Over 20 years, I have diverse experiences focus on improving sustainability of water resources uses to improve the livelihood and resilience of vulnerable rural communities. My applied research goals are to enhance irrigated ecosystem productivity, while preserving natural resources to address growing water scarcity, droughts and declining water quality and to generate positive sizable impacts on rural communities. My emphasis is to combine innovation and open-source solutions for rural communities through demand-driven field interventions and projects at country level. My work goes beyond the biophysical aspects to include policy-making, socio-economics and environmental concerns to enhance rural community livelihoods.