Researchers at Stockholm World Water Week showed how simulation models, solar pump sizing and a summer-rice ban are turning the water, energy, food and environment nexus into practice across Asia.
Better forecasts do not automatically mean fewer losses, IWMI's Mohsin Hafeez told a CGIAR webinar on drought resilience, citing sensor-guided irrigation in Tanzania that cut water use by an average of 60% while lifting yields.
IWMI and Ethiopian ministries have co-developed the country's first public-private partnership strategy for small-scale irrigation, built on seven business models and pilot schemes in Sidama and Central Ethiopia.
