By 2030, Namibia will have to provide three times as much water for irrigation as it is currently doing, says Anna Matros-Gorases of the Southern African Science Service Centre.

OKACOM executive secretary Eben Chonguiça says joint fact-finding has helped Angola, Botswana and Namibia to build a basis of trust so that balanced choices over development in the Okavango River basin can proceed.

 

 Fransiska Thikerete interviews EBEN CHONGUICA, executive secretary of OKACOM [4:12m]: Play Now | Download (58)

LIMCOM has found that intensive use of water [mainly by South African industries] might be one of the factors influencing a decline in water levels downstream.

Relatively little is known about the water beneath our feet. But if groundwater is to remain a reliable part of the region’s water supply, it must be understood and cared for as carefully as any other water resource.

Enough pledges, civil society says, what is needed now is effective action on water and sanitation.

 

 Civil society calls time on talking, demands action [4:23m]: Play Now | Download (60)

Greater efficiency and appropriate pricing are among the keys to managing water scarcity, according to analyst Matsepo Makhubela.

 

 Water is both a social and an economic commodity [1:54m]: Play Now | Download (44)

Davison Makanga inspects the ways sound management of shared water resources can strengthen development.

 

 Share water resources to catalyse development [4:43m]: Play Now | Download (34)

Tendayi Kureya gathers data to better understand the impact of AIDS on vulnerable households

 

 Tendayi Kureya works on the Household Vulnerability Index [3:57m]: Play Now | Download (52)

Sepo Hachigonta forecasts the impacts of climate change on maize yields

 

 Sepo Hachigonta forecasts the impacts of climate change on maize yields [3:42m]: Play Now | Download (44)

Now that farmers have food, they are no longer spending so much time looking for basic sustenance. Now they are now involved with other development activities.

 

 Studying the impacts of Malawi's agriculture subsidies [2:47m]: Play Now | Download (24)