Output Type – UPGro – African Groundwater 2020

Green Roads for Water- New World Bank Guide

Posted by RWSN Secretariaton 29/06/2021in Building capacity and co-generation of science and impact [C], Global, New publication, Optimising Road Development for Groundwater Recharge and Retention, Outcome/Impact Story, UPGro Impact

Roads and water are generally seen as enemies, with water responsible for most of the damage to roads, and roads being a major cause of problems such as erosion, waterlogging, flooding, and dust storms. This tension, however, can be reversed.…

UPGro reflections: Heloïse Greeff

Posted by RWSN Secretariaton 12/09/202008/09/2020in Final Report, Gro for GooD, Gro for GooD: Groundwater Risk Management for Growth and Development, Interview/Article, Researcher Interview

UPGro reflections: Heloïse Greeff

UPGro reflections: Núria Ferrer

Posted by RWSN Secretariaton 11/09/202011/09/2020in Final Report, Gro for GooD, Gro for GooD: Groundwater Risk Management for Growth and Development, Interview/Article, Researcher Interview

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 Science: Links between groundwater access and poverty are complex and sensitive to context [S2]

Posted by RWSN Secretariaton 11/09/202010/09/2020in Final Report, Global, Multiple/All, Outcome/Impact Story, Science [S], Sub-Saharan Africa, UPGro Outcome

The links between groundwater access and poverty are generally indirect, complex and context specific.

UPGro reflections: Jacob Katuva

Posted by RWSN Secretariaton 10/09/202011/09/2020in Final Report, Gro for GooD, Gro for GooD: Groundwater Risk Management for Growth and Development, Interview/Article, Researcher Interview

Jacob Katuva reflects on his time with the UPGro programme

UPGro Science: Groundwater can de-risk economic growth [S3]

Posted by RWSN Secretariaton 10/09/202010/09/2020in Final Report, Gro for GooD, National, Outcome/Impact Story, Science [S]

https://youtu.be/7gFID4h7ytw Although localised groundwater depletion is evident, particularly beneath growing urban centres, there has been no substantial declines in groundwater storage at a basin scale in Africa over the last 15 years and in some areas, there are substantial unused…

UPGro Science: The programme has made a substantial contribution to evidence and data on African groundwater, its use and potential [S1]

Posted by RWSN Secretariaton 10/09/202010/09/2020in Final Report, Global, Multiple/All, Outcome/Impact Story, Science [S]

As of mid July 2020, UPGro researchers have published more than 100 peer-reviewed papers directly, and used elements of UPGro work or partnerships to publish a further 60. 1 paper published in Nature and 2 in Nature Communications. Substantial interdisciplinary…

UPGro reflections: Saskia Nowicki

Posted by RWSN Secretariaton 09/09/202010/09/2020in Gro for GooD, Gro for GooD: Groundwater Risk Management for Growth and Development, Interview/Article, Researcher Interview

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

Posted by RWSN Secretariaton 08/09/202010/09/2020in Final Report, Gro for GooD, Gro for GooD: Groundwater Risk Management for Growth and Development, Interview/Article, Researcher Interview

Interview with Wendso Awa Agathe Ouédraogo from the Pan African University for Basic Sciences, Technology and Innovation (PAUISTI), Kenya

Groundwater information for Africa: The Chronicles Consortium – finding and making long term groundwater records available [K5]

Posted by RWSN Secretariaton 23/07/202023/07/2020in Final Report, Global, GroFutures, Knowledge Management [K], Outcome/Impact Story, Sub-Saharan Africa

The Chronicles Consortium – part-funded by UPGro – has collated long-term groundwater records from across Africa. This is allowing an assessment of the impacts of groundwater use, climate variability, and climate and land use change on groundwater storage. This data…