International Water Management Institute

For #WorldWetlandsDay2026, IWMI and Biodiversity Sri Lanka explored how Sri Lanka’s Tank Cascade System strengthens climate resilience and water security, with insights on rights-based wetland management.

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✨ When curiosity becomes science, and science becomes impact.

IWMI's Meron Teferi Taye shares her journey from early inspiration to solving real-world water challenges, & why closing the STEM gender gap is key to better solutions.

Explore her story: on.cgiar.org/4arJLVE

#IWMIWomen #WaterForPeople

What if solutions started with listening? At #ScienceForumSouthAfrica, panelists called for community-led, cross-sector approaches to address Southern Africa’s food, land, and water inequalities.

Cooperation + governance = real change.

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🌾 #IRRILINE, a digital irrigation service by IWMI & Farmerline helping smallholder farmers invest in on-farm irrigation.

Farmers can now dial 399 → option 5 to get support on solar pumps, financing & after-sales service.

🌍 💧 At GFFA Berlin, IWMI’s Petra Schmitter highlighted how development agencies can bridge sectors, translating evidence, managing water risks, improving data sharing, and adapting finance tools to make #WaterEnergyFood innovations work.

#IWMIatGFFA2026

💧 Keeping water safe isn’t easy; it needs money to plan, build, and maintain systems. Explore IWMI’s new paper by Darshini Ravindranath & Paul Steele on how climate finance can strengthen communities, food security & ecosystems 👉 on.cgiar.org/4rt0OgW

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🌿India’s wetlands show the power of traditional knowledge: Kerala’s rice–prawn systems, Manipur’s phumdis, Arunachal’s rice–fish farming, Assam’s beels, and Rajasthan’s salt marsh grazing all support livelihoods, food systems, and ecosystem services: on.cgiar.org/4rugNve

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🌞 Solar irrigation needs more than technology. IWMI’s #SoLAR project with Swiss Development & Cooperation, shows real impact comes from inclusion, removing barriers to land, finance, and governance so women and marginalized farmers can benefit.

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🌳 Hosting #TREESCAPES2026, IWMI shared a clear message: India’s water and land challenges can’t be solved in silos. Climate resilience and water security require landscape-scale approaches that connect farms, forests, agroforestry systems, water, and communities.

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At #GFFA2026, Berlin, IWMI & @ifpri.org convened an expert panel on sustainable irrigation through a WEFE Nexus approach.

EU representative Leonard Mizzi highlighted the need for integrated investments to ensure long-term irrigation resilience.

#IWMIatGFFA2026 #SustainableIrrigation #WaterForFood

During one of IWMI’s FLEX webinars, frontline stakeholders from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Pakistan, Palestine & Somalia shared how lasting resilience is built with, not for, those most at risk 👉 on.cgiar.org/4rxjAE8

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This #WorldWetlandsDay2026, voices from across the world- IWMI researchers, farmers, environmental educators, and government authorities come together to spotlight the vital role wetlands play in water security, climate resilience, and livelihoods. 🌿💧

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Learn how IWMI, with support from the UK government FCDO, introduced a floating wetland to tackle wastewater pollution, health risks, and monsoon flooding faced by communities living beside a sewage pond in Okara, Pakistan 👉 on.cgiar.org/4tgc81H

#WorldWetlandsDay2026 #WRAP

✨ IWMI hosted the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) on 22–24 Jan to renew a long-standing partnership, update the MoU, and advance the CAAS–IWMI Centre of Excellence, strengthening science-based, climate-resilient water and agriculture solutions.

🌿 This #WorldWetlandsDay, explore the Freshwater Challenge, a global effort to restore rivers and wetlands at scale, protecting water, nature, and people by 2030.

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#WorldWetlandsDay2026 #FreshwaterGovernance

How can climate forecasts truly help farmers plan and manage water?

🌱 In Chisamba, experts from ZMD and IWMI equipped agricultural officers to turn seasonal forecasts into clear, actionable guidance that smallholders can use with confidence. 👉 on.cgiar.org/46nCdls

On Jan 31, 2024, a court ruling on groundwater access raised deep questions about water governance and rights in the country. Two years on, as legal processes continue, we reflect on what water justice means, who it is for, and how we strive for it.

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🤝 International Center for Biosaline Agriculture and IWMI have signed a three-year MoU to strengthen collaboration on sustainable water management and climate-resilient agriculture, focusing on joint research, knowledge exchange, and capacity development for vulnerable regions: on.cgiar.org/4t9GR0l

#AgriTech4Tunisia Innovation Challenge
What's in it for you? 🌱

#AgriTech4Tunisia is a market-entry and scaling pathway designed for impact-driven innovators.
👉 Apply now: on.cgiar.org/3ZGKdua
📅 Apply by 12 February 2026!
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📢 New IWMI research shows Gujarat’s grid-connected solar irrigation (SKY) boosts farmer incomes, slows groundwater pumping, and cuts ~12.3 tCO₂ per farmer each year, aligning energy, water and livelihoods.

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#SolarIrrigation

IWMI & partners officially handed over the Water Availability and Demand (WAD) digital tool to Kenya’s National Irrigation Authority, advancing data-driven, climate-resilient irrigation planning with real-time water data to support smarter investments, governance & food security.

From 19 to 22 Jan, IWMI trained Jordan’s Ministry of Water & Irrigation, JVA, and WAJ on Water Accounting Plus under the Water Efficiency & Conservation Program. Delivered with Tetra Tech, this builds capacity to institutionalize water accounting for stronger governance & resilience.

On the 2nd International Day for Water Justice, IWMI and @wateraid.bsky.social reaffirm our commitment to turning principles into practice, supporting countries to design water investments and partnerships that put justice, equity & access at the center.

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🌍 Addressing Zambia’s Lower Kafue Basin, facing growing pressure on ecosystems and food systems, @cgiar.org partners including IWMI, @ilri.org, @worldfish.bsky.social & @bioversityciat.bsky.social support a multi-stakeholder platform for integrated, local solutions 👉 on.cgiar.org/4qFzyMk

🤖 The cloud is running dry. #ArtificialIntelligence doesn’t just run on data; it runs on water. From chip manufacturing to data center cooling, every prompt has a real water footprint. If AI is here to stay, water planning has to be too 👉 on.cgiar.org/45wXJ7c

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💧 How can Africa design water infrastructure that delivers more for energy, food, ecosystems & people?

IWMI’s new Water Issue Brief shows how the WEFE Nexus enables climate-resilient infrastructure, reduces disaster risks & drives inclusive growth.

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At #GFFA2026 in Berlin, IWMI joined global leaders under the theme “Water. Harvests. Our Future.” to bring water, food, and climate science into policy discussions on water resilience, sustainable irrigation & equitable food systems worldwide.

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In Lao PDR’s Attapeu, farming now swings between floods and extreme heat, leaving crops damaged, incomes reduced & food prices rising. Learn how IWMI’s simple greenhouse solution is helping farmers protect vegetables and adapt to climate uncertainty.

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Soil salinity threatens Egypt’s food security, affecting up to 40% of Nile Delta farmland. Led by AOAD with support from @cgiar.org F2R-CWANA, S4I & national partners, our new report maps the drivers, farmer responses & a national roadmap for action.

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💧 What motivates citizens to collect water data for free?

In the Limpopo River Basin, community members become citizen scientists, using digital tools & incentives to monitor water, proving that science and community partnership can go hand in hand: on.cgiar.org/4r06SNA

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