PN 1 Increased food security and income in the Limpopo Basin through integrated crop, water and soil fertility options and public-private partnerships Moses Siambi May 31, 2010 PN 2 Water productivity improvements of cereals and foods legumes in the Atbara Basin of Eritrea Stefania Grando, Iyassu Ghebretatios, Semere Amlesom, Salvatore Ceccarelli, Mohammed El Hadi Maatougui, [...]

CBA: Impact Assessment of Research in the CPWF: An Adoption and Cost Benefit Analysis Project Project Preface The main purpose of the project was to provide evaluation information on actual and potential CPWF impacts, including cost-benefit analysis. The project was to provide evidence that the progress along projects’ respective impact pathways has begun. The project [...]

IA: Impact Assessment of Research in the CPWF: A Basin Focal Project Project Preface The project carried out ex-ante impact assessment of 29 of the 32 CPWF First Call Projects through constructing impact pathways for each project. We developed Participatory Impact Pathways Analysis (PIPA) which will be used as the basis for program evaluation in [...]

Project title: Sekororo rainwater harvesting project (SG514) Introduction This project aimed to introduce underground cisterns to harvest runoff water from roadways and other suitable surfaces in the end remote area of Sekororo in the Limpopo Province of South Africa. Research highlights A substantial number of households are having access to water resources that can be [...]

Project title: Food security in Southern Uganda (SG513) Introduction The main goal of the project was to enhance food security using an integrated approach combining water management, appropriate technology and organic farming. The project aimed: to provide food security to 90 households by establishing three cohesive farmers’ groups practicing integrated organic farming; demonstrate several farming [...]

Thoughts from the Andes 2012 Study Tour Leaving Lima, en route to the upper Cañete basin, we passed through some of the bleakest landscapes imaginable – mining towns like La Oroya, described by Time Magazine as one of the world’s most polluted places, where the average lead level is three times the World Health Organization [...]

Improving crop-livestock value chains in the Volta basin The Volta Basin Development Challenge (VBDC) aims “to strengthen integrated management of rainwater and small reservoirs so that they can be used equitably for multiple uses.”. One way by which to do this is to increase crop and livestock productivity through Rainwater Management Strategies (RMS) and improve [...]

AN1 project progresses in Nariño river basin, Colombia 

A new agreement and alliance between COLACTEOS (Nariño´s Milk and Dairy Cooperative), the Latin American Center for Rural Development (RIMISP) and The National Association of Milk Producers (ANALAC) has been approved to begin field work for the joint design of a project to promote better use of water [...]

Social Capital work in Llulan Parón subwatershed By Fabio Azzolin * As I walked towards a man resting in the shade of a tree I had the feeling as if at that precise moment he was only thinking about his life, about his future and the future of his family. He was worried; how can [...]

Households under High Saline Condition/Intrusion in Chitolmari sub-district People living in the coastal areas of the Ganges River face large challenges in increasing food production and improving livelihoods in the face of climate change, yet farmers are showing that much can be accomplished in spite of the apparently hostile living and farming conditions. In the [...]

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 IFWF3 and serves as [...]

It is not just about “engendering” research projects for the sake of rhetorical equality; it is about how robust your research is.
Women play crucial roles in guaranteeing food and water security. In developing countries, they comprise more than 60…

Climate Change in Africa’s Major River Basins Could Impede Continent’s Farm Transformation Efforts, Increase Cross-Border Water Conflicts A five year global research project focused on water, food and poverty nexus in major river basins recently released new information on climate change impacts for these basins. In their examination of the potential effects over the next [...]

Climate change in the Andes is shrouded in myths that risk concealing the real issues
By Alejandra Visscher
It’s a myth that rising temperatures and the melting of glaciers in the Andes is the main factor influencing water availability.
This finding em…

A 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…