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IWMI is a global research-for-development organization and a CGIAR Research Center advancing sustainable water management for agriculture, ecosystems, climate resilience, and inclusive growth.
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🌍 Welcome to IWMI on Bluesky! Together, let’s reimagine a world where water is managed wisely, sustainably, and equitably. Follow us, join the journey, and let’s strive forward for a future where every drop makes a difference. 💧✨
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Kenya is advancing its irrigation transformation through the National Irrigation Sector Investment Plan, backed by a new MoU between MoWSI and IWMI. Supported by @cgiar.org, the partnership brings research and policy together to strengthen water governance. 👉 on.cgiar.org/4sDp3uq
January 3, 2026 at 10:48 AM
Kenya is advancing its irrigation transformation through the National Irrigation Sector Investment Plan, backed by a new MoU between MoWSI and IWMI. Supported by @cgiar.org, the partnership brings research and policy together to strengthen water governance. 👉 on.cgiar.org/4sDp3uq
🎉 Happy New Year 2026!
As we embark on a new chapter, IWMI is more determined than ever to drive innovation in water management, empowering communities and enhancing resilience.
Together, let’s make #2026 a year of action, impact, and sustainable change. ✨
#NewYear2026
As we embark on a new chapter, IWMI is more determined than ever to drive innovation in water management, empowering communities and enhancing resilience.
Together, let’s make #2026 a year of action, impact, and sustainable change. ✨
#NewYear2026
January 1, 2026 at 8:41 AM
🎉 Happy New Year 2026!
As we embark on a new chapter, IWMI is more determined than ever to drive innovation in water management, empowering communities and enhancing resilience.
Together, let’s make #2026 a year of action, impact, and sustainable change. ✨
#NewYear2026
As we embark on a new chapter, IWMI is more determined than ever to drive innovation in water management, empowering communities and enhancing resilience.
Together, let’s make #2026 a year of action, impact, and sustainable change. ✨
#NewYear2026
In Ethiopia, abundant sunshine is enabling solar irrigation for year-round water access. Pilot projects show higher yields, better water efficiency, and rising incomes. The next challenge is scaling these gains responsibly and inclusively.
Explore more 👉 on.cgiar.org/44zBL2N
@snv.org
Explore more 👉 on.cgiar.org/44zBL2N
@snv.org
December 31, 2025 at 10:13 AM
In Ethiopia, abundant sunshine is enabling solar irrigation for year-round water access. Pilot projects show higher yields, better water efficiency, and rising incomes. The next challenge is scaling these gains responsibly and inclusively.
Explore more 👉 on.cgiar.org/44zBL2N
@snv.org
Explore more 👉 on.cgiar.org/44zBL2N
@snv.org
Because water is still underinvested despite being central to life & livelihoods, IWMI & @WaterAidUK are advancing Just Water Partnerships, linking water management, sanitation & finance to put equity at the center of decisions needed to achieve SDG 6. 👉 on.cgiar.org/3MR46vv
December 29, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Because water is still underinvested despite being central to life & livelihoods, IWMI & @WaterAidUK are advancing Just Water Partnerships, linking water management, sanitation & finance to put equity at the center of decisions needed to achieve SDG 6. 👉 on.cgiar.org/3MR46vv
IWMI had a successful participation at the American Geophysical Union 2025, engaging scientists, policymakers, and communicators on advancing climate resilience. Our sessions highlighted AI-driven water and agriculture solutions, flood risk assessment, WEFE nexus, and more.
December 29, 2025 at 11:35 AM
IWMI had a successful participation at the American Geophysical Union 2025, engaging scientists, policymakers, and communicators on advancing climate resilience. Our sessions highlighted AI-driven water and agriculture solutions, flood risk assessment, WEFE nexus, and more.
💧🌍What if the water crisis wasn’t about missing solutions, but about failing to connect them? That question ran through the World Water Congress in Marrakech.
