In this episode of Let’s Talk Trees, World Agroforestry (ICRAF) bioenergy research scientist Mary Njenga, and Associate Director for Gender Initiatives at Pennsylvania State University Ruth Mendum discuss their experiences working with such communities in Uganda, Kenya and Ethiopia.
Poor sanitation continues to pose major health, environmental and socioeconomic risks in many African countries, according to new research by the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP). The post UN Environment Programme: Improve human waste management in African countries for better health, environment and economy first appeared on International Water Management Institute (IWMI). [...]
A Town Hall meeting had been planned as part of the review process of the district medium-term development plan (DMTDP), to discuss agricultural development needs, climate change resilience, unemployment and migration issues for the youth when all of a sudden COVID-19 struck and the meeting, cancelled. The post Ghana News Agency: COVID-19 and disruptions in rural development processes first appeared on International Water Management Institute (IWMI). [...]
A new IWMI Working Paper provides a Gap and Opportunity Analysis of Hydrological Monitoring in Ethiopia. The post How to monitor effectively when the water balance drops first appeared on International Water Management Institute (IWMI). [...]
The Covid-19 health and economic crisis, as well as recent drought, could have caused optimism to fall. But not for the members of the “Five Village Bless” Water User Association. The post Success despite Covid: Hope from a Water Users Association in Central Myanmar first appeared on International Water Management Institute (IWMI). [...]
Despite the troublesome outlook, an innovative initiative launched in mid-2018 is increasing the capacity of several countries across the region to more effectively mitigate, manage, and even one day predict the next serious drought. The post USAID Global Waters: Strengthening Drought Monitoring Across the Middle East and North Africa first appeared on International Water Management Institute (IWMI). [...]