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Session Proposal: From Data to Decisions: Shaping Asia’s Future through Smart Food and Water Solutions (AGU25)

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From Data to Decisions: Shaping Asia’s Future through Smart Food and Water Solutions

Session ID#: 249289

Session Description:
Asia, home to nearly 59% of the global population, faces mounting challenges in achieving food and water security amid accelerating climate change, rapid population growth, and natural resource degradation. Transforming data into actionable insights is essential for building resilient, sustainable water and food systems across the region. This session will explore how cutting-edge technologies—such as Earth observation, data analytics, artificial intelligence, and integrated modeling—are being leveraged to monitor, predict, and manage Asia’s food and water systems. By showcasing innovative solutions and cross-sectoral collaborations, the session will highlight how data-driven approaches are transforming policy, planning, and implementation to foster a more secure and climate-resilient future and facilitate water diplomacy. Topics will include multi-scale remote sensing, machine learning and AI-based modeling, climate change analysis (with a focus on droughts and floods), decision support systems, tools for managing food and water systems, and water–energy–food nexus studies tailored to the Asian context.
Co-Sponsor(s):
  • B - Biogeosciences
  • IN - Informatics
Index Terms:

1817 Extreme events [HYDROLOGY]
1847 Modeling [HYDROLOGY]
1855 Remote sensing [HYDROLOGY]
1880 Water management [HYDROLOGY]
Primary Convener:  Alok KUMAR Sikka, International Water Management Institute, Silverton, South Africa
Convener:  Naga Manohar Velpuri, International Water Management Institute (IWMI), Colombo, Sri Lanka
 
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Dr. Yadu Pokhrel, Michigan State University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, East Lansing, MI, United States and Jiaguo Qi, Michigan State University, East Lansing, United States
 
Improvising Flood Risk Assessment Using Coupled Machine Learning- Hydrodynamic Approach (1883975)
Sunil Duwal, Kathmandu University, Dhulikhel, Nepal, Yogesh Bhattarai, Howard University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Washington, DC, United States, Dedi Liu, Water Resources Department, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China and Prachand Man Pradhan, Kathmandu University, Department of Civil Engineering, Dhulikhel, Nepal
 
SukhaRakshak AI: Harnessing Anticipatory Intelligence for Proactive Drought Risk Management in India (1890400)
Sanya Kapoor1, Giriraj Amarnath2, Dhyey Bhatpuria1, Suman Kumar Padhee3, K V Rao4, Petra Schmitter5, Mariangel Garcia6 and Alok KUMAR Sikka2, (1)International Water Management Institute, New Delhi, India, (2)International Water Management Institute, Silverton, South Africa, (3)International Water Management Institute (IWMI), New Delhi, India, (4)Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)-Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture, Santoshnagar, Hyderabad, India, (5)International Water Management Institute (IWMI), Colombo, Sri Lanka, (6)International Water Management Institute, Colombo, Sri Lanka
 
Development of a Smart Irrigation Scheduling System Using a Crop Growth Model for Wheat Cultivation in North-Western Indian Region (1895682)
Divyam Garg and Hemant Kumar, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Civil Engineering, Roorkee, India
 
Towards Sustainable Water Resources Infrastructure and Management in South Asia (Invited) (1903313)
Balaji Rajagopalan, Univ Colorado, Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering and Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, Boulder, United States
 
An AI-driven River Salinity Forecast and Advisory System for Climate Resilient Agriculture in Coastal Bangladesh (1942839)
Karthikeyan Matheswaran1, Abhijit Behera2, Dipaka Ranjan Sena2, Mahesh Jampani1, Md Raqubul Hasib3 and Manoranjan K Mondal4, (1)International Water Management Institute (IWMI), Colombo, Sri Lanka, (2)International Water Management Institute (IWMI), New Delhi, India, (3)Institute of Water Modelling (IWM), Dhaka, Bangladesh, (4)International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Dhaka, Bangladesh
 
Assessment of Antimicrobial Resistance in Urban and Peri-Urban Rivers for Informed Decision Making (1943696)
Shweta Yadav, International Water Management Institute (IWMI), New Delhi, India and Javier Mateo Sagasta, Himanshu Joshi, Niteesh Kumar Pandey, Monika Simon, Rajesh Kumar Vishwakarma, Sumit Sen, Gopal Kumar, Alok Sikka, Suagata Hazra
 
Multi‑Product Water‑Balance Assessment in the Arabian Peninsula and Downstream Reservoir Environmental Flows (1944264)
Naga Manohar Velpuri1, Komlavi Akpoti2, Ransford Bakuri3, Mansoor D Leh1, Paranamana Thilina-Prabhath1, Naoki Mizukami4, Stefanie Kagone5, Muhammad Khalifa6, Kirubel Mekonnen7, Afua Owusu8, Lahiru Maduskanka1, Karthikeyan Matheswaran9, Tharindu Perera10, Gabriel B Senay11 and Youssef Brouziyne12, (1)International Water Management Institute (IWMI), Colombo, Sri Lanka, (2)International Water Management Institute (IWMI), Accra, Ghana, (3)International Water Management Institute, Accra, Ghana, (4)NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, United States, (5)Stinger Ghaffarian Technologies, Sioux Falls, United States, (6)International Water Management Institute, Cairo, Egypt, (7)International Water Management Institute, ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, (8)International Water Management Institute, Silverton, South Africa, (9)Stockholm Environment Institute, Asia Centre, Bangkok, Thailand, (10)International Water Management Institute, Colombo, Sri Lanka, (11)U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center, Fort Collins Science Center, Fort Collins, United States, (12)International Water Management Institute (IWMI), MENA Office, Giza 12661, Egypt, Cario, Egypt
 
Estimation of Water Ponding Depth in Paddy-Dominated Landscape: A Remote Sensing-based Approach (1946534)
Smaranika Mahapatra1, Shivam Pandey1, Naga Manohar Velpuri2, Laura Arenas Calle3, Petra Schmitter2, Alok KUMAR Sikka4, Andrew James McDonald5, Lahiru Maduskanka2 and Paranamana Thilina-Prabhath2, (1)International Water Management Institute, New Delhi, India, (2)International Water Management Institute (IWMI), Colombo, Sri Lanka, (3)Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States, (4)International Water Management Institute, Silverton, South Africa, (5)Cornell University, School of Integrative Plant Science, Ithaca, United States
 
Unlocking Farmer-Driven Irrigation in Southeast Asia: A Geospatial Assessment in Cambodia and Laos (1963719)
Darshana Wickramasinghe1, Mansoor D Leh1, Naga Manohar Velpuri1, Thai Minh2, Paul Pavelic2, Mustafa Kamal3 and Timothy J Krupnik3, (1)International Water Management Institute (IWMI), Colombo, Sri Lanka, (2)International Water Management Institute (IWMI), Vientiane, Laos, (3)International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Dhaka, Bangladesh
 
Deriving Similitudes from Remote Sensing-based Turbidity and Observed Salinity Trends in Coastal Bangladesh for Agricultural Development (1963987)
Mahesh Jampani and Karthikeyan Matheswaran, International Water Management Institute (IWMI), Colombo, Sri Lanka
 
Enhancing Sustainable Groundwater Governance through the Groundwater Management Information System (GMIS): A Case Study of Punjab, Pakistan (1986825)
Kaleem Ullah, Mohsin Hafeez, Naveed Iqbal, Mohammad Jehanzaib Cheema, Salman Siddiqui, Hafsa Aeman, Haseeb Zafar, Habibullah Bodla and Mohammad Ashraf, International Water Management Institute, Lahore, Pakistan
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