In September 2011, IFAD awarded the Challenge Program on Water and Food a grant to capitalize on our promising Phase 1 research results. CPWF Phase 1 ran from 2004 to 2009 and comprised more than 68 projects working in 10 river basins. Many of the results that emerged from this [...]
More than 1200 resources from Phase 1 projects are now on our document repository, CG Space. These resources represent a substantial percentage of all CPWF outputs produced over the last ten years, now consolidated in one accessible location. This effort was accomplished in collaboration with the ILRI information services team.
The book, titled “The Nile River Basin” was officially launched here in Addis Ababa. The history, major current and future challenges and opportunities of the Nile River Basin were presented in great detail. Africa has currently turned its face towards better harnessing and managing its natural resources. Water is of [...]
A new book finds that the Nile river, together with its associated tributaries and rainfall, could provide 11 countries – including a new country, South Sudan, and the drought-plagued countries of the Horn of Africa – with enough water to support a vibrant agriculture sector, but that the poor in [...]
The Nile River Basin has the potential to supply enough freshwater to “provide a vibrant agricultural sector” in all 11 basin states, if “effective and inclusive water management practices” are put into place, according to a new publication launched in Addis Ababa on November 5 by the CGIAR (Consultative Group [...]
A new book finds that the Nile river, together with its associated tributaries and rainfall, could provide 11 countries—including a new country, South Sudan, and the drought-plagued countries of the Horn of Africa—with enough water to support a vibrant agriculture sector, but that the poor in the region who rely [...]
ADDIS ABEBA – De rivier de Nijl bevat voldoende water om de inwoners van alle elf landen in het stroomgebied – inclusief het nieuwe Zuid-Sudan – van water te voorzien. Maar het watermanagement moet dan wel worden aangepast. Dat staat in een boek dat vandaag is gepubliceerd door het CGIAR [...]
A new book offers unique solutions to the complex issues surrounding the use and sharing of the water from the world’s longest river, the Nile. The book, “The Nile River Basin: Water, Agriculture, Governance and Livelihoods”, offers new research and analysis that go beyond the subject of irrigation using the [...]
A new book entitled “The Nile River Basin: Water, Agriculture, Governance and Livelihood” revealed that the Nile River, together with its associated tributaries and rainfall, could provide the 11 countries including a new country, South Sudan, and the drought-plagued countries of the Horn of Africa with enough water to support [...]
Ten years ago, scientists at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) established a partnership centred at ILRI’s campus in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The partnership was formed to address widespread concerns that livestock consume excessive amounts of water and that livestock keeping is a [...]
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