A Brave New Groundwater World
posted by Frank van Steenbergen Since Lester Brown’s seminal book “Who will feed China?” many eyes have been watching the … Continued
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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
Land Grabs: The Global Rush for Farmland
Land Grabs: The Global Rush for Farmland Imagine one big foreign company owning half the arable land in a country. … Continued
Video Volunteers
Water and Sanitation, Politics and Power Walking several kilometres to the nearest toilet; dodging snakes, elephants and sexual … Continued
How Serious Gaming? Addive Value to Water Management
How Serious Gaming? Adding value to water management Symposium organised by UNESCO-IHE, Delft The Netherlands. November 8, 2013 Serious games … Continued
Water and Waste Water treatment technologies to know about
by Alan Kahn With over seven billion people on the planet in need of clean water that is safe for drinking, … Continued
Soil Salinity in Harran Plain, Turkey
by Şükrü Esin Soil salinity is a serious environmental problem affecting 20% of total irrigated land across the globe. Harran Plain … Continued
Sustainable Land Management in Sub-Saharan Africa
Helping small farmers protect their land by William Critchley, VU University. Amsterdam, The Netherlands Failed soil conservation schemes, based on ‘command … Continued
Seeding Clouds, Harvesting Rain: Beware of the Hype
posted December 16, 2012 In public imagination, cloud-seeding has only recently crossed over from the realm of science fiction to … Continued
Himalayan Glaciers: Transboundary tensions set to rise even as climate fears dial down
{jcomments on} Himalayas as seen from Garhwal, northern India. (Image courtesy: GoGarhwal) The Himalayan mountain range is also referred to … Continued
Grabbing the water when you can
Image Courtsey: Hydro Flask’s Hydration Nation The term ‘land grabbing’ has now become common use. It concerns dubious land acquisitions … Continued
Meeting Flood-time Water & Sanitation Needs in Bihar, India
Bihar in eastern India is the country’s most flood-prone state. Every year, about 76% of the population and 73% of … Continued
Gearing Up for Floods: Combating and Embracing Waters on the Rise
Geographical Incidence of Floods, 1985-2010 As this map suggests, floods are possibly the most common form of natural disaster. If … Continued
Social Protection and Agriculture: Safety Nets or Safety Traps?
Earlier this year there were riots in … Continued
Resistant, Efficient, Nutritious Rice for a Food-secure Future
Importance of Rice Rice is a very important food crop, 50% of the total world population consumes rice. 90% of … Continued
What is this?
This is a mousetrap (and a mouse in it, if you look closely) being used in Tigray, Ethiopia. The trap … Continued
