We have released three new editions of our State of Knowledge (SoK) series on sediments; Chinese influence in the Lower Mekong Basin, and; corporate social responsibility in the hydropower sector. The SOK series are easy-to-read reviews of the state of knowledge about a subject relevant to Mekong hydropower development. They are meant to be an […]
By Emma Coats Gender has been looked at in many CPWF Mekong projects but four have a specific gender focus: the MK1 livelihoods project, the MK10 institutional knowledge project, the MK13 gender safeguards project, and the Opportunity Fund study on fisherwomen in southern Laos. Launch of the gender manual Last […]
It could be citizen science Part 3: Citizen Sediment There is a problem with sediment in the Mekong. There soon won’t be any. That is an overstatement, but possibly not by much. (…) Read the full story…
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 […]
The Nile Basin Development Challenge (NBDC) was a multi-disciplinary, multi-institutional participatory “research for development” (R4D) partnership that aimed to improve the resilience of rural livelihoods in the Ethiopian highlands through a landscape approach to rainwater management (RWM). The NBDC used multiple means to learn lessons from its experience – this […]
Ethiopia’s policies and programs on sustainable land and water management have evolved over several decades and have had important positive impacts on land management and livelihoods. These policies and programs can be further transformed and integrated into a new paradigm that will better enable poor smallholder farmers to improve their […]
A new paper based on research from the Limpopo Basin Development Challenge has been published as part of CPWF’s R4D (Research for Development) series. Entitled ‘Rural Poverty and Food Insecurity Mapping at District Level for Improved Agricultural Water Management in the Limpopo River Basin’, the paper presents findings on poverty and food […]
Community members from Limbichoch village discuss enclosure of grazing land with ILRI researcher. Photo: ILRI Gender is a word that usually provokes a response, often either of eye-rolling or ardent interest. All too often, addressing gender, through gathering gender-disaggregating data or making sure to include women in all project activities, […]
More than one million hectares of land in the coastal zone of Bangladesh are contained within polders, low-lying tracts of land that are enclosed by embankments. Constructed during the 1960s and 1970s, the polders were designed to control flooding and increase agricultural production. Today farmers within the polders, 80% of […]
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. […]
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