Read here to explore more IWMI highlights from this Congress 👉 on.cgiar.org/4qx5SAF
Read here to explore more IWMI highlights from this Congress 👉 on.cgiar.org/4qx5SAF
December 29, 2025 at 7:09 AM
💧🌍What if the water crisis wasn’t about missing solutions, but about failing to connect them? That question ran through the World Water Congress in Marrakech.
Read here to explore more IWMI highlights from this Congress 👉 on.cgiar.org/4qx5SAF
Read here to explore more IWMI highlights from this Congress 👉 on.cgiar.org/4qx5SAF
Jaffna’s groundwater is its lifeline, yet overuse, weak regulation, and extreme climate events are lowering water tables and threatening quality. Explore how the UK FCDO-IWMI project is safeguarding aquifers through science, awareness & collaboration 👉 on.cgiar.org/48ThFDh
December 28, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Jaffna’s groundwater is its lifeline, yet overuse, weak regulation, and extreme climate events are lowering water tables and threatening quality. Explore how the UK FCDO-IWMI project is safeguarding aquifers through science, awareness & collaboration 👉 on.cgiar.org/48ThFDh
✨ @cgiar.org is piloting Country Strategy Frameworks (CSFs) to align research, partnerships & investments with national priorities. Nepal is one of three pilot countries, with IWMI leading and shaping system-wide impact: on.cgiar.org/3MQxamW
December 27, 2025 at 10:29 AM
✨ @cgiar.org is piloting Country Strategy Frameworks (CSFs) to align research, partnerships & investments with national priorities. Nepal is one of three pilot countries, with IWMI leading and shaping system-wide impact: on.cgiar.org/3MQxamW
✨ @UNFCCC #COP30 marked a shift in climate action, from emissions-only thinking to resilience and water-centered solutions. Building on this shift, IWMI highlighted how water research can turn global commitments into practical action for communities: on.cgiar.org/4b1NV8E
December 26, 2025 at 8:01 AM
✨ @UNFCCC #COP30 marked a shift in climate action, from emissions-only thinking to resilience and water-centered solutions. Building on this shift, IWMI highlighted how water research can turn global commitments into practical action for communities: on.cgiar.org/4b1NV8E
☕🍃 As you sip your Christmas tea, consider its roots. Tea once grew alongside forests, supporting #biodiversity, before monocultures took over. But the research shows plantations can still restore nature by reintroducing diversity. Learn how here 👉 on.cgiar.org/3KXOvJS
#TeaPlantation
#TeaPlantation
December 25, 2025 at 8:34 AM
☕🍃 As you sip your Christmas tea, consider its roots. Tea once grew alongside forests, supporting #biodiversity, before monocultures took over. But the research shows plantations can still restore nature by reintroducing diversity. Learn how here 👉 on.cgiar.org/3KXOvJS
#TeaPlantation
#TeaPlantation
✨💧 Season’s Greetings from IWMI! As we celebrate this season, we are grateful to all our partners, colleagues & communities for being part of our journey. Together, through research & water solutions, we foster resilient growth and look forward to another year of shared impact!
December 24, 2025 at 1:55 PM
✨💧 Season’s Greetings from IWMI! As we celebrate this season, we are grateful to all our partners, colleagues & communities for being part of our journey. Together, through research & water solutions, we foster resilient growth and look forward to another year of shared impact!
IWMI hosted environmental journalists to visit Chakwal and Mansehra to see #WRAP interventions. From soil-moisture sensors helping women farmers save water to hydraulic ram pump lifting water uphill and easing women’s daily workload, journalists witnessed real, on-ground impact.
December 24, 2025 at 11:40 AM
IWMI hosted environmental journalists to visit Chakwal and Mansehra to see #WRAP interventions. From soil-moisture sensors helping women farmers save water to hydraulic ram pump lifting water uphill and easing women’s daily workload, journalists witnessed real, on-ground impact.
