Fantahun Mengistu, Director of ARARI In October 2011, project partners and team members in the Nile Basin Development Challenge met in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia to reflect on project progress and directions. We asked Fantahun Mengistu, Director of the Amhara Regional Agricultural Research Institute (ARARI) to share some of the key points and take home messages [...]
Read moreFrom ILRI Clippings: Earlier this year, the International Development Research Centre (Canada) published a book titled Integrated Natural Resource Management in the Highlands of East Africa. In this short video interview, Ethiopian scientist Tilahun Amede, on joint appointment with the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) and leader of a [...]
Read moreOne of the most surprising aspects of the Planet Under Pressure (PUP) conference has been the general agreement that technical solutions alone will not bring about the desired changes needed to address the different problems facing global systems. Many leading scientists at the conference this week have called for more ‘dialogue’, more collective action and collaboration. [...]
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This first appeared in the Agriculture Rural Development Day Blog by Michael Victor, CPWF Africa is going through its own agriculture revolution. According to studies from the CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food, Africa can produce 3-4 times more food through improved agriculture water management practices. The learning event on “How can rainwater management [...]
Read moreBlog post by: Michael Victor. This blog first appeared in the Agriculture Rural Development Day Blog (http://www.agricultureday.org/blog/page/5/) A couple of weeks ago I was talking to some Lao colleagues about the CGIAR Challenge Program for Water and Food’s Learning Event on Rainwater management at ARDD and the concept of climate smart agriculture. While the term [...]
Read moreThe Mekong Region has been affected by substantial flooding over the past few months. Only now, the scale of this regional disaster is beginning to come into focus, with many pieces of the puzzle still missing. The floods have had devestating impacts across the Lower Mekong Basin; hundreds are dead, crops and livelihoods destroyed, economic [...]
Read moreThis week, the Challenge Program on Water and Food is convening the third International Forum on Water and Food (IFWF3). CPWF-Mekong is present at the Forum with a delegation of more than 20 researchers, scientists, and practitioners. The CPWF forums, past forums taking place in 2006 and 2008, are known for their innovative spirit, their [...]
Read moreJavier Ekboir is the Coordinator of the Institutional Learning and Change Initiative (ILAC). ILAC is looking at how CPWF is conducting research for development and what lessons can be learned for the new Consortium Research Programs. Javier accompanied the CONDESAN team on a field trip to the Cañete River Basin in Peru. In this video [...]
Read moreWhile several coordination frameworks and technical working groups exist in the Cambodian hydropower sector, many of them function in parallel and in very informal settings. Cambodia is yet relatively new to large-scale hydropower, but with energy demands growing in the region, decision-makers in the country are facing challenging questions on future hydropower development. Therefore, there [...]
Read moreThe Hydropower Sustainability Assessment Protocol (HSAP) is a tool, which assesses a hydropower project at any stage in the project life cycle against a set of sustainability criteria. It provides a systematic and objective approach to scoring sustainability performance based on a review of evidence. The members of the International Hydropower Association (IHA) approved the [...]
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Rainwater management in the Nile Basin – grassroots implementation and sustainability are keyMay 9, 2012, 5:16 amVideo: Bringing farmers’ options to farmers’ fields in the East Africa highlandsApril 19, 2012, 8:42 pmIs the glass half empty or full? Unpacking water scarcityMarch 27, 2012, 9:02 pm
What will the African Agriculture Revolution look like?December 17, 2011, 8:56 amWater, Food Security and Climate Change: Not Putting all your Eggs into one BasketDecember 17, 2011, 6:13 am
