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Komlavi Akpoti, Ph.D

@kakpoti

Researcher - Remote Sensing and Hydrological Modelling @IWMI_| Advancing Spatial Hydrology, Water Data Science, Climate Adaptation, Food Security

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🚨Predicting climate-driven changes in reservoir ... 🌡️ Temp increase🌧️ Precipitation increase 🚰 Inflow increase for key dams. This study provides crucial insights for hydropower management.doi.org/10.1016/j.ener… #climatechange #hydropower #MachineLearning IWMI IWMI West Africa

🚨Predicting climate-driven changes in reservoir ... 🌡️ Temp increase🌧️ Precipitation increase 🚰 Inflow increase for key dams. This study provides crucial insights for hydropower management.doi.org/10.1016/j.ener… #climatechange #hydropower #MachineLearning <a href="/IWMI_/">IWMI</a> <a href="/IwmiWest/">IWMI West Africa</a>
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In our latest podcast episode, we welcome ⁦Komlavi Akpoti, Ph.D⁩ , co-author of the policy brief "Realizing Africa's Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystem-Health (WEFEH) Nexus: A Resilient Future for Nature and People." podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/glo…

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Special issue: Twenty-first century hydrological challenges & opportunities in Africa. State of continental discharge estimation & modelling: Challenges and opportunities for Africa. Komlavi Akpoti, Ph.D #OA Read more tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Special issue: Twenty-first century hydrological challenges &amp; opportunities in Africa. State of continental discharge estimation &amp; modelling: Challenges and opportunities for Africa. <a href="/kakpoti/">Komlavi Akpoti, Ph.D</a> #OA Read more tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…
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Tomorrow, on Day 2 of AGU (American Geophysical Union)'s #AGU24, IWMI is set to drive water and climate solutions: 🛰️ Remote sensing & machine learning for water cycles 🌱 GHG emission mitigation in land sectors 💧 Drought resilience strategies Join us onsite/online: on.cgiar.org/49dyhUP #AGU24

Tomorrow, on Day 2 of <a href="/theAGU/">AGU (American Geophysical Union)</a>'s #AGU24, IWMI is set to drive water and climate solutions:

🛰️ Remote sensing &amp; machine learning for water cycles
🌱 GHG emission mitigation in land sectors
💧 Drought resilience strategies

Join us onsite/online: on.cgiar.org/49dyhUP #AGU24
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🌍 Exciting news for water security in Africa! A new study introduces VegDischarge v1, a high-resolution discharge dataset covering 64,000 river segments across the continent. doi.org/10.1038/s41597… hdl.handle.net/10568/162907 IWMI Naga Manohar Velpuri #Hydrology #ClimateResilience #Africa

🌍 Exciting news for water security in Africa! A new study introduces VegDischarge v1, a high-resolution discharge dataset covering 64,000 river segments across the continent. doi.org/10.1038/s41597…  hdl.handle.net/10568/162907 <a href="/IWMI_/">IWMI</a> <a href="/nmvelpuri/">Naga Manohar Velpuri</a> #Hydrology #ClimateResilience #Africa
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🗨️ "The WEFEH Nexus approach can function as a powerful facilitator to achieving Africa's development goals." This AGNES Africa policy paper highlights the need to adapt #WEFnexus thinking in #Africa. ➡️ Read here: bit.ly/4a7RMi0 Komlavi Akpoti, Ph.D Moctar DEMBELE

🗨️ "The WEFEH Nexus approach can function as a powerful facilitator to achieving Africa's development goals."

This <a href="/AGNESAfrica1/">AGNES Africa</a> policy paper highlights the need to adapt #WEFnexus thinking in #Africa. ➡️ Read here: bit.ly/4a7RMi0

<a href="/kakpoti/">Komlavi Akpoti, Ph.D</a> <a href="/MoctarDEMBELE/">Moctar DEMBELE</a>
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🌟💧 Closing 2024 with Innovation! Dive into IWMI’s latest research shaping water and development science—from digital sustainability in Peru to water management in Africa and India. 📖 Explore the November-December Research Journal Roundup: 👉 on.cgiar.org/4ah9v6N

🌟💧 Closing 2024 with Innovation!

Dive into IWMI’s latest research shaping water and development science—from digital sustainability in Peru to water management in Africa and India.

📖 Explore the November-December Research Journal Roundup: 👉 on.cgiar.org/4ah9v6N
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🚀 IWMI at the 6th ARCID: What’s on the agenda? A keynote speech by Mark Smith, high-level policy dialogues, sessions on AI, transboundary water governance, and the WaterTalk seminar! Here’s where you can find us 👇 🔗 on.cgiar.org/3Rg8rHn 📅 14-18 April 2025 #ARCID2025

🚀 IWMI at the 6th ARCID: What’s on the agenda?
A keynote speech by <a href="/DMSmifffy/">Mark Smith</a>, high-level policy dialogues, sessions on AI, transboundary water governance, and the WaterTalk seminar! 

