The last couple of months have marked an exciting period for CPWF and its partners. As we have refined and crafted our logic, numerous opportunities have arisen to present these messages at fora around the world. One major exercise we have worked on was to hone our messages based on Phase 1 results, emerging lessons [...]
Read moreThe World Water Day (WWD) comes right after the High Level Panel on Water, Food and Energy Nexus (WFE) we co-convened at the 6th World Water Forum in Marseilles, France. This year’s WWD highlights food security. The WFE nexus is an approach to balance development priorities in a more integrated manner. The approach supports a [...]
Read moreCPWF Phase 2 Basin Development Challenge (BDC) research programs have been designed around a specific challenge in the river basin. In CPWF Phase 1 (2003-2008), the projects focused on thematic problem sets rather than locally identified problems. When we began designing Phase 2 programs around 2008, one of the lessons we learned was that partners [...]
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As I have written many times in my recent blog posts, and as evidenced by our research, there is more to gain from sharing the benefits of water resources than focusing on only sharing the resources of a river basin. Consider water for example; sharing limited water resources in a basin will always be a [...]
Read moreA month after our third Forum, what sticks in my mind? It was an intense week, rich in encounters, sparkling debates and a blossom of new ideas. Our Forum’s Policy and Impact Panel helped us better understand who we are, what we do, and how we impact…
Read moreNine years ago, nineteen research and development institutions established one of the most comprehensive investments in the world on water, food and environment research for development. Today their vision has taken root and continues to grow.
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This piece appeared in French in Jeune Afrique. Last month during an emergency meeting on the Horn of Africa organized by FAO upon request of the G20 French presidency, the French Agriculture Minister, Bruno Le Maire, emphasized global leaders’ duty “to ensure food security”1 in the lead up to the Somali famine. He called attention [...]
Read moreI am just returning from Stockholm (pictured above) where I spent the last couple of days working on a science paper about lessons learnt from Phase 1, particularly from the Basin Focal Projects, with Johan Rockström (Chair of our Advisory Committee), Line Gordon (Co-leader of our Resilience Topic Working Group), Simon Cook and Myles Fisher [...]
Read moreAlain Vidal, the director of the CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Foodthe CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food gave an inspiring talk at the Rome Share Fair this week. The challenges: We all know the equation seems impossible: in order to feed 9.5 billion people by 2050, we need to produce 70-100% more [...]
Read moreWhat lessons can we draw for our program from the outcomes of the recent G20 Meeting of Agriculture Ministers held in Paris on 22-23 June? A number of high level technical solutions were discussed but they hardly addressed the central issues of management and governance of natural resources, especially water. I think there is a [...]
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Our Vision of ChangeApril 8, 2012, 11:16 pmWorld Water Day Message: Integrated thinking to address water and food security challengesMarch 21, 2012, 6:04 amIs CPWF demand-driven? Reflections from the 1st CRP5 inception workshopMarch 2, 2012, 2:50 am
Water scarcity or inequitable access to water resources?February 8, 2012, 1:33 amOne Month Later – The Director’s Post-Forum ReflectionsDecember 13, 2011, 10:02 am
