My Projects
An Approach to Sustainable Scaling of Innovations for STrengthening WE4F (ASSIST- WE4F) in the Zambezi river basin
2023
Role: Project Lead
Funding Agency: USAID
Description: IWMI will develop a customized basin water availability dashboard that provides several insights into water availability for scaling innovations. The proposed project will aid in assessing the water potential for scaling investments funded under the Water and Energy for Food (WE4F) program. The approach would use a rapid water account modeling to generate river basin-scale information on water availability for baseline (2010-2020) and future periods (2025, 2030, and 2035). The water accounting plus (WA+) modeling framework will be applied over the Zambezi river basin in the South/Central Africa regional innovation hub (RIH). The information generated from the rapid water accounting framework will enable donor organizations and stakeholders to identify if enough water is available for further use. This proposal would generate an easy-to-use dashboard displaying several useful water availability indicators.
Water Accounting in Practice: From Basin to Field-level Applications and Training
2022-2024
Role: Project Lead
Funding Agency: Australian Water Partnership
Description: Water scarcity and increasing competition between water-using sectors are becoming common around the world. Groundwater levels are falling, rivers are drying up, and variability in supply is increasing due to climatic change and variability. At the basin scale, interventions in one place have implications for downstream water availability. This interdependence necessitates new approaches to assessing and designing projects that depend on sustainable water resources management. This is particularly the case for the irrigation sector in the West Bengal, India, which includes a wide range of projects from irrigation modernization investments to institutional interventions and water reform that aim to strengthen water allocation systems. This project aims to support the West Bengal Accelerated Development of Minor Irrigation Project (WBADMIP), through the use of water accounting to quantify water use and availability at scheme to catchment scale, to understand the diverse demands on that resource, and the dynamic balance between supply and demand. The water accounting and productivity (WAP) approach uses a variety of remote sensing data products to quantify water availability, crop-biophysical indicators for pre- and post-investment time periods. The outputs will enable decisions that enhance efficient, equitable, and sustainable water resources management.
Digital Innovation for Water Secure Africa (DIWASA)
2020-2024
Role: Water Accounting Component Lead
Funding Agency:The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust
Description: Water data is critical to water security because it is the foundation upon which stakeholders can better manage and invest in their water. However, Africa’s water data landscape today is simultaneously getting both poorer and richer. Local gauge networks are in decline in many places leading to significant gaps in our collective understanding of water resources. On the other hand, millions of new data points are being collected daily by satellites and other forms of technology. Investing in traditional data is critical, but we also need to invest in how to make the most of the rivers of data that satellites and other digital technologies are generating every day across Africa. This is the point of the Digital Innovations for a Water Secure Africa (DIWASA) initiative. The International Water Management Institute (IWMI) is partnering with Digital Earth Africa and others to develop these products, with an initial focus on: 1) water accounting – understanding water availability and use at the basin and catchment scale; and 2) resilience to floods and droughts – from risk mapping to early warnings. DIWASA Water accounting component uses a variety of remote sensing datasets obtained from NASA, ESA and other space agencies to derive water availability and scarcity indicators for Africa.
Sustainable scaling of small-scale irrigation in the Upper Niger River Basin
2019-2021
Role: Water Accounting Lead
Funding Agency: Innovation Lab For Small Scale Irrigation and USAID
Description: Water requirement for small-scale irrigation may not be significant at field-scale. However, when scaled over large areas (hundreds to thousands of ha), it can result in water scarcity conditions and can lead to unsustainable use of water resources. In this project, we use remote sensing data and water accounting framework to understand the water availability, water demands and determine the limits of irrigation expansion. Such information is used for scaling small-scale irrigation in Mali.
2023
Role: Project Lead
Funding Agency: USAID
Description: IWMI will develop a customized basin water availability dashboard that provides several insights into water availability for scaling innovations. The proposed project will aid in assessing the water potential for scaling investments funded under the Water and Energy for Food (WE4F) program. The approach would use a rapid water account modeling to generate river basin-scale information on water availability for baseline (2010-2020) and future periods (2025, 2030, and 2035). The water accounting plus (WA+) modeling framework will be applied over the Zambezi river basin in the South/Central Africa regional innovation hub (RIH). The information generated from the rapid water accounting framework will enable donor organizations and stakeholders to identify if enough water is available for further use. This proposal would generate an easy-to-use dashboard displaying several useful water availability indicators.
Water Accounting in Practice: From Basin to Field-level Applications and Training
2022-2024
Role: Project Lead
Funding Agency: Australian Water Partnership
Description: Water scarcity and increasing competition between water-using sectors are becoming common around the world. Groundwater levels are falling, rivers are drying up, and variability in supply is increasing due to climatic change and variability. At the basin scale, interventions in one place have implications for downstream water availability. This interdependence necessitates new approaches to assessing and designing projects that depend on sustainable water resources management. This is particularly the case for the irrigation sector in the West Bengal, India, which includes a wide range of projects from irrigation modernization investments to institutional interventions and water reform that aim to strengthen water allocation systems. This project aims to support the West Bengal Accelerated Development of Minor Irrigation Project (WBADMIP), through the use of water accounting to quantify water use and availability at scheme to catchment scale, to understand the diverse demands on that resource, and the dynamic balance between supply and demand. The water accounting and productivity (WAP) approach uses a variety of remote sensing data products to quantify water availability, crop-biophysical indicators for pre- and post-investment time periods. The outputs will enable decisions that enhance efficient, equitable, and sustainable water resources management.
Digital Innovation for Water Secure Africa (DIWASA)
2020-2024
Role: Water Accounting Component Lead
Funding Agency:The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust
Description: Water data is critical to water security because it is the foundation upon which stakeholders can better manage and invest in their water. However, Africa’s water data landscape today is simultaneously getting both poorer and richer. Local gauge networks are in decline in many places leading to significant gaps in our collective understanding of water resources. On the other hand, millions of new data points are being collected daily by satellites and other forms of technology. Investing in traditional data is critical, but we also need to invest in how to make the most of the rivers of data that satellites and other digital technologies are generating every day across Africa. This is the point of the Digital Innovations for a Water Secure Africa (DIWASA) initiative. The International Water Management Institute (IWMI) is partnering with Digital Earth Africa and others to develop these products, with an initial focus on: 1) water accounting – understanding water availability and use at the basin and catchment scale; and 2) resilience to floods and droughts – from risk mapping to early warnings. DIWASA Water accounting component uses a variety of remote sensing datasets obtained from NASA, ESA and other space agencies to derive water availability and scarcity indicators for Africa.
Sustainable scaling of small-scale irrigation in the Upper Niger River Basin
2019-2021
Role: Water Accounting Lead
Funding Agency: Innovation Lab For Small Scale Irrigation and USAID
Description: Water requirement for small-scale irrigation may not be significant at field-scale. However, when scaled over large areas (hundreds to thousands of ha), it can result in water scarcity conditions and can lead to unsustainable use of water resources. In this project, we use remote sensing data and water accounting framework to understand the water availability, water demands and determine the limits of irrigation expansion. Such information is used for scaling small-scale irrigation in Mali.