UPGro reflections: Heloïse Greeff
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UPGro reflections: Núria Ferrer
Early Career Researchers from UPGro Gro for GooD reflect on their time with the programme with Nancy Gladstone (University of Oxford) - Núria Ferrer, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain
UPGro reflections: Jacob Katuva
Jacob Katuva reflects on his time with the UPGro programme
UPGro reflections: Saskia Nowicki
Early Career Researchers from UPGro Gro for GooD reflect on their time with the programme What was your research focus in the Gro for Good project? During my MSc studies I joined the Gro for Good team to investigate health…
UPGro reflections: Wendso Awa Agathe Ouédraogo
Interview with Wendso Awa Agathe Ouédraogo from the Pan African University for Basic Sciences, Technology and Innovation (PAUISTI), Kenya
New version released of serious game ‘The Groundwater Game’
from IGRAC A new version has been launched of The Groundwater Game. Within the framework of the GroFutures project, the previous version was further developed, resulting in an improved integration of game results in the presentation and the development of two apps. …
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New paper: Drinking water quality from rural handpump-boreholes in Africa
Open Access here: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ab8031 Groundwater provides a vital source of drinking water for rural communities in many parts of Africa, particularly in the dry season when there are few safe alternative sources. This paper summarises results from a study (n…
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Webinaire, 16 Juin | Une crise cachée ? Résultats de la recherche sur les défaillances des forages en Éthiopie, au Malawi et en Ouganda
Rejoignez-nous pour le prochain webinaire du RWSN et du programme UPGro: Webinaire, 16 Juin | Une crise cachée ? Résultats de la recherche sur les défaillances des forages en Éthiopie, au Malawi et en Ouganda La mauvaise fonctionnalité des points…
The Conversation: Why drought programmes in Ethiopia should support communal access to groundwater
by Donald John MacAllister, International Development Hydrogeologist, British Geological Survey; Alan MacDonald Professor, British Geological Survey; Seifu Kebede Gurmessam Professor of Hydrology, University of KwaZulu-Natal (UPGro Hidden Crisis) re-posted from The Conversation Like many countries in east Africa, Ethiopia is highly…
Groundwater and climate change revisited: informing adaptation in a warming world
by Prof. Richard Taylor, UCL in The Springer Nature Sustainability Community Recent research has identified the natural resilience of groundwater to climate change and our tendency to deplete this invaluable resource. It's time we understood, valued, and governed groundwater as…
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