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Larry Harrington Research Director, CPWF

The CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food (CPWF): Insights from 66 projects over five years in Phase 1. Larry Harrington Research Director, CPWF. International Centers supported by the CGIAR (Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research). CGIAR Challenge Programs. 2004

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Larry Harrington Research Director, CPWF

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  1. The CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food (CPWF): Insights from 66 projects over five years in Phase 1 Larry Harrington Research Director, CPWF

  2. International Centers supported by the CGIAR(Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research)

  3. CGIAR Challenge Programs • 2004 • Generation Challenge Program • Harvest Plus • Challenge Program on Water and Food (CPWF) • 2005 • Sub-Saharan Africa Challenge Program • 2008 • Climate change, agriculture and food security

  4. CPWF partners AREO ARC YRCC

  5. Per capita water supply

  6. Phase 1 projects in the Limpopo(Awarded through open competition from proposals submitted by local partners) • 1. Crop Water Technology and Markets • 17. IWRM for Improved Rural Livelihoods • 28. Multiple Use Systems for Water • 30. Wetlands, Social Welfare & Environmental Security • 36. Improved Livelihoods through Dam Management • 46. Small Multi-Purpose Reservoir Ensemble Planning • 47. African Models of Transboundary Governance • 53. Food and Water Security under Global Change • 66. Water Rights in Informal Economies • Basin Focal Project Photo: CPWF

  7. Insights from Phase 1 (results from 66 projects over five years) • Water flows downhill – but money and power can flow uphill • Upstream water management affects downstream users – Limpopo, Mekong, Andes, Nile • Benefit sharing can work - Andes • Plot-level water savings do not always convert to basin-level savings - Ganges • Water scarcity is not always the main driver of poverty - Ganges • Annual flows vs. seasonal scarcity – Limpopo, Volta, Nile • Water access, variability, floods also affect poverty – Limpopo, Ganges • Policy environment/ development trajectory often most important – Iran, Thailand, S Africa • The concept of agricultural water productivity is useful • Water productivity often very low - helps define opportunities for improvement • Best water-related investments not always where water productivity is low • Effective innovations in water for food are often complex • Integration of technology, institutions, policy reform – Limpopo, Nile • Community empowerment - Andes • Stakeholder dialogue can lead to win-win outcomes – Mekong • Great potential from MUS • Ecosystem services important but often ignored when designing innovations • Today’s water-related investments for tomorrow’s water needs • Water researchers and food researchers need to join forces

  8. www.waterandfood.org www.ifwf2.org

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