security.

When policies are coordinated and financial mechanisms are in place, solar irrigation could lift climate pressures and secure a more resilient future for millions of farmers.

Water accounting, when owned by water users, scientists and policymakers alike, can be a key lever for equitable and sustainable water management.

As Kenya faces worsening drought conditions, a new partnership between IWMI and the Ministry of Water, Sanitation and Irrigation is set to accelerate efforts to expand irrigated land, improve food security and enhance climate resilience.

Violence keeps women out of vital water decisions. For stronger water governance and genuine progress on equality, women’s safety must come first.

IRRILINE provides smallholder farmers in Ghana with technological advice and financing support to make individual irrigation investments feasible.