According to a report by the International Water Management Institute, by 2025, about one third of the world's population, perhaps as many as 3 billion people, will face water shortages. From an agricultural standpoint, we may be looking at losses equivalent to the entire grain crops of India and the United States by then. According to some estimates, even without biofuels, we will very likely reach the upper limit of available fresh water for worldwide consumption, more than 2.9 billion cubic miles, by 2050. A growing reliance on biofuels would exacerbate an already difficult challenge.

The report said food had to become more affordable and nutritious without degrading the land. In 2006,water specialists from numerous national institutes published the greatest-ever assessment of water and food. The International Water Management Institute's (IWMI) Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture report concluded one third of the world's farmers already faced water scarcity. Meanwhile, climate change, says the UN's Food and Agriculture organisation (FAO), is putting more pressure on the food supplies of the poor.

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"There is a large potential for wastewater agriculture to both help and hurt great numbers of urban consumers," said Liqa Raschid-Sally, who led the study published by the Sri Lanka-based International Water Management Institute and released this week at the World Water Week conference in Stockholm, Sweden.

In fact, the future would appear dire. This past week, a panel of scientists released a groundbreaking study on water usage over the past half-century. Under the banner of the International Water Management Institute, more than 700 researchers from 100 institutions across the world contributed to this important study. Their warnings should wake us from our collective slumber

The Middle East and North Africa, the driest population centre on the planet, is particularly vulnerable to water shortages. According to the International Water Management Institute, every country in the MENA region suffers from physical water scarcity or is approaching it.

Yemen - fabled for the fertile ancient kingdoms of Arabia Felix - is expected to be the first country in the region to deplete its ground water.

But Surya K Sharma says there was no significant increase in the population of the other malaria vector. Also, the researchers did not come across any other vector borne disease that could be linked to the dam. "The study states its limitations that all dams will not exhibit this feature as a number of factors play a role in reducing malaria. In this instance, getting rid of the vector brought down the cases," says Priyanie Amerasinghe of International Water Management Institute, Hyderabad.

We seek a highly competent and motivated individual for the position of Water Resources System Specialist to research water resources and hydrology. The successful candidate will be based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and will report to the Head of IWMI East Africa and Nile Basin Office.

That’s the conclusion of a joint report issued last month by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the International Water Management Institute, and the Stockholm International Water Institute. In addition, the amount of water needed to grow that food would meet the household needs of 500 million people. A population almost double that of the U.S.

You may want to hold your nose for this one. A new study reveals where water goes when you flush the loo--basically, in your salad. In a survey of 53 countries, the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) found that the majority of produce cultivated in urban plots is irrigated with water from polluted streams, lakes or wells. While only 10 percent of global agriculture is harvested in cities (and only part of that crop is consumed raw), some 1.1 million farmers produce greens and fruit for 4.5 million people in the areas studied.