Training Programme on Earth Observation Application in Agriculture & Food Security
29 Jan 2019
Resource persons and participants to the three-day training workshop on Earth Observation applications in agriculture and food security in Islamabad, Pakistan (Photo: Arslan Javed) The Climate Change, Alternate Energy & Water Resources Institute (CEWRI) of the Pakistan Agricultural Research Council
Socio-Economic Development is the Key Driver for the Future South Asian Water Gap
19 Dec 2018
The recent United Nations Climate Change Conference COP24 held in Katowice, Poland once more demonstrated the world’s climate change concerns. In the Indus, Ganges, and Brahmaputra river basins, a global climate change hotspot and home to some for about 900
HI-AWARE Identified the Changemakers
10 Oct 2018
“HI-AWARE has identified changemakers, i.e. community members that went above and beyond the interactions that our researchers had with them. These individuals aligned themselves and their efforts with HI-AWARE’s in raising awareness on climate change impacts as well as raising
Solar-powered irrigation future for arid region farmers?
09 Jul 2018
Although most climate research provides cautious commentary to our preferred mode of development, is it wise to stray off the beaten path – can developing countries afford sustainable solutions and maintain economic growth? The decision to agree on mutually approved
Mountain water is crucial for downstream food production
25 May 2018
NASA recently launched a twin set of spacecrafts that will observe the ever-changing water cycle, ice sheets and crusts. The space agency’s decision to observe water source adds to the emerging importance of studying water resources that is being felt
Gender needs to integrated into the irrigation sector
22 May 2018
The fact that climate change is taking place is a well-established by now. However, sectors that stand to be the most at risk from climate change impacts, continue to function under a business-as-usual scenario. For irrigation, the dominant trend includes
Too many buckets too fill: case study of water access in Kathmandu
07 May 2018
The Hindu Kush Himalya (HKH) is witness to a great range of biopysical changes; however, there are a great many changes for the communities that reside in the upstream and downstream regions of the HKH. A demographic transisition is occuring
Contextualizing mountain issues through the classroom
10 Apr 2018
Decision making in the Global South has profound implications. Developing nations like Nepal must always do a balancing act between complementing a country’s pursuit for development with its sectoral limitations. In the case of Nepal, a country that has taken
TERI Presents Findings to Honorable Prime Minister Narendra Modi
20 Mar 2018
Agriculture’s percentage contribution to the National GDP has been on a decline since the 1950’s. As of 2016, as per the World Bank statistics, agriculture was contributing about 17.4% to the country GDP. However, a major proportion of the population,
Scenarios are still important for national planning
17 Jan 2018
Results from current projections show that the road ahead is challenging…” said Arun Bhakta Shrestha, ICIMOD, to a gathered crowd of 60 stakeholders from the Government of Nepal. The road ahead that Dr. Shrestha is referring to is challenging indeed