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23 October 2025
MAGDA’s technology Boosts Precision Farming with Advanced Weather and Soil Data
A scientific paper was recently published in Remote Sensing (doi: 10.3390/rs17111855) presenting the advanced technology developed by the MAGDA project, which integrates multiple sensor platforms and modeling tools to enhance agricultural weather forecasts and irrigation advisories. This new research offers a breakthrough in precision farming by combining data from European satellites, drones, ground sensors, and...
15 October 2025
The MegaWat Project Advances Adaptation to Megadroughts in European Water Towers
On October 8 and 9, 2025, the 2nd Annual Meeting of the MegaWat project was held at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (Klosterneuburg). MegaWat is an international initiative dedicated to assessing the impact of megadroughts on European high mountain regions. FutureWater, which is leading the Work Package on Resilience and Adaptation, presented progress...
23 September 2025
Wageningen Students help Develop Seasonal Forecasting and Policy Advisory Tool for BUCRA Project
MSc students at Wageningen University (WUR) have the opportunity in their master programmes to work as consultants on real-world problems. This year, four students from different master’s programmes conducted research and developed new solutions for FutureWater’s work in the BUCRA project in Egypt. BUCRA is an RvO-sponsored project in which FutureWater, the Netherlands African Business...
17 September 2025
SPHY Webinar on 9 October: Explore the Next Chapter in Hydrological Modelling
We invite you to the SPHY Hydrological Model Webinar on 9 October 2025, from 10:00 to 11:00 CET. This event will showcase the latest developments in SPHY, including new tools, features, and workflows, and provide an interactive platform to ask your questions. A New Era for SPHY SPHY is undergoing a major transformation to become...
16 September 2025
Thriving Through Extremes: FutureWater’s Blueprint for Resilient Rainfed Farming in a Climate-Challenged World
FutureWater has concluded the first phase of a pioneering applied research project to support a safe and resilient transition in regenerative agriculture in remote rural areas of South Spain. A resilient transition in regenerative agriculture involves a gradual shift from conventional practices toward systems that foster the conservation and restoration of soils, water, and biodiversity...
10 September 2025
SPHY Enters a New Era: QGIS Plugin, Website, Model v3.1 & Resources
To further advance our hydrological model SPHY, we are proud to announce four major milestones for the SPHY modelling community. Since SPHY is widely used by FutureWater in capacity building programs, our goal has always been to make the model and its data as accessible and user-friendly as possible. Until now, Graphical User Interfaces (GUIs)...
4 September 2025
New Geostory Presents Achievements of IWRM and Climate Change Adaptation Project in Cambodia
Since 2021, in a collaborative effort with various partners, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Cambodia Country Office has been implementing the project Enhancing Integrated Water Management and Climate Resilience in Vulnerable Urban Areas of the Mekong River Basin. This project is funded by the Ministry of Environment of the Government of Republic of Korea....
21 August 2025
New Guidelines Support Glacio-Hydrological Modelling in High Mountain Asia
FutureWater, in collaboration with Utrecht University, has published Guidelines for Glacio-hydrological Modelling in High Mountain Asia. The guidelines report provides a structured approach for developing glacio-hydrological models in data-scarce mountain environments, building on both practical experience and scientific advances. High Mountain Asia holds the world’s largest ice and snow reserves outside the polar regions and...
4 August 2025
FutureWater Contributes to Local Climate Response Programme at The Hague Academy
FutureWater was proud to contribute to the Local Climate Response training programme hosted by The Hague Academy for Local Governance, where professionals from Iraq, Libya, Morocco, Belize, the Philippines, Germany, Pakistan, and Mozambique gathered for two weeks of intensive learning and exchange. The training addressed key challenges faced by local governments and communities in responding...
10 July 2025
FutureWater Presents Blueprint of New Water Accounting Tool at FAO Interregional workshop in Tunisia
FutureWater, together with FAO’s regional office for the Middle East and North Africa, presented the blueprint of a new decision support tool at the FAO inter-regional workshop on “Integrated approaches and evidence-based good practices in sustainable land management to promote integration of the WEFE nexus”. The tool is designed to use water accounting data to...
