Lisa-Maria Rebelo

Dr. Lisa-Maria Rebelo is a principal researcher at IWMI. Her research involves the development of new, innovative Earth Observation (EO) based methodologies to improve the understanding of interactions between basin-scale hydrological and ecological functioning, and water availability and allocation, as well as identifying options for improved management of water resources at multiple scales.

Poolad Karimi

Dr. Poolad Karimi is a water resources & irrigation engineer with more than 10 years international experience in Asia and Africa. He works at UNESCO-IHE as a senior lecturer/researcher in irrigation management. He has worked on a range of issues related to water resources and agricultural water management. This includes having a leading role in the development of the Water Accounting Plus framework. He has been involved in numerous research projects pertaining water accounting, basin and field level productivity, water productivity assessments, and irrigation.

Expanding Support to Water Accounting in River Basins and Water Productivity Measurement in Irrigation Projects

The ADB Water Sector Group, IHE Delft Institute for Water Education (IHE Delft), and the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) are conducting a two-part webinar on water accounting and water productivity analyses using remote sensing on 12 and 18 November, respectively. This is part of the work under the Water Financing Partnership Facility through the technical assistance (TA 6498), Knowledge and Innovation Support for ADB’s Water Financing Program.

Karthikeyan Matheswaran

Karthikeyan currently works as a researcher – Water productivity in IWMI. He has 11 years of research and working experience in applying remote sensing and hydrological modeling tools for sustainable water resources management in Asia and Africa. Current interests include monitoring crop water use from remote sensing, assessing water productivity gaps in irrigation schemes across Asia and Africa, designing capacity-building programs on water productivity, and co-developing demand driven tools using WaPOR data for improving productivity in Africa and Middle east.