Author: matthijs
12 June 2015
ThirdEye project website now online: ThirdEyeWater.com
Farmers are confronted with a lack of knowledge on where and when to apply their limited resources as water, fertilizer, and seeds. A key factor in enabling an increase and efficiency in food production is providing farmers with relevant information. Such information is needed as farmers have limited resources (seed, water, fertilizer, pesticides, human power)...
4 June 2015
Successful SPHY training provided to Vietnamese water professionals in Hanoi
On June 2, 2015, Thuy Loi University in Hanoi hosted a short course for professionals from Vietnamese organizations to transfer knowledge and technology on water resources modelling. This training for professionals was organized in the framework of the NICHE project Improvement of higher education in water management in view of climatic change in Vietnam, financed...
1 October 2010
Initial steps towards Guidance on Climate and Water for OESD
The OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) has published a Guidance on “Integrating Climate Change Adaptation into Development Co-operation” in 2009. The OECD considers to extent this more generic guidance with another series of more specific ones, including water. FutureWater has supported the OECD in drafting the outline and pathway to develop this so...
1 October 2010
Assessing current and future water stress in the Middle East and North Africa region
FutureWater started a regional assessment on water stress in the basins of the MENA (Middle East and North Africa) countries. This Regional Water Outlook should give insight in the water resources availability and water demand for each sector with and without accounting for possible climate change impacts. The study is funded by the World Bank....
1 October 2010
Training on crop modeling in Albania
A two-day workshop will be organized this month in Tirana (Albania), oriented toward developing crop modeling expertise. The training will be institutionally focused at the Agricultural Technology Transfer Center of the Ministry of Agriculture, with participation of other institutional staff from across the country. FutureWater will lead the majority of the sessions. The capacity building...
1 August 2010
Rowing team sponsored by FutureWater finishes a successful season
The rowing team Caramba from the Dutch rowing club R.S.V.U. Okeanos oriented in Amsterdam have been rowing very fast past season. Caramba became third of the Netherlands in the NOOC Chris Heuvelman competition for b4+ boats. The rowing team Caramba The Caramba rowers are Sabrina Chettouf, Laurien Verkleij, Maaike Droogers and Stephany van der Werf...
1 July 2010
Experts agree to collaborate on Indus Basin Programme
FutureWater attended this month a workshop organized by the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) in Kathmandu, Nepal. Walter Immerzeel presented outcomes of research conducted on the hydrology of the Indus Basin. The oral presentation contributed to the discussion on the sensitivity to climate and environmental changes of basin and the huge size of...
1 June 2010
WaterMaps launched: explore model results on the web
FutureWater launched a web application that combines time-dependent output of water simulation models with the functionality of Google Maps. The interface has been developed to give anyone with access to internet the possibility to explore water-related model results on the web. WaterMaps is an undemanding visualization tool that makes it possible to set up with...
1 June 2010
Publication in Science on Climate Change and Food Security
Mountains are the water towers of the world, and researchers say that climate change is poised to alter water availability and food security in the major river basins of Southeast Asia in very substantial but diverse ways. Knowing that more than 1.4 billion people depend on water from the Indus, Ganges, Brahmaputra, Yangtze, and Yellow...
1 June 2010
Course on Public Domain Models for Water, Food and Climate Studies succesfully finished
FutureWater organized a course for water professionals giving an overview of the state of the art modeling techniques and hands-on training for specific public domain models. Participants were coming from both developed as developing countries, working in the public or private sector on water management and interested in the use of these tools decision making....
