Dec 20, 2021 | East Africa and Eastern Nile, News, Water resources
‘Collaborative management of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam increases economic benefits and resilience‘ has been selected by Nature Communications Earth Team as an editorial highlight of 2021. The team selected 32 articles to celebrate contributions...
Oct 11, 2021 | East Africa and Eastern Nile, India, News, The Volta river basin and Ghana, Water resources
Julien Harou Chair in Water Engineering, University of Manchester Claudia Ringler Deputy Director of Environment and Production Technology Division, IFPRI John Matthews Executive Director, AGWA Chair: James Dalton Director, IUCN Global Water Programme FutureDAMS is...
Sep 23, 2021 | East Africa and Eastern Nile, Water resources
New research linking water resources and economic analysis shows coordinated filling and operation of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) would increase economic benefits and resilience. The new approach captures the dynamic interactions between a river’s...
May 12, 2021 | East Africa and Eastern Nile, Water resources
Join the Nile Talk Forum’s Global webinar series to learn from FutureDAMS researcher Mohammed Basheer who will be part of the discussion on ‘Understanding the potential impact of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on floods in Sudan’. 17th May 2021,...
Jan 18, 2021 | Agriculture and livelihoods, East Africa and Eastern Nile
Irrigation schemes in sub-Saharan Africa don’t measure up to their plans. They are consistently delivering a much smaller area of irrigation or are completely broken. And things aren’t improving. Large-scale irrigation infrastructure projects are back on the...
Oct 16, 2020 | East Africa and Eastern Nile, News
Near-term concerns about the impact of The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on water availability for Egypt and Sudan are unlikely to materialise, but drought preparedness will require careful coordination, suggests research published today by researchers from...
