IWMI introduces University Curriculum on ‘Developing Businesses in Resource Recovery and Reuse’ at University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

A new curriculum has been developed by researchers of Resource Recovery and Reuse (RRR) at IWMI and business development experts at CEWAS (coaching entrepreneurs in water and sanitation). This curriculum was developed with an aim to transfer knowledge on business development in RRR to graduate students enabling them to analyse…

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IWMI, Kuliyapitiya Urban Council and Wayamba University signs MoU to conduct collaborative research on co-composting, value additions and pelletizing

IWMI, the Kuliyapitiya Urban Council (KUC) and the Wayamba University of Sri Lanka signed an MoU to strengthen their existing close partnership. The overall goal of this MoU is to introduce and test strategies that enable compost enrichment and value addition through pelletizing at KUC, while increasing the sustainability of…

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IWMI signs two MoUs to test soil rehabilitation options in Sri Lanka using urban waste products

Two MoUs have been signed between IWMI and Mike Flora (Pvt) Ltd. and Horana Plantations PLC, respectively. Both MoUs are part of the ongoing BMZ funded research project „Research and capacity building for inter-sectorial private sector involvement for soil rehabilitation“. The parties agreed to collaborate on agricultural research using municipal…

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IWMI at Tropentag conference in Vienna, Austria

A team of IWMI researcherstook part in the Conference on Tropical and Subtropical Agricultural and Natural Resource Management (TROPENTAG) in Vienna, Austria, on September 19-21. The Tropentag is a development-oriented and interdisciplinary conference gathering researchers, extension workers, decision makers, politicians and practitioners in the field of tropical agriculture, including representatives…

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