Sander Zwart

Senior Researcher - Water and Climate Change Management & Deputy Country Representative - Ghana

Research team

Water, climate change and resilience > Climate mitigation and adaptation pathways

Areas of expertise

Climate Irrigation Water resources allocation remote sensing

Sander has worked in the private sector (WaterWatch consultancy firm – 8 years), academia (assistant professor at the University of Twente in the Netherlands – 2 years) and research for development (Africa Rice Center – 7 years). His passion is to develop applied solutions that support the development sector to accelerate their delivery and increase their success rates. He worked on low-cost participatory land and water management approaches, mapping target domains for crop varieties and technologies, impact analysis of instensification and climate change, and spatial irrigation performance analysis using remote sensing. His focus is on the African continent, notably the West African region.

Latest news for Sander Zwart

A fisherman casting his net at Tono dam, Upper East Region in Navrongo, Ghana. Photo: Hamish John Appleby / IWMI

Blogs

IWMI Small Reservoirs Portal unlocks data from over 2,000 waterbodies in Ghana

The interactive digital platform offers real-time insights on water availability and aquaculture suitability, guiding investments and rural development in northern Ghana ...

November 5, 2025