In the health sector, environmental issues creating adverse impacts vary widely in nature.

This working paper summarizes research conducted as part of the AgWater Solutions Project in West Bengal between 2009 and 2012. Agriculture is the main livelihood for 70% of West Bengal’s population of 91 million.

This paper summarizes research conducted as part of the AgWater Solutions Project in the State of Madhya Pradesh, India, from 2009 to 2012. Agriculture accounts for 21% of the gross domestic product (GDP) of Madhya Pradesh and state agriculture contributes substantially to India’s total annual wheat, pulses and soybean production.

A new study finds that small-scale irrigation schemes can protect millions of farmers from food insecurity and climate risks in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.

High pumping costs made it hard for smallholders in West Bengal to make profitable use of groundwater. Research carried out by the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) helped convince the Government of West Bengal to adopt new agricultural groundwater policies to benefit poor farmers

Sri Lanka ratified the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) by a cabinet decision in November 1993 and is among the first 50 countries that have ratified it. As an obligation of the UNFCCC Sri Lanka is required to prepare the National Communication on Climate Change periodically.

The national policy on climate change for Sri Lanka contains a vision, mission, goal and a set of guiding principles followed by broad policy statements under Vulnerability, Adaptation, Mitigation, Sustainable Consumption and Production, Knowledge Management and General Statements.

Despite countless initiatives to alleviate malnutrition over the years, it affects hundreds of thousands of children in Sri Lanka.

Provision of detailed continuous long-term hydrological time series data for any river basin is critical for estimation, planning and management of its current and future water resources. Most of the river basins in India are data poor, including its iconic river – Ganga (Ganges).

Sustainable management of the natural resource base supporting agriculture is one of the three major strategic objectives of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR).