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Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)
United Nations World Data Forum 2024
The aim of the UN World Data Forum is to spur data innovation, nurture partnerships, mobilize high-level political and financial support for data, and build a pathway to better data for sustainable development.
Videos
IWMI’s SoLAR project benefits South Asian agriculture
The International Water Management Institute (IWMI) is leading efforts to support national commitments in reducing agricultural emissions in Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Pakistan.
Improving food security and nutrition in the Sahel
Improving Food Security & Nutrition in the Sahel by Safeguarding Wetlands through Ecological Sustainable Agricultural Water Mgmt.
Solar Irrigation for Agricultural Resilience (SoLAR)
Solar Irrigation for Agricultural Resilience in South Asia
Nepal Science-Policy Dialogue on Solar Irrigation
The Nepal Solar Forum will open a dialogue to reimagine Nepal’s modern irrigation programs through renewable energy.
Global Science-Policy Forum: Socially Inclusive Solar Irrigation Systems
This forum will bring together stakeholders from across the world to discuss solar applications in agriculture in South Asia.
Publications
December 2023 – February 2024 Research Journal Roundup
A selection of IWMI's recent contributions to global research.
Advancing Solar Irrigation in India: A Science Policy Forum
The forum will engage in an in-depth discussion about scaling strategies and policy interventions, including a focus on gender equality and social inclusion perspectives, aimed at promoting solar irrigation in India.
In the media
Online modules on Solar Irrigation for Agricultural Resilience launched!
The IWMI-led project’s main goal is to contribute to climate-resilient, gender-equitable, and socially inclusive agrarian livelihoods in Bangladesh, India, Nepal, and Pakistan by supporting government efforts to promote solar irrigation.
Publications
Gap and opportunity analysis of hydrological monitoring in the Ziway-Shala Sub-basin, Ethiopia
This working paper was prepared under a development and conservation project – Societal Development and Ecosystems Conservation in Sahelian Wetlands (SAWEL) – focusing on improving food security and nutrition in the Sahel region by helping to safeguard wetlands through ecologically sustainable agricultural water management.
Press releases
Grantees from South Asia awarded funds to develop innovations enhancing solar irrigation
IWMI and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation have awarded five organisations with funds to develop innovations for solar irrigation.
Press releases
Project makes water from the sun for climate-smart farming
World’s largest user of groundwater for agriculture looks to solar for a more sustainable future.
Features
Coffee with a splash of green
In Vietnam, saving water isn’t just sustainable – it’s also profitable.
Features
Are more women farmers a good thing in Tajikistan?
Despite the coping strategies, challenges remain.