by Larry Harrington, CPWF Research Director We hear a lot about water scarcity. We hear that we are running out of fresh water, that food security is threatened, and that the grim consequences are already upon us. While there is some truth to this, it is easy to over-state the [...]
This piece was originally posted on the Waterscapes Blog on February 11th. Aditi Mukherji, water professional and researcher at IWMI, shares conclusions from her study on minor irrigation schemes in India. Mukherji and her colleague Stuti Rawat found that the rate of growth of India’s groundwater structures is slowing down; [...]
Originally posted on the Agriculture and Ecosystems blog on January 24, 2013. Jeremy Cherfas of Bioversity International reviews the recently published article “Ecosystem services research in Latin America: The state of the art” in Ecosystem Services. In a massive review of more than 1000 research papers on ecosystem services in Latin [...]
Originally posted on the Agriculture and Ecosystems blog on January 23, 2013. During a recent visit to the International Water Management Institute, Johan Rockström discusses the Planetary Boundary Framework with the Water, Land and Ecosystems team. This image highlights the 3 planetary boundaries that have already been breached. Source: [...]
Originally posted on the Agriculture and Ecosystems blog on January 17, 2013. “World food supply comes to 2800 calories each day each, enough to make us all chubby” -Frances Moore Lappe Feeding the world is easy. The panic about the ability of the world to deliver enough food for seven, [...]
Originally posted on the Agriculture and Ecosystems blog on December 20, 2012. A world in need of potty training It’s shit economics. And pretty lousy ecology, too. Our misuse of human excrement must count as one of the modern world’s worst, but least discussed, resource failures. It is turning rivers [...]
This post was originally published on December 18, 2012 on The Water Channel Blog. Dam building is a complicated and messy business. The Mekong region exemplifies the contradictions, problems and concerns that different groups hold. More than 140 dams are planned for the lower Mekong Basin and many are [...]
Water, the primary resource for irrigated agriculture, is demanded by domestic, industrial, environmental and agricultural sectors within a catchment. In other words, water of varying quality is demanded by multiple sectors and in varying quantities by multiple users within a catchment. This requires trade-offs among stakeholders, based on changes to [...]
I confess. Before a colleague mentioned it, I had never heard of Kuznet or his curve. Now that we are acquainted, I think Kuznet’s Curve has a lot to tell us. Kuznet’s Curve. What could be simpler? In short, a Kuznets curve is the graphical representation of Simon Kuznets’ hypothesis that as a [...]
This week, amidst the ongoing UN climate talks in Doha, farmers, scientists, businesses and NGOs will unite at Agriculture, Landscapes and Livelihoods Day (ALL-5) to share solutions for protecting our food supply and the livelihoods of farmers across the globe in the face of climate change. To illustrate the hugely important [...]
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