Press coverage of the Challenge Program on Water and Food

• World Water Forums Expose Large Dams as ‘Unsustainable’ – IPS ipsnews.netApril 29, 2012, 4:48 am

  Numerous non-governmental organisations used the World Water Forum (WWF) held in Marseille last week as an opportunity to remind the international community about the serious global impacts of large dams all over the world. Defined as dams higher than 15 metres or with a reservoir volume of at least three million cubic metres, large dams [...]

• Niger river dams could displace 1.5 million – 22 March 2012 – New ScientistApril 29, 2012, 4:46 am

  the inner Niger delta in northern Mali, one of the world’s largest wetlands, could soon run almost completely dry every fourth year. Massive engineering works on the Niger river, West Africa’s largest river, are set to turn the delta into a desiccated sump. The result would be a “human catastrophe as vicious and shameful as [...]

• New Agriculturist: Brèves – La vidéo participative au service des agriculteurs en EthiopieApril 11, 2012, 1:48 pm

  L’Ethiopie reçoit des précipitations abondantes souvent suivies de longues périodes de pénuries d’eau, ce qui entraîne des problèmes d’érosion des sols importants. Bien souvent, les interventions de gestion des eaux de pluie dans le pays tiennent peu compte des besoins et des réalités des communautés agricoles locales. Toutefois, grâce à une subvention du Challenge programme [...]

• EDF’s Wolf Calls For Three Sectors, Water-Energy-Food, To Be Governed By One Policy – ForbesMarch 23, 2012, 6:49 am

  Today is UN’s World Water Day with water and food security as its theme. Leading up to it, panelists gathered at the 6th World Water Forum in Marseille, France last Friday to discuss creating a more systematic approach in understanding the linkages between water, food and one additional sector, energy, and the policies that increase [...]

• Hydropower ‘could supply Africa’s entire power needs’ – SciDev.NetMarch 20, 2012, 11:39 pm

  Hydropower could supply all of Africa’s electricity needs if cross-border cooperation was stepped up, according to a UN report launched last week (12 March) at the World Water Forum in Marseilles, France.

• Energy companies pledge to measure impacts of large dam projects | Global development | guardian.co.ukMarch 19, 2012, 9:15 pm

  Two of the world’s largest energy companies committed last week to assess the impacts of their hydropower projects using new voluntary guidelines to evaluate the economic, social, and environmental consequences of big dam projects. But civil society activists denounced the protocol as an attempt to “greenwash” the industry.

• The Dusty Limpopo RiverMarch 15, 2012, 9:30 pm

  Chapita Ramovha remembers the days when the Limpopo River lapped at the foot of his village in south Zimbabwe. He says that back then residents of Makakavhule village had to build high walls to protect their homes from flooding. “The Limpopo River was a marvel to watch, a beauty of nature, a source of food [...]

• Joined-up thinking on water, energy and foodMarch 15, 2012, 3:26 pm

  Africa’s third longest river, the Niger, is a source of water, food and energy for nine West African countries. But frequent droughts induced by a changing climate, and exacerbated by rapidly growing demand, pose a threat to water availability and livelihoods. Big hydroelectric projects involving the building of dams on the river are restricting flow [...]

• Integration of Global Water, Food and Energy Policies Can Divert Future Conflict Argue ExpertsMarch 13, 2012, 12:28 am

  Mar 12 2012 — As food and energy production intensify around the world, their demands on dwindling water resources have prompted the search for an innovative and collaborative solution. On Friday, March 16, a High Level Panel convened by the EDF Group and the CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food (CPWF) will gather in [...]

• Fresh Warning of Water WarsMarch 13, 2012, 12:26 am

  As non-governmental organisations question the relevance of the World Water Forum being held here this week and slam its “corporate” nature, the United Nations says that a coordinated approach to managing and allocating water is critical.

• Experts: Integrate global water, food and energy policies to divert future conflictMarch 12, 2012, 8:49 am

  As food and energy production intensify around the world, their demands on dwindling water resources have prompted the search for an innovative and collaborative solution. On Friday, March 16, a High Level Panel convened by the EDF Group and the CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food (CPWF) will gather in Marseilles at the Sixth [...]

• People’s Daily–Mekong countries hold forum on sustainable development of water, food, energyFebruary 1, 2012, 9:29 am
• Hatfield Group–Hatfield Participates in the Mekong Forum on Water, Food and EnergyFebruary 1, 2012, 9:29 am
• Bangkok Post–Food security key issue in mekong dam debateFebruary 1, 2012, 9:28 am

  Not only is the waterway home to millions of people, but the freshwater fish it supplies is a major food source for the people of four different countries

• Phnom Penh Post–Transparency sought in Xayaburi decisionFebruary 1, 2012, 9:27 am
• National Geographic–Africans Must Adapt to Drought in Warming World: ReportFebruary 1, 2012, 9:26 am

  Climate change will call for more flexible solutions to water challenges.

• Le Pays–Bassin de la VoltaFebruary 1, 2012, 9:25 am

  En 2010, cinq projets de recherche ont été mis en place pour répondre au “Défi de développement du Bassin de la Volta” afin de contribuer à la réduction de la pauvreté et au renforcement de la résilience des moyens de subsistance dans le bassi…

• Business Guide Ghana–Harvesting rainwater as a way of lifeFebruary 1, 2012, 9:24 am

  Farmers at Bawjiase in the Central region used to be proud of their green and high yielding farms during the dry season but today the story is different and most of them are out of business.

• Rite fm Online–Policy on transfer of agro-based technologies developedFebruary 1, 2012, 9:23 am

  Ghana has developed a policy aimed at the development, application and transfer of agro-based techonogies for sustainable agriculture and food security.

• IPS International–Recueillir plus d’eau de pluie pour faire face aux changements climatiquesFebruary 1, 2012, 9:22 am

  Trois mois avant le début de la saison pluvieuse écoulée, Jacob Tumbulto, directeur par intérim de l’observatoire de l’Autorité du bassin de la Volta (VBA), et ses collègues des institutions sous régionales, avaient prédit lors d’une renc…

• BBC News – Laos Mekong Xayaburi dam plan delayed againDecember 9, 2011, 5:01 am