Celebrating #IWD with ’s Afua Owusu, the first recipient of the Malin Falkenmark Award, in recognition of her work in #environmental flows. Photo: Dr. Owusu with the PhD committee, by Roy Burghouts | TU Delft. #OneCGIAR #IWD #EmbraceEquity
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Funke Cofie
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It's #AfricaDay today and we have some exciting news coming from the continent! 👇🏾
Introducing Ukama Ustawi... 🌍
#AgriFoodSystems #OneCGIAR #UkamaUstawi bit.ly/UkamaUstawi
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Food security is water security. But we need evidence-based solutions and all hands on deck to sustainably manage our water.
Our new blog by examines ag. water challenges and opportunities in West Africa, in the face of the #ClimateCrisis:
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What is the most pressing water issue in Sub-Saharan Africa? Water availability, says .
In her interview , Funke talks about how science can better inform decisions related #watersecurity: bit.ly/3wR7AUB @ 10:00
#ClimateReport
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Affirming partnership with after the signing of the MOU in Dakar. We look forward to serving and supporting together the vision of a water secure Africa.
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IWMI is delighted to have signed the MoU in partnership with today at the . We are excited to further supporting efforts toward the strengthening of water security in Africa.
#OneCGIAR #Water4climate
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Our very own is on the panel of the ’s session on the road to the UN 2023 Water Conference. Join us now in person at the CICAD auditorium in Dakar, Senegal to learn more on the challenges that the conference aims to address 🇸🇳
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‘As we are confronting new risks, our strategies must change. We must mobilize collectively and create a global agenda for water. This is why IWMI is launching its new ‘Science for a Water-Secure World’ initiative, to inform interventions & create dialogues’ — .
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🗓 Join us tomorrow for a session on Digital Innovations for a Water-Secure Africa at 14:45 UTC.
We'll be at the #NatureHub22 in person, and live-streaming here: tnc.zoom.us/j/98654221179
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Today we're launching our new year-long 'Science for a Water-Secure World (SWSW)' initiative at #WorldWaterForum9 👏🏿
If you're at #Dakar2022, be sure to join us in person at #NatureHub22 or tune in online 👉 bit.ly/36vVaqc
Find out more info 👉🏽 bit.ly/SWSWiwmi
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Coming to #WorldWaterForum9 #Dakar2022? Find us in the #NatureHub22 to explore the power of nature to address the growing global water crisis 💧 and pavilion to discuss #groundwater solutions for water security.
Here's what we have in store for next week👇 #OneCGIAR
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🔬 Science has no gender!
Join us on the International Day #WomenInScience as we call for women’s full and equal access to and participation in science, and celebrate those that are leading action and innovation around the world.
📸 #GenderInAg
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WLE has closed but our results will continue to influence future research, policies, and investments – and strengthen our response to the #ClimateCrisis: bit.ly/2XJnz8m
#OneCGIAR
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Water is at the heart of everything we do at . During 's World Water Week (Aug. 23-27), our team is ready to bring a wealth of experience and insight in support of ’s 2021 theme: Building Resilience Faster: bit.ly/wwwIWMI21
#valuewater #WWWeek
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Discover how our data-driven tools are helping solar irrigation companies in Africa target their products and services to the right people, in the right way: bit.ly/3wPL8Zq
#FarmerLedIrrigation
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Tomorrow at 10am, participate in the Building-Back-Better (BBB) Dialogue on “Response to Covid-19: Building Resilience through Water and Wastewater Management in GH organized by
Click here bit.ly/2OMXjFD to join via Zoom.
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Many of us will first experience #climatecrisis through water, whether that's due to drought or floods. But water is also key to addressing and solving the world's biggest challenges - climate change, health and global hunger bit.ly/iwmiWWD21
#water4climate #WorldWaterDay
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The biggest challenges facing the world – flood, drought, hunger, health and pollution, begin and end with water.
Discover how provides water solutions and evidence to manage water at every level.
#water4climate #WorldWaterDay
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Capturing and adding value to waste. Congrats to the #IWMI CapVal Team. The briquettes are shaping up nicely; keep it up. , Eric Gbenatey Nartey @oggah_FLAWLESS, Dzifa
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"It's not just about managing water! At the end of the day, this must translate into farmer productivity"- Funke Cofie. #IWMI# #AfricaRISING# #Solar pump for irrigation#
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#Youth in #irrigation. Glad to see their excitement at the 3rd session of the #grassroots #multistakeholder #platform meeting in the Upper East region of Ghana led by #IWMI's Thai Minh - scaling innovations.
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Dr.Olufunke Cofie welcoming participants of Africa RISING #solar pump for irrigation# stakeholders workshop in Bawku, Ghana.
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Find out how a project in Ghana is turning human waste into an economic resource: bit.ly/capvalp #WorldToiletDay
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An initiative in Ghana is focusing on sanitation processes ‘after the flush’ – turning human waste into an economic resource.
Learn more about this project: buff.ly/2UwVax1
#WorldToiletDay
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On #WorldToiletDay, explore stories & examples of IWMI research that aim to reduce the waste burden with applied technologies, business models promoting a waste-based circular economy & policies that support public-private partnerships: bit.ly/iwmiWTD20
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As Ghana celebrates #farmersday, IWMI researchers call for urgent action to support irrigation and other agricultural extension services disrupted by #Covid19. Digital advisory services and demand-driven extension service businesses could fill the gap➡️bit.ly/3l9IVlO
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Join us next week as we discuss with member states on how to create an enabling environment to #AdaptOurWorld & #transformfoodsystems through the #IDAWMframework in Africa
Reserve your spot now: bit.ly/IDAWM20
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Deep dive into work towards a water secure world 💧 or get a quick snapshot of some of its impactful work in the Annual Report 2019 👉🏽 bit.ly/IWMIar19
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The brown revolution: Plant food from toilet wast
Following 10 years of research, pioneered an approach that treats fecal sludge to produce high quality fertilizer pellets. Providing farmers with safe, nutrient rich products to feed their crops: buff.ly/2WPS6xE
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Congratulations to Liza and Team!
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A great project comes to its end:
@iwmi 's energetic and phantastic Dr. Debevec at the closure workshop of her project with a very long name on participative water resource management, financed by Austria. It was a pleasure! @AustrianDev #lwili #BurkinaFaso @MFA_Austria
IWMI researcher Dr. Olufunke Cofie explains how digital technologies, like remote sensing and sensors, can help us sustainably manage water resources in the long-term. #AGRF2019 #GrowDigital
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