Putting water at the heart of sustainable development in West Africa
- Blog Vulnerable communities are benefiting from improved climate resilience and reduced water-related risks, as a new series of IWMI Water Issue Briefs shows. By Olufunke Cofie, Regional Representative – West Africa (IWMI) In recent decades, water shortages in sub-Saharan Africa have become more intense and less predictable. Climate change is expected to aggravate the situation by affecting temperatures, rainfall patterns, and the frequency ...more
How water can boost environmental health and biodiversity
- Blog Water is at the core of our planet’s biodiversity and helps to create a sustainable future Nature provides “green infrastructure” that complements the dams, levees, and canals that humans construct. Aquifers store freshwater that can help us more effectively navigate droughts, mangroves can protect coastlines from destructive storms, and wetlands in some circumstances can help reduce the impact of flooding ...more
Modern Ghana: Social Transformation Analyses – A missing piece in the climate action puzzle
- IWMI in the news Through the funding support of the European Union under the Ghana Agriculture Programme, the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) is implementing the “Resilience Against Climate Change – Social Transformation Research and Policy Advocacy (REACH-STR) Project”. The project among other things is researching and engaging decision makers on pathways to incorporating social transformation analyses into planning of climate ...more
Water's Fundamental Truths: Part 3 – Is water governance coming of age?
- Blog By Alan Nicol, Strategic Program Director - Water Growth and Inclusion, IWMI and Diana Suhardiman, Research Group Lead Governance and Inclusion / Senior Researcher - Policy and Institutions, IWMI The recent IPCC AR6 Synthesis Report makes more explicit than ever water’s central role in translating global warming into catastrophic impacts on human and natural systems, and the CGIAR reflects water’s ...more
Water's role in poverty reduction, livelihoods and jobs
- Blog CGIAR’s new ambitions are defined by a set of impact areas, with water – and therefore water systems science – at the heart of each. This is part of a series of blogs that will explore the linkages between water and each of these impact areas. In this case we focus on poverty reduction, livelihoods and jobs. Packing vegetables to be transported to the market. Photo: ...more
Can solar pumps unlock Ghana's irrigation potential?
- Blog New IWMI research indicates over 2 million hectares potentially suitable for solar photovoltaic (PV) pumping – and proposes sustainable business models for capturing the solar market opportunity. By Solomie Gebrezgabher, Researcher – Economics, IWMI, and Mansoor Leh, Researcher – Spatial Hydrology, IWMI A farmer with his solar irrigation system in Ghana. Photo: Hamish John Appleby/IWMI Across Africa, governments are promoting small-scale ...more
How market knowledge is powering Africa's solar irrigation sector
- Blog Data-driven tools are helping solar irrigation companies target their products and services to the right people, in the right way. By Thai Thi Minh, Senior Researcher – Upscaling Innovations, IWMI, and Cecily Layzell, IWMI Consultant Farmers attending a solar irrigation pump demonstration by Pumptech during a fieldtrip to Bawku, Ghana. Photo: Thai Thi Minh / IWMI ‘Know your customers’ is arguably the ...more
Agri Links: Building a Better Solar Irrigation Market in Ghana
- IWMI in the news The benefits of solar energy for domestic and productive use have long been recognized in countries where there’s low access to the power grid. But getting the right technologies to the right clients is often complicated by weak supply chains, high costs and a poor understanding of local market needs. In Ghana’s Upper East Region, IWMI has been ...more
Water's role in boosting nutrition, health and food security
- Blog CGIAR’s new ambitions are defined by a set of impact areas, with water – and therefore water systems science – at the heart of each. This is part of a series of blogs that will explore the linkages between water and each of these impact areas. In this case we focus on nutrition, health and food security. Drip irrigation used ...more
News Ghana: European Union inaugurates REACH Project Office in Wa
- IWMI in the news Branded “The Climate Change House” and located within the premises of the Upper West Regional Department of Agriculture, the office will serve as the headquarters for all project activities in the Upper West, parts of Savannah and North East Regions. REACH is a project supported by the EU and is being implemented by the German Development Organisation Competitive ...more
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