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Blue Peace Central Asia

Blue Peace Central Asia Initiative 2.0 - Phase 1

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. 

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.  

Coffee with a splash of green

In Vietnam, saving water isn’t just sustainable – it’s also profitable.

Are more women farmers a good thing in Tajikistan?

Despite the coping strategies, challenges remain.