News & Projects

23-04-2019 A4Labs is an action research on Arid African Alluvial Aquifers. Farmers and project partners will co-develop, test, share and compare methodologies with farmers and partners to create a reliable and sustainable source of water for agriculture in three semi-arid to arid regions of Sub-Sahara Africa,…

28-11-2018 Just a good news update from Chokwe, Mozambique! There is plenty of renewable water in the sandy river bed aquifer, affordable wells can be installed, financing instruments are available to support our ideas, and the farmers are now testing the Irrigation Package for Sand Rivers (IPSAR)!
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09-07-2018 The feasibility study on the irrigation package for sand rivers in Mozambique is running! Arid lands are often crisscrossed by sand rivers, which flow only during periods of rainfall, but have a bed that is filled with several meters of (coarse) sand. This bed forms a so-called aquifer, a shallow…

20-10-2017 Note: Position are open only to Dutch candidates (mother tongue) when description is in Dutch
 
1. Overlandflow, plasvorming en vochtgehalten in klei op veengebieden (binnen de projecten Spaarwater II en Spaarwater Flevoland)
Overlandflow en plassen op het maaiveld komen veelvuldig…

25-09-2017 Justdiggit (justdiggit.org) holds that “if we can warm up the earth, we can also cool it down”. By collecting rainwater and supporting sustainable agricultural practices Justdiggit aims to regreen dry lands, lower temperatures, promote rainfall and improve the functioning of ecosystems. The…

25-09-2017 In 2017-2018 Acacia Water, under the flag of Cordaid and partners, supported the development of catchment management plans for Lokok and Lokere, in Karamoja Region, northeastern Uganda. As a follow-up to this assignment, Acacia Water was recently requested to develop so-called popular versions of…