Jul 22, 2013
Volta River Basin needs new water strategy - study - TRUST
Erratic rains will likely leave West African farmers short of irrigation water and hydropower generation may drop, researchers warn
CGIAR Climate's insight:
Around 24 million people in Ghana, Burkina Faso, Benin, Ivory Coast, Mali and Togo depend on the Volta River for domestic water, agriculture and hydroelectric power. Current water management practices are unlikely to keep up with projected changes in temperature and rainfall over the next century, found a new study by the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) and CCAFS, which used climate models to work out how climate change might affect the region.