Author: RWSN Secretariat
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Avoiding the Mistakes of the Asian Green Revolution in Africa
DODOMA, Tanzania, Jul 11 2019 (IPS) – Research scientists are studying groundwater resources in three African countries in order to understand the renewability of the source and how people can use it sustainably towards a green revolution in Africa.
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Congratulations to Jacob Katuva – the latest UPGro Doctor
Huge congratulations to Dr Jacob Katuva (Gro for GooD/University of Oxford) who yesterday passed his viva to secure his PhD on Groundwater and Welfare!
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Lord of the Rain: how radio can help African farmers combat drought
The Guardian news website is an excellent short film “Lord of the Rain” that highlights the challenges facing farmers in the remote Omo region of Ethiopia. UPGro is tackling these challenges head-on in Ethiopia, Burkino Faso and elsewhere across Africa.
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Transition Management mobilises community members in Obom, Ghana to organise neighbourhood clean-ups
Re-posted from T-Group by Giorgia Silvestri Figure 1. Women and children during the clean-up activities Residents and community organisers from two communities within Obom area (‘School town’ and ‘Water works’) came together to organize a clean-up activity. According to one committee member of Obom, this activity was possible due to the pilot projects developed as a…
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Webinar: Communicating groundwater-climate behaviour with African farmers
As part of RWSN webinar series on “Leave No-one Behind” we have webinars tomorrow in English and French on “Communicating groundwater-climate behaviour with African farmers”. This webinar presents two examples of work from the UPGro: Núria Ferrer and Dr Albert Foch from the Universtat Politéchnica de Catalunya (Gro for GooD project) will show what global…
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Groundwater in Sub-Saharan Africa – special issue of Hydrogeology Journal
The IAH Hydrogeology Journal has published a special issue focusing on groundwater in Sub-Saharan Africa and good overview is provided in the online Preface. The main UPGro contributions are: Prof. Dan Olago (University of Nairobi / Gro for GooD) Constraints and solutions for groundwater development, supply and governance in urban areas in Kenya Dr Callist…
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UPGro T-Group research finds cancer-causing viruses in Kampala and Arusha slum groundwater
by Isaiah Esipisu and Dr Jan Willem Foppen (T-GroUP) In Summary The study found that most groundwater in the two slums contains traces of herpes virus, poxvirus and papilloma virus. Cancer is one of the top killer diseases in East Africa, blamed for nearly 100,000 deaths every year. Watch EGU press-conference presentation by Dr Foppen…
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Cutting-edge discovery on viruses in groundwater: T-GrouP at EGU press conference
Associate Professor Jan Willem Foppen, leader of the T-GroUP project will be presenting his team’s work on mapping DNA viruses in groundwater under African cities at a press conference on Monday 8th April at 14:00 CEST. This is part of the General Assembly of the European Geosciences Union (EGU), that will be held in Vienna,…
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UPGro Early Career Researchers: Q&A with Suleiman Mwakurya
Interview with UPGro Gro for GooD Early Career Researcher, Suleiman Mwakurya
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New state-of-the-art research collection on groundwater sustainability across Sub-Saharan Africa
New collection of papers on long term groundwater records across Africa and the implications for groundwater management
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