At a June 2025 workshop, stakeholders explored how AI and digital innovation can strengthen water reuse across the MENA region. Part of the e-ReWater MENA project, the discussions focused on smart, scalable solutions for water sustainability: on.cgiar.org/4j2WKB3
December 24, 2025 at 10:14 AM
At a June 2025 workshop, stakeholders explored how AI and digital innovation can strengthen water reuse across the MENA region. Part of the e-ReWater MENA project, the discussions focused on smart, scalable solutions for water sustainability: on.cgiar.org/4j2WKB3
Women & girls spend 200 million hours each year fetching water, time that could mean school, farming, leadership, or rest. With the right investments, these lost hours can be transformed into opportunities. Learn how: on.cgiar.org/3KDWZGd
@cgiar.org #ClimateFinance
@cgiar.org #ClimateFinance
December 23, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Women & girls spend 200 million hours each year fetching water, time that could mean school, farming, leadership, or rest. With the right investments, these lost hours can be transformed into opportunities. Learn how: on.cgiar.org/3KDWZGd
@cgiar.org #ClimateFinance
@cgiar.org #ClimateFinance
Do you know how Morocco is setting an example for climate-resilient agriculture? By aligning water and agriculture policies, Morocco is advancing water reuse, drought preparedness & knowledge sharing to build a stronger, water-smart food system.
👉 on.cgiar.org/4qalzgM
@cgiar.org
👉 on.cgiar.org/4qalzgM
@cgiar.org
December 22, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Do you know how Morocco is setting an example for climate-resilient agriculture? By aligning water and agriculture policies, Morocco is advancing water reuse, drought preparedness & knowledge sharing to build a stronger, water-smart food system.
👉 on.cgiar.org/4qalzgM
@cgiar.org
👉 on.cgiar.org/4qalzgM
@cgiar.org
In the Chu-Talas Basin of Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, farmers face growing water scarcity from heat, delays, and aging canals.
Explore how the World Bank-IWMI #DRRA project combines science and local knowledge to help these farmers better prepare for drought: on.cgiar.org/3KScmuE
Explore how the World Bank-IWMI #DRRA project combines science and local knowledge to help these farmers better prepare for drought: on.cgiar.org/3KScmuE
December 21, 2025 at 8:31 AM
In the Chu-Talas Basin of Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, farmers face growing water scarcity from heat, delays, and aging canals.
Explore how the World Bank-IWMI #DRRA project combines science and local knowledge to help these farmers better prepare for drought: on.cgiar.org/3KScmuE
Explore how the World Bank-IWMI #DRRA project combines science and local knowledge to help these farmers better prepare for drought: on.cgiar.org/3KScmuE
🌿 Why is transforming food systems so hard?
Many innovations succeed in pilots but stall when systems don’t adapt at scale. To address this, IWMI’s Adaptive Scaling Ecosystem (#ASEco) reframes scaling as a journey of transformation rather than replication: on.cgiar.org/3MEejeK
Many innovations succeed in pilots but stall when systems don’t adapt at scale. To address this, IWMI’s Adaptive Scaling Ecosystem (#ASEco) reframes scaling as a journey of transformation rather than replication: on.cgiar.org/3MEejeK
December 19, 2025 at 9:32 AM
🌿 Why is transforming food systems so hard?
Many innovations succeed in pilots but stall when systems don’t adapt at scale. To address this, IWMI’s Adaptive Scaling Ecosystem (#ASEco) reframes scaling as a journey of transformation rather than replication: on.cgiar.org/3MEejeK
Many innovations succeed in pilots but stall when systems don’t adapt at scale. To address this, IWMI’s Adaptive Scaling Ecosystem (#ASEco) reframes scaling as a journey of transformation rather than replication: on.cgiar.org/3MEejeK
🌍 This #InternationalMigrantsDay, Alan Nicol reflects on a decade of IWMI’s work, from Migration Matters to AGRUMIG, showing that migration is shaped by livelihoods, water, food systems, and opportunity, not climate alone.
Explore more 👉 on.cgiar.org/49pjkQb
Explore more 👉 on.cgiar.org/49pjkQb
December 19, 2025 at 7:56 AM
🌍 This #InternationalMigrantsDay, Alan Nicol reflects on a decade of IWMI’s work, from Migration Matters to AGRUMIG, showing that migration is shaped by livelihoods, water, food systems, and opportunity, not climate alone.
