Presentation made by CPWF research director, Larry Harrington, at the 2012 IWMI Annual Research Meeting: Planning and Facilitating Project Outcomes: CPWF Case Studies from CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food
I recently returned from a trip to visit some of our projects in the Limpopo River basin and I have one thing on my mind: goats. I had the opportunity to meet with members of one of our Limpopo projects, that builds upon a preexisting innovation platform, bringing together various [...]
Over 50 LBDC project team members and stakeholders gathered for a week of reflection in Bulawayo Zimbabwe at the half way point of the LBDC. The group included researchers, senior government officials, development partners and young professionals, whom together took stock of progress to date, emerging findings and mapped the [...]
Chapita Ramovha remembers the days when the Limpopo River lapped at the foot of his village in south Zimbabwe. He says that back then residents of Makakavhule village had to build high walls to protect their homes from flooding. “The Limpopo River was a marvel to watch, a beauty of [...]
Climate change will call for more flexible solutions to water challenges.
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 [...]
Blog 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 [...]
Background: Improving agricultural productivity in rainfed systems in the Limpopo Basin requires integration and synchronization of stakeholder groups from the farm to the highest levels of international cooperation. The process involves researchers accurately portraying the evolving needs of smallholder farmers; decision makers investing in priorities that will meet those needs; policy [...]
Background: As Southern Africa moves toward integrated water resources management across basins, like the shared Limpopo, institutional, policy and legal implications emerge which will have profound effects on water users. Given that all water uses—from agriculture to domestic and industrial—are mediated by some type of water management institution, these structures [...]
Background: Mixed crop-livestock farming is the predominant system of production in the Limpopo Basin, but livestock production constitutes the main income source in these systems. It offers the most established form of market engagement by small holders and is the more resilient production system under highly variable rainfall. However, crop [...]
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