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Last year, twenty individuals met in Nairobi, Kenya and drew on their collective experiences to create 12 ‘practice briefs’ on innovation platforms in Africa. The briefs, which synthesize key learning and messages, are intended to help inform CGIAR and other research for development efforts on innovation platforms. The group developed […]
CPWF-Ganges held a reflection workshop in Dhaka on November 12 and 13 to discuss key findings and messages emerging from the program. CPWF’s projects in the Ganges focus on issues of concern to communities living in the brackish water coastal zones of Bangladesh and India. The Ganges coastal zone is […]
CPWF-Andes has recently launched a new website to help increase awareness and understanding of benefit-sharing mechanisms (BSM). The website provides information about the CPWF-Andes projects, an ever expanding resource library, as well as a learning center for those interested in implementing benefit-sharing mechanisms. It is available in Spanish and English. Benefit-sharing […]
The 3rd Mekong Forum on Water, Food and Energy is taking place this week in Hanoi, Vietnam. The Forum offers the opportunity for constructive dialogue on the relationship between the cost and benefits of water development. A particular focus of the Forum is technical and institutional innovations which can make […]
The Nile Basin Development Challenge (NBDC) is coming to an end in late 2013, as will all Basin challenges of the Challenge Program for Water and Food (with the exception of the Ganges basin for another year). The Nile Challenge has generated many rich experiences that we hope will be […]
Image : Neil Palmer By Michael Victor The CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE) is promoting a new paradigm for agricultural development in which a healthy functioning ecosystem is supported as a prerequisite to agricultural development, resilience of food systems and human wellbeing. Creating such an environment […]
Burkina Faso’s Minister of Water, Madame Mamounata Bélem/Ouédraogo, believes that there are many opportunities for fruitful engagement between farmers, decision makers, researchers, and development practitioners on agricultural water management in the Volta Basin. Some of these options were highlighted during a science workshop held in September in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. […]
The Yara Prize 2013 was awarded to Dr. Lindiwe Majele Sibanda, CEO of the Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network (FANRPAN), which hosts CPWF’s Limpopo Basin Development Challenge. Dr. Sibanda is a co-winner of the award along with Nnaemeka Ikegwuonu, founder and CEO of the Smallholders Foundation in Nigeria. Lindiwe Majele […]
The 2013 Stockholm World Water Week will run from September 1st to the 6th. World Water Week is hosted and organized by the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) and takes place each year in Stockholm. This year’s theme is ‘Water Cooperation – Building Partnerships’. CPWF and the CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and […]
As part of the IFAD ‘Mainstreaming Innovations’ grant, CPWF and its partners will use events organized by IFAD and other partners as opportunities to communicate key research findings and promote uptake of successful strategies. As part of this, CPWF will take part in the following events this September: 11th September 2013, IFAD Headquarters, […]
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