http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu Wed, 22 May 2013 16:33:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/06/12/daniel-hillel-originator-of-high-efficiency-irrigation-to-receive-world-food-prize/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/06/12/daniel-hillel-originator-of-high-efficiency-irrigation-to-receive-world-food-prize/#comments Tue, 12 Jun 2012 16:32:02 +0000 Kevin Krajick http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=27862 Daniel Hillel, an adjunct senior scientist at Columbia University's Earth Institute, has been awarded the World Food Prize for his work in conceiving and promoting water-saving methods that have increased crop production on arid lands in 30 countries.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/06/12/daniel-hillel-originator-of-high-efficiency-irrigation-to-receive-world-food-prize/feed/ 3 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/03/16/finding-the-link-between-water-stress-and-food-prices/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/03/16/finding-the-link-between-water-stress-and-food-prices/#comments Fri, 16 Mar 2012 18:46:00 +0000 Lakis Polycarpou http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=24070 Over the past decade, average global food prices have more than doubled, with 2008 and 2010 seeing excruciating price spikes that each had far-reaching economic, geopolitical and social consequences.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/03/16/finding-the-link-between-water-stress-and-food-prices/feed/ 1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/01/18/the-worsening-water-crisis-in-gujarat-india/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/01/18/the-worsening-water-crisis-in-gujarat-india/#comments Tue, 18 Jan 2011 18:55:12 +0000 Julia Apland Hitz http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=10639 For more than three decades, the farmers in Northern Gujarat State, in India, have produced abundant food crops, and have had a thriving dairy industry. In order to make that happen, they have been using once plentiful underground water resources. Because local aquifers are being replenished more slowly than the water is being withdrawn, groundwater tables have been falling throughout the period, and the situation has become so serious that North Gujarat’s future agricultural success is now in jeopardy. ]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/01/18/the-worsening-water-crisis-in-gujarat-india/feed/ 7 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/06/17/water-another-crisis-for-iraq/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/06/17/water-another-crisis-for-iraq/#comments Thu, 17 Jun 2010 16:27:23 +0000 Julia Apland Hitz http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/water/?p=3176 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/06/17/water-another-crisis-for-iraq/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/06/10/understanding-water-conflict-in-central-asia-and-solutions/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/06/10/understanding-water-conflict-in-central-asia-and-solutions/#comments Thu, 10 Jun 2010 17:36:09 +0000 Julia Apland Hitz http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/water/?p=3015 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/06/10/understanding-water-conflict-in-central-asia-and-solutions/feed/ 3 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/06/03/losing-your-glaciers-build-your-own/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/06/03/losing-your-glaciers-build-your-own/#comments Thu, 03 Jun 2010 21:31:58 +0000 Julia Apland Hitz http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/water/?p=2895 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/06/03/losing-your-glaciers-build-your-own/feed/ 1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/05/27/the-garden-on-the-tibibas-plain-mali-womens-ag-project-takes-off/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/05/27/the-garden-on-the-tibibas-plain-mali-womens-ag-project-takes-off/#comments Thu, 27 May 2010 19:07:44 +0000 Columbia Water Center http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/water/?p=2822 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/05/27/the-garden-on-the-tibibas-plain-mali-womens-ag-project-takes-off/feed/ 3 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/05/21/the-economist-special-report-on-water-a-primer-for-the-water-crisis/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/05/21/the-economist-special-report-on-water-a-primer-for-the-water-crisis/#comments Fri, 21 May 2010 16:09:27 +0000 Julia Apland Hitz http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/water/?p=2798 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/05/21/the-economist-special-report-on-water-a-primer-for-the-water-crisis/feed/ 1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/05/20/irrigation-project-success-in-mali/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/05/20/irrigation-project-success-in-mali/#comments Thu, 20 May 2010 16:34:37 +0000 Daniel Stellar http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/water/?p=2699 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/05/20/irrigation-project-success-in-mali/feed/ 2 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/03/29/launch-water-sustainability-forum-report-from-tobias-siegfried/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/03/29/launch-water-sustainability-forum-report-from-tobias-siegfried/#comments Mon, 29 Mar 2010 16:47:25 +0000 Julia Apland Hitz http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/water/?p=2106 ...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/03/29/launch-water-sustainability-forum-report-from-tobias-siegfried/feed/ 0