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Vacancy // National Researcher - Renewable Energy, Water and Climate Change
The International Water Management Institute (IWMI) is looking for a highly motivated national researcher to support projects related to renewable…
Nexus Blog // Can nexus avoid the fate of IWRM?
Is the nexus approach the harbinger of a transformative paradigm shift? Dipak Gyawali argues it promises to be the start of such a new journey for…
Innovation Challenge // Innovation Challenge 2020: Mechanization, Digitalization and Renewable Energies in the Agricultural Sector
The GIZ Agricultural Innovation Fund is currently looking for innovative ideas of entrepreneurs, start-ups and small enterprises that make the…
Nexus in South Asia // The Water, Food and Energy Nexus in Pakistan
By Dr Aqeel Ahmed Bazmi. The country needs a dynamic Nexus framework that attempts to equally weight sectoral objectives and provide a new paradigm…
Opinion // How to Strengthen Cooperation for a Water Secure South Asia
By Jyotiraj Patra. South Asia is witnessing unprecedented water challenges and risks. Most of these risks are multi-dimensional, dynamic, complex and…
SPIS // Kickstarting India’s Multi-billion Dollar Solar Irrigation Scheme
By Shehnab Sahin, CCAFS South Asia. A multi-stakeholder policy consultation assesses the best way forward for implementing a scheme to promote solar…
Urban Nexus India // Urban Nexus Training Successfully Conducted in India
By Ruth Erlbeck and Rashane Sala-Ngarm. India is currently shifting its focus from rural to urban development as urban areas contribute to more than…
Consultancy in Holistic River Management // "Development and Implementation Support to the India-EU Water Partnership (IEWP)" and "Support to Ganga Rejuvenation (SGR)"
The Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit is seeking the services of a team of consultants to support the EU and the IEWP/GIZ Project…
SPIS // Solar-powered Irrigation Can Boost Rural Development, But Also Poses Risks
By Avinash Kishore. Irrigation is one of the most effective means for boosting agricultural production, but powering the withdrawal of groundwater…
The Food-Water-Energy Nexus // Using Gravity Drainage to Intensify Production Systems in the Coastal Zone of Bangladesh
By: Manoranjan Mondal and Sudhir Yadav. Sustained economic growth, the quality of life, and the social stability of a rapidly growing Bangladesh…
Nationwide Implementation of Solar Farming Planned // Climate-Smart Agriculture Made in India
By Tushaar Shah. The Indian government recently announced a new multi-billion dollar scheme to implement solarisation of farm irrigation on a…
Nexus in the SAARC Region // "Be mindful of the vital synergy of the three sectors!"
On 3-5 July 2017, the Ministry of Agriculture and Forests of Bhutan in collaboration with SAARC Agriculture Centre, SAARC Energy Centre and…
New Security Beat // Worst Drought in 140 Years Leads to Farmer Deaths, Riots, Policy Impasse in Cauvery Delta
By Keith Schneider. The contest between dwindling freshwater reserves and steadily rising demand has been tightening for years in the Cauvery River…