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Cultivating change: Sri Lanka’s smallholder farmers explore climate-resilient solutions

Smallholder farmers are embracing climate-adaptive agriculture, innovations and partnerships.

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The hidden crisis of disaster displacement and host community struggles in rural areas of Pakistan

While disaster-induced migration tends to be short-term, slow-onset climate-induced migration may be more permanent and on a larger scale.

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Greening gray infrastructure: uncovering the complexity of Nature-based Solutions

Nature-based Solutions (NbS) are a hot topic in environment and landscape planning networks. But are they a silver bullet for solving the climate crisis?

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IWMI and Saudi Arabia extend collaboration on irrigation and wastewater use

The e-ReWater platform will use remote sensing technologies and satellite data to estimate the availability of new water resources in partnership with the Saudi Irrigation Organization.

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IWMI awarded for second consecutive year by the Project Management Institute in Sri Lanka

The Climate Smart Governance (CSG) Dashboard is recognized for its contribution to national climate adaptation, planning and development.

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IWMI is advancing use of high-res climate modeling for Middle East and North Africa’s small basins

In a region battling worsening climate challenges, this groundbreaking, yet easily replicable climate forecasting model will transform local decision-making processes.

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A conversation with IWMI’s knowledge management team on enhancing agricultural research with FAO’s AGRIS and AGROVOC programs

AGRIS is a comprehensive bibliographic database focused on agriculture and nutrition, while AGROVOC is a multilingual thesaurus covering a wide range of agricultural terms.

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Report – Countries must scale up the use of clean technologies to transform the global agricultural sector 

Reducing greenhouse gas emissions from agricultural systems is crucial to keeping the world on track to meet international climate goals.

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Severe summer weather ruins crops in Asia and Africa causing vegetable prices to skyrocket

Discover how IWMI researchers are using climate-smart agriculture to combat low crop yields in the Global South.

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Autistic Parents Face Higher Risk of Postpartum Anxiety

Alarmingly high medlinkmaternal mortality rate/medlink in the United States compared to other wealthy nations. The research, conducted by Drexel University,




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Zero Suicide Initiative to Support Youth After Suicidal Crises

As part of its Zero Suicide initiative, Nationwide Children's Hospital becomes the first pediatric hospital to adopt the Caring Contacts approach to support




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Helping Patients With Emotional Eating: A Primary Care Approach

Primary care providers are ideally suited to tackle medlinkemotional eating/medlink due to their ongoing relationships with patients, as highlighted by Jana DeSimone Wozniak, Ph.




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E-Cigarette Era: Depression Drives Teens to Vape

Australian high school students with severe medlinkdepression/medlink were more than twice as likely to be addicted to vaping e-cigarettes (medlinkelectronic




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Smartphone Addiction: A Growing Trend Among Sleep-Deprived and Cyberbullied Teens

Excessive smartphone use, lack of sleep, cyberbullying, and poor mental health are all interlinked issues affecting teens in today's digital era. Australian




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Rising Suicide Rates Among Indian Youth

India faces a concerning rise in youth suicides, with rates surpassing those of many other nations, according to experts (!--ref1--). It has been




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Suicide Risk in 80% of Transgender Youth Uncovered

Transgender and gender diverse (TGD) youth are over five times more likely to screen positive for medlinksuicide risk/medlink compared to cisgender




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Imagery Rescripting: New tool for Overcoming Hoarding disorder

A new study suggests that rehearsing alternative outcomes of discarding through imagery rescripting may be a promising treatment strategy for individuals with hoarding disorder (!--ref1--).




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Lasting Friendships are the Key to Adult Wellbeing

Scientists have found that peer acceptance in early teens and close friendships in later teenage years are crucial predictors of reduced social anxiety and higher life satisfaction in young adulthood.




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Exploring the Genetic Roots of Adolescent Behavior and Mental Health

At Washington University in St. Louis, researchers used a comprehensive strategy to investigate how genetics affect youth behavior. By collecting a wide




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Tackling Global Gambling Harms: A Public Health Crisis

Stronger global regulatory measures are required to reduce commercial gambling's influence on global health and well-being. It is estimated that b80




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Why Depression Heightens Negative Experience?

Depression changes brain circuits, over-activating neurons for negative stimuli and suppressing those for positive experiences as found by scientists




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Exploring the Effects of Likes on Young People's Mood

Young people are more sensitive to social media feedback than adults, with likes directly influencing their mood and engagement. This finding intensifies




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ADHD in Adulthood: Personal Stories and the Need for Evolving Guidelines

h2From Character Flaws to Neurodivergence: Jia Sung's Journey to ADHD Diagnosis/h2 As a child, Jia Sung faced challenges in school. Her report cards




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Decision Making On Scientific Data For Improved Water Resource Management Critical: IWMI

This training was conducted through the World Bank funded Balochistan Integrated Water Resources Management and Development Project (BIWRMDP).

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El Niño event declared; impacts on countries in Southern Africa expected

IWMI and CIMMYT call for action as multiple climate prediction centers concur that this El Niño event will reach a “strong” category in the northern hemisphere by the winter of 2023-24.

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Middle East Water Security: Competition heats up as resources become scarcer

IWMI is highlighted in the context of the deteriorating water security situation in the Middle East and North Africa region in the August 2023 Al-Monitor PRO Trend Report.

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Youth seek climate-smart agri-solutions in innovation challenge

In celebration of International Youth Day, IWMI and BongoHive hosted a Demonstration Day in partnership with the Accelerating Impacts of CGIAR Climate Research in Africa (AICCRA) project in Zambia.

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Save Water Save Money — Farmers In Odisha & Assam Benefit From Micro Irrigation Systems

The 'Resilience' project, implemented by IWMI, aims to enhance the adoption of efficient micro irrigation systems, including sprinklers and drip irrigation, among smallholder farmers in the Indian states of Odisha and Assam.

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Indus to become ‘a seasonal river’ by 2050 if glaciers continue melting

At an event co-hosted by IWMI and USAID, experts warn that rapid melting of glaciers in Pakistan's north could turn the Indus River seasonal, endangering 240 million lives.

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Panel at ‘World Water Week’ highlights water security in Tibet and Himalayas

The World Water Week panel, co-hosted by IWMI and the US State Department, discussed Tibet's vital role in Himalayan water systems, highlighting China's environmental impact.

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