Explore more 👉 on.cgiar.org/49pjkQb
Explore more 👉 on.cgiar.org/49pjkQb
Flowing through four countries, the Limpopo River connects people and ecosystems, yet data gaps limit its management. IWMI's Citizen science empowers communities as the river’s eyes and ears, strengthening cross-border water stewardship and resilience: on.cgiar.org/4qjusot
December 18, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Flowing through four countries, the Limpopo River connects people and ecosystems, yet data gaps limit its management. IWMI's Citizen science empowers communities as the river’s eyes and ears, strengthening cross-border water stewardship and resilience: on.cgiar.org/4qjusot
💧 Across northern Ghana, small reservoirs sustain daily life. To strengthen how these waterbodies support livelihoods and food security, IWMI’s Small Reservoirs Portal unlocks data from 2,000+ reservoirs, enabling smarter decisions for climate resilience: on.cgiar.org/4pDYrr3
@cgiar.org
@cgiar.org
December 17, 2025 at 11:20 AM
💧 Across northern Ghana, small reservoirs sustain daily life. To strengthen how these waterbodies support livelihoods and food security, IWMI’s Small Reservoirs Portal unlocks data from 2,000+ reservoirs, enabling smarter decisions for climate resilience: on.cgiar.org/4pDYrr3
@cgiar.org
@cgiar.org
IWMI and the Jordan Valley Authority have signed an agreement in Amman to adopt a #WaPOR-based digital tool to improve irrigation performance in the Northern Jordan Valley. Developed with @fao.org, the tool supports data-driven irrigation planning and Jordan’s digital transition.
December 17, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Why gender matters in managing salinity-affected lands through the water–energy–food–ecosystem nexus in Egypt? Explore it in this study, which highlights gendered impacts, policy gaps & pathways for more inclusive solutions.
📄 Read more: on.cgiar.org/49bX25a
📄 Read more: on.cgiar.org/49bX25a
December 16, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Why gender matters in managing salinity-affected lands through the water–energy–food–ecosystem nexus in Egypt? Explore it in this study, which highlights gendered impacts, policy gaps & pathways for more inclusive solutions.
📄 Read more: on.cgiar.org/49bX25a
📄 Read more: on.cgiar.org/49bX25a
At Int. Water Association's Water & Dev Congress, IWMI’s Karthikeyan M. joined the session focused on turning @adb.org's #AWDO2025 insights into action, highlighting IWMI’s contribution to Economic Water Security and how evidence can drive real projects and partnerships. 👉 on.cgiar.org/4rTyENe
December 12, 2025 at 8:25 AM
At Int. Water Association's Water & Dev Congress, IWMI’s Karthikeyan M. joined the session focused on turning @adb.org's #AWDO2025 insights into action, highlighting IWMI’s contribution to Economic Water Security and how evidence can drive real projects and partnerships. 👉 on.cgiar.org/4rTyENe
IWMI joined the launch of the UK–Pak Green Compact in Islamabad, an important step in accelerating climate resilience. Our team briefed the officials on IWMI’s work, including the #WRAP Programme, which helps deliver climate-resilient water governance solutions.
December 11, 2025 at 9:15 AM
IWMI joined the launch of the UK–Pak Green Compact in Islamabad, an important step in accelerating climate resilience. Our team briefed the officials on IWMI’s work, including the #WRAP Programme, which helps deliver climate-resilient water governance solutions.
Through the UK's FCDO-supported initiative, IWMI is helping Jaffna protect its primary water source, groundwater, by strengthening monitoring, improving awareness, and uniting agencies through a new multi-stakeholder platform that drives coordinated, sustainable management: on.cgiar.org/4jfmOr7
December 11, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Through the UK's FCDO-supported initiative, IWMI is helping Jaffna protect its primary water source, groundwater, by strengthening monitoring, improving awareness, and uniting agencies through a new multi-stakeholder platform that drives coordinated, sustainable management: on.cgiar.org/4jfmOr7