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Politics and Water

Politics and Water Posted by Frank van Steenbergen September 12, 2016 We all like ‘democracy’, yet we dislike ‘politics’. It … Continued

Managing the Mega Irrigation Beast

Managing the Mega Irrigation Beast Posted by Abraham Mehari Haile, Eltigani Bashier and Frank van Steenbergen 2 September 2016 … Continued

Salt tolerant opportunities

Posted by Simon Chevalking and Frank van Steenbergen (MetaMeta) 30 August 2016 With globally 1 billion ha of land affected … Continued

Terroir. Postcard from Vinsobres, France.

Posted by Frank van Steenbergen (MetaMeta) 15 August 2016 One of the many medieval villages in the Drome in France, … Continued

Ropes and hopes

Posted by Sukru Esin (MetaMeta Anatolia) and Simon Chevalking (MetaMeta Research) July 20, 2016 Ever since the beginning of the … Continued

Egypt: The Case for Pressurized Fertilised Irrigation through Elevated Storage Tanks

Posted by Kassem Mourad July 27, 2016 Image Courtesy: MontyofEgypt – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5203022 It seems to … Continued

From the water governance front

By Frank van Steenbergen June 5, 2016 Postcard from Nimroz, Afghanistan. Here is the Lashkari channel, running over a length … Continued

An Oasis of Hope

Posted by Frank van Steenbergen and Kifle Woldearegay April 25, 2016 Haregu Gobezay, at her farm in Mayshwash village close … Continued

Where there once was Water

Posted by Brittany Anzel App March 16, 2016 Image Courtesy: Brittany Anzel App California is amidst it’s worst drought in … Continued

Reading the Rain

Posted by Kebede Manjur Gebru, Frank van Steenbergen, and Eyasu Yazew Hagos February 29, 2016 There is so much wisdom that goes … Continued

Salinization hazads of arid zone irrigation: a casual review of a current state and ongoing developments

Contribution from Lambert K Smedema, Arnhem, the Netherlands (lambertsmedema@hotmail.com)February, 2016 Salinization hazards of arid zone irrigation: a casual review … Continued

A Role Model of Confidence

Posted by Karim NawazJanuary 25, 2016 Miss Bakhtawar Mallah is a 19 year old girl from the fishing community … Continued

Time – whose side are you on?

Posted by Letty Fajardo and Frank van SteenbergenDecember 30, 2015 As the New Year starts it is good to reflect … Continued

Women business innovators

Posted by Nardos MasreshaDecember 8, 2015 As women are a central strategy of the Ethiopia Climate Innovation Center (ECIC), the … Continued

We need more bridges now

Posted by Frank van SteenbergenNovember 16, 2015 Of all bridges, arched stone bridges are among the most special. Standing on … Continued

Paradise Lost Somewhere in Anatolia

Posted by Frank van Steenbergen and Sukru Esin November 02, 2015 It is an amazing place with a history of … Continued

New values and… sanitation

Posted by Frank van SteenbergenNovember 2, 2015“It is a big shame… one’s eldest daughter having to defecate in the field”. … Continued

Mysterious circles – Clear mastery

Posted by Francesco SambalinoOctober 27, 2015 Moray lays in the “valle Sagrado” of Peru. The valley hosts some of the … Continued

Maladaptation in Bangladesh

Posted by Frank van SteenbergenOctober 14, 2015 A big debate is going on in Bangladesh around ‘maladaptation.’ A paper[1] that … Continued

Groundwater is divine

Posted by Frank van SteenbergenSeptember 10, 2015 (Postcard from Zagoria in Greece from the double spring of Avragonia) Groundwater … Continued

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