Here’s where you can find us 👇
🔗 on.cgiar.org/3Rg8rHn

 📅 14-18 April 2025
 #ARCID2025
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Join us at #ARCID2025 where I will be presenting on : Addressing Africa’s river discharge data gap: EO based river discharge estimation for African river basins

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🌍💧We analyzed 20 reservoirs in Burkina Faso using Sentinel-2 imagery and Random Forest classification (2015–2022). sciencedirect.com/science/articl… IWMI 🛰️ #RemoteSensing #WaterSecurity #Reservoirs #BurkinaFaso #Sentinel2 #MachineLearning #DIWASA

🌍💧We analyzed 20 reservoirs in Burkina Faso using Sentinel-2 imagery and Random Forest classification (2015–2022).
sciencedirect.com/science/articl… <a href="/IWMI_/">IWMI</a> 
🛰️ #RemoteSensing #WaterSecurity #Reservoirs #BurkinaFaso #Sentinel2 #MachineLearning #DIWASA
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🛰️SESSION RECAP: At #ARCID2025, the Digital Water Solutions for Africa (#DIWASA) initiative showed how tech is transforming irrigation: 🌊 Smart discharge monitoring 🛰️ Earth observation & hydrologic modeling 🌾 Seasonal efficiency tools 📲 User-friendly decision platforms

🛰️SESSION RECAP: At #ARCID2025, the Digital Water Solutions for Africa (#DIWASA) initiative showed how tech is transforming irrigation:

🌊 Smart discharge monitoring 
🛰️ Earth observation &amp; hydrologic modeling 
🌾 Seasonal efficiency tools 
📲 User-friendly decision platforms
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Bridging scales and borders on water availability and use in the transboundary Volta River Basin: A water accounting approach sciencedirect.com/science/articl… IWMI

Bridging scales and borders on water availability and use in the transboundary Volta River Basin: A water accounting approach sciencedirect.com/science/articl… <a href="/IWMI_/">IWMI</a>
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Implications of Changes in Water Stress and Precipitation Extremes for Cocoa Production in Côte D'ivoire and Ghana Yield losses of 2.5–37% in dry years rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.100… #ClimateChange #Cocoa #WestAfrica #AgAdaptation #WaterStress IWMI

Implications of Changes in Water Stress and Precipitation Extremes for Cocoa Production in Côte D'ivoire and Ghana 
Yield losses of 2.5–37% in dry years rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.100… #ClimateChange #Cocoa #WestAfrica #AgAdaptation #WaterStress <a href="/IWMI_/">IWMI</a>
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🌍 We assessed aquaculture potential in ~2000 small reservoirs in Northern Ghana using dry-season surface area dynamics, hydrology & socio-economic indicators 🔗 hdl.handle.net/10568/169697 #Aquaculture #WaterResources #waterreservoir; #RemoteSensing #SustainableDevelopment IWMI

🌍 We assessed aquaculture potential in ~2000 small reservoirs in Northern Ghana using dry-season surface area dynamics, hydrology &amp; socio-economic indicators
🔗 hdl.handle.net/10568/169697 
#Aquaculture #WaterResources #waterreservoir; #RemoteSensing #SustainableDevelopment <a href="/IWMI_/">IWMI</a>
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In Accra and Tamale, IWMI Ghana trained stakeholders on the Small Reservoirs Dashboard, covering 2000+ reservoirs in Northern Ghana. Skills gained: monitor water, track changes, assess aquaculture potential Next? Refine & expand its impact. 🌍 Explore: apps.iwmi.org/SmallReservoirs

In Accra and Tamale, IWMI Ghana trained stakeholders on the Small Reservoirs Dashboard, covering 2000+ reservoirs in Northern Ghana. 

Skills gained: monitor water, track changes, assess aquaculture potential
Next? Refine &amp; expand its impact. 

🌍 Explore: apps.iwmi.org/SmallReservoirs
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Climate change-induced reduction in agricultural land suitability of West-Africa's inland valley landscapes sciencedirect.com/science/articl… #foodsecurity #climatechange #RICE

Climate change-induced reduction in agricultural land suitability of West-Africa's inland valley landscapes sciencedirect.com/science/articl… #foodsecurity #climatechange #RICE
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Digital solutions for Africa’s water management 🌍💧 Transforming Africa's water future through data & innovation! hdl.handle.net/10568/176180 IWMI #WaterSecurity #DigitalInnovation #AfricaWater #DataForDevelopment #ClimateResilience #IWMI #wateraccounting

Digital solutions for Africa’s water management
🌍💧 Transforming Africa's water future through data &amp; innovation! hdl.handle.net/10568/176180 
<a href="/IWMI_/">IWMI</a> #WaterSecurity #DigitalInnovation #AfricaWater #DataForDevelopment #ClimateResilience #IWMI #wateraccounting
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💧 Africa has vast irrigation potential, but little is tapped. Scaling farmer-led irrigation, resilient infrastructure & digital solutions is key for food security & climate resilience. 👉 doi.org/10.5337/2025.2… #Irrigation #WaterManagement #Africa #FoodSecurity #ClimateAction

💧 Africa has vast irrigation potential, but little is tapped. Scaling farmer-led irrigation, resilient infrastructure &amp; digital solutions is key for food security &amp; climate resilience.
👉 doi.org/10.5337/2025.2…
#Irrigation #WaterManagement #Africa #FoodSecurity #ClimateAction