Author: RWSN Secretariat
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World Water Week
After making a big splash last year, the UPGro presence at SIWI World Water Week 2016 has been relatively low key. However, Dr Rob Hope (Oxford) presented the exciting work from the UPGro/REACH research they is being done in Kenya.Download the presentation: Hope_Performance-based finance for drinking water security_30Aug2016 Also presenting during the week was Dr…
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Data farming – how Ethiopian farmers harvest data to help their crops
What’s the weather doing? It’s a question that obsesses many but for many Ethiopians it is question that makes the difference between plenty and destitution. Ethiopia is a rich and diverse country that is home to around 100 million people, 88 different languages and imbued with long, diverse history. Its highlands are seasonally wet and…
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Meet UPGro at the 7th RWSN Forum
As part of our mission to connect research with policy and practice, UPGro is proud to become a Bronze Sponsor of the 7th RWSN Forum, which will be held in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire at the end of November this year. The RWSN Forum is held only every 5 years and is the global event on…
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The classic – Developing Groundwater – now available online – free of charge
The classic book and practical manual Developing Groundwater: A guide for rural water supply by Alan MacDonald, Jeff Davies, Roger Calow and John Chilton is now available online from the Practical Action website for free download. Published in 2005 it provides a user-friendly guide to the topic of groundwater development, bringing together the wide range…
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New El Niño research grant awarded to UPGro investigators
A research team, led by Prof. Alan MacDonald of BGS, has been awarded research funding by the UK Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) for a study entitled “Monitoring the impact of the 2015/16 El Nino on rural water insecurity in Ethiopia: learning lessons for climate resilience“ El Niño is a prolonged warming of sea surface…
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Africa: #AWW6 – Going to Groundwater to Transform African Agriculture
re-posted from: http://allafrica.com/stories/201607200647.html OPINION By Callist Tindimugaya Callist Tindimugaya argues that the water beneath Africans’ feet could transform the continent’s agricultural production, but only if it is managed wisely
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UPGro at Africa Water Week
Next week is Africa Water Week (http://africawaterweek.com/6/) , the event that happens every two years that brings Africa governments together to discuss and share experiences on all aspects of water management and WASH, and provides an interface with the latest innovation and research. If you are attending then please do join RWSN and UPGro partners,…
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New UPGro YouTube Channel!
You can now find a wealth of interviews, presentations, field vlogs and more at the UPGro YouTube Channel.
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UPGro Catalyst Synthesis – updated!
The Catalyst phase of UPGro involved 15 projects and last we published a quick overview of what they did and what they discovered and achieved. Since then, more papers have been published and presented, so we have revised and updated the synthesis: UPGro Catalyst Synthesis – June 2016
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The Dutch Research Institute for Transitions joins T-GroUP
from: t-group.science Recently, the Dutch Research Institute for Transitions (DRIFT) from the Erasmus University Rotterdam in the Netherlands, joined T-GroUP. DRIFT focuses on studying Sustainability Transitions and is the internationally leading institute in Transition Management (TM). The DRIFT team is a transdisciplinary and international group of researchers and advisors. DRIFT combines research on social innovation, sustainability…
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