Director Alain Vidal made CPWF’s message clear at Stockholm World Water Week when he presented during a session Monday entitled “The Role of Water and Sanitation in Enhancing Resilience and Food Security.” Addressing a diverse audience representing organizations from the agricultural and sanitation water sectors, Dr. Vidal emphasized the fact that [...]
As part of the CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food’s (CPWF) amalgamation with the CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE), CPWF is developing a strategy to ensure its knowledge management portfolio (communication, information management, monitoring and evaluation, and uptake) is integrated in order to ensure long-term use of its [...]
CPWF is saddened to pass on the news of the death of Jeff Haskins. Jeff was a passionate and talented communicator who provided valuable insight to our program. With his untimely passing, the agricultural research community has lost both a partner and a friend. Read more on Burness’ website: Remembering [...]
CPWF-Mekong is pleased to announce the five successful projects arising from the open call, which closed on 29 February 2012. Topic 1: Knowledge and Institutional Systems in the Management and Coordination of Hydropower Social Safeguards: Hydropower Development in Attapeu Province, Laos PDR, lead by the National University of Laos. Topic 2: Water Development and [...]
We are catching Dr Frank Rijsberman, the new CEO of the CGIAR Consortium, on the eve of his “first day on the job”. We won’t give anyone a hard time before they start their new position. So today, we’ll have a “heart” talk, curious as we are to know Frank’s intentions. But… [...]
The 3rd International Forum on Water and Food (IFWF3), convened in Tshwane, South Africa during November 2011. IFWF3 demonstrated the value of CPWF’s multi-stakeholder, research-for-development approach. The Forum report, entitled “Streams of innovation: Improving people’s lives through research on water and food“, synthesizes the main outcomes and issues identified at [...]
The CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food (CPWF) has appointed Ms. Pamela George as the new Ganges Basin Leader for its Ganges Basin Research Program. The decision was made jointly by CPWF and the WorldFish Center, CPWF’s lead partner in the Ganges. Ms. George worked as acting Basin Leader [...]
The CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (CRP5) was launched today during the Planet Under Pressure Conference in London. CRP5 is an innovative research initiative which will seek to increase food production and improve livelihoods for the world’s poor, while protecting the environment. The program, a ten year [...]
The Mekong Program on Water, Environment and Resilience (M-POWER), with the support of the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID) through the CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food (CPWF), announces its third call for concept notes from professionals, researchers, government officials, and others interested in the water resources of [...]
Inspired by two special issues of the journal Water International, ‘Water, Food and Poverty in River Basins: Defining the Limits’ challenges the conventional wisdom that with global populations increasing, the demands on food and water systems will inevitably push river basins over the edge and lead to a major world [...]
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