• UN Warns of Water Shortage by 2030

    Posted by WaterWatch on 22 March 2015

    A United Nations report says by 2030, the world will have only 60 percent of the water it needs, the result of population growth and wasteful use.

  • Waterwatch Cooperative’s response to research on how to assess agricultural water productivity

    Posted by WaterWatch on 5 March 2015

    Recently, a research paper has been published on: ‘How to assess agricultural water productivity? Looking for water in the agricultural productivity and efficiency literature’. We would like to response to this paper. The summary of the paper: Given population and income growth, it is widely expected that the agricultural sector

  • Waterwatch Cooperative takes part in workshop ‘Creating Impact with Open Data in Agriculture and Nutrition’

    Posted by WaterWatch on 5 January 2015

    Creating Impact with Open Data in Agriculture and Nutrition The Waterwatch Cooperative will be part of the International Workshop hosted by the Government of the Netherlands 19/20 January 2015. The terms Open Data and Big Data refer to the data revolution: rapid waves of digitization and digital connectedness causing a

  • Launch of new logo Waterwatch Cooperative

    Posted by WaterWatch on 23 December 2014

    The Waterwatch Cooperative has a new, more modern logo, made by a designer who won a competition we started online. In the new branding, water and agriculture are balanced, which symbolizes the intertwining between both sectors.  The use of water and finding fertile land will be in competition in the

  • Waterwatch Foundation in Dutch sustainability magazine P+

    Posted by WaterWatch on 1 December 2014

    P+, a noted Dutch magazine about People, Planet and Profit, had an interview with Ad Bastiaansen, chairman of The Waterwatch Foundation. The article was published in the December 2014 edition. In the interview, Ad Bastiaansen tells about his history and experience in digital map databases. Furthermore, he explains the working