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 first rule of marketing. By identifying and ...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
How to take the local, national: planning for good outcomes in Ghana
- Blog By: Esther Wahabu, Research Officer– Social Sciences, International Water Management Institute (IWMI), Accra, Ghana Prachi Patel, Migration Communications Consultant, International Water Management Institute (IWMI), Pennsylvania, United States In Ghana, regional and district planning officials are responsible for assessing issues around gender, migration and climate resilience in their communities, and then creating plans for sustainable and inclusive development based on their findings. But ...more
Women in Leadership: behind the scenes
- Blog By Eleanor Ross, Strategic Communications Specialist, IWMI This year’s theme for International Women’s Day is female leadership. When we hear these words, the women who come to mind are those visible in the political arena who are inspirational to many. Women like Angela Merkel, Jacinda Arden, Michelle Obama, Malala Yusuf and Greta Thunberg. Making their presence felt, their voices heard in ...more
A new tool to help scale water innovations
- Blog By Thai Thi Minh, Senior Researcher – Upscaling Innovations, IWMI Petra Schmitter, Research Group Leader – Sustainable and Resilient Food Production Systems, IWMI Making innovative water management and irrigation technologies available to farmers on a massive scale is crucial if we are to meet growing food demands and mitigate climate change impacts. However, scaling efforts often fall short because they do ...more
Can you hear me? Covid-19 and building women’s resilience in northern Ghana
- Blog Esther Wahabu, Research Officer – Social Sciences, IWMI, Accra, Ghana Women planting onions in the Upper East Region of Ghana. Photo: Hamish John Appleby Covid-19 has been a huge barrier to women’s empowerment, both in the global north and the global south. In both regions, women have found themselves suddenly away from the workplace and back in the home, responsible for ...more
After the flush: How a project in Ghana is turning human waste into an economic resource
- Blog United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal 6 aims to ensure clean water and sanitation for all. The two are closely interconnected: a lack of adequate sanitation and waste management infrastructure and processes has long-term negative impacts on water supply and quality. Workers turning compost made from fecal sludge and organic waste. Photo: Hamish John Appleby / IWMI Several countries have successfully introduced initiatives to ...more
Experts: new thinking and approaches needed to scale up farmer-led irrigation
- Blog As technologies such as solar-powered pumps become cheaper and more accessible, smallholders across the Global South are gradually expanding their irrigated land. This farmer-led irrigation (FLI), whereby farmers drive the establishment, management and improvement of irrigated agriculture, has the potential to transform food and water security, enhance resilience to climate change and promote sustainable livelihoods. But with a long way ...more
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