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Presentation by Dr. Alain Vidal, CPWF Director to the IWMI Board in April 2012 to report on program progress. The presentation highlighted CPWF's emerging messages, its work to influence the global agenda and progress in each of the river basins that CPWF works.
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CPWF Science Progress ReportNovember 2011 – April 2012
Alain Vidal, CPWF Director
Outline
3rd International Forum on Water and FoodDeveloping science and messages influencing the global agendaEarly results from our six basins
IFWF3 highlights – the story CPWF is all about evidence but
must do more to ensure quality evidence is made available
CPWF needs to maintain its relevance and accessibility for a way beyond the science community
Gender matters – more needed Young Professionals need real
recognition CPWF is rooted in the local –
sincerely global CPWF in Africa
300+ participants Research partners, decision
makers, donors, media Mesh of Basin, TWG, local-to-
global, global-to-local Global social media and
traditional media coverage Interactive, dynamic and
innovative Federating Closing of the gaps between
science – development – policy
IFWF3 – the real storyMultitude of case studiesEvidence emerging from all projectsWide buy-into a model for carrying out AR4DReal challenge from insiders-outsiders to step up to the challenge of demonstrating the evidence and taking the space offered at the policy tableCPWF able to ask itself tough questions, bring in external view, extend its partnerships
New CPWF messagesOverall message: Despite challenges in many river basins, overall the planet has enough water to meet the full range of people’s and ecosystems’ needs for the foreseeable future, but equity will only be achieved through judicious and creative management.
Message 1. Wise use of our water resources for strengthening (rural) livelihoods and ecosystem services requires simultaneously using it more productively and sharing water and its benefits more equitably.
Message 2. Higher water productivity and greater social equity can be obtained only through a radical in change of policies and institutional arrangements in both developed and developing nations.
Message 3. The CPWF R4D strategy identified and promotes the policy, institutional and technological innovations required in developing countries for people to increase water productivity and ecosystem services in an equitable and sustainable manner.
Very good echo in recent major global events: WWF6, PUP 2012
Andes: Benefit-sharing mechanisms and their low hanging fruits
Trust funds and local dialogues establishedUpstream ecosystems restoredBenefits downstream through improved pastures supporting community dairy productionConsolidating Andes experience as a world-laboratory on BSMsScaling out in Uganda and Nepal
Ganges: Freshwater storage for improved livelihoods in polders
Well managed short duration aman rice varieties double yieldImproving local institutions to ensure hardware maintenance and improvement Key to use stored water to
stabilize rainy season productionintensify and diversify dry season production
Limpopo: Rainwater management and value chains
Strengthen agricultural value chains where market-related failures contribute to povertySuccess of community innovation platforms depends on trust among the actors and sufficient incentives Appropriate technologies must fit existing livelihood systems and include socially acceptable incentives
Mekong: Hydropower and livelihoodsTechniques, land and water uses identified that can increase benefits available to riparian communities
Fish-rice systemsArtificial wetlands in reservoirs
Add value for both dam builders and communitiesDialogue processes identified institutional weaknesses in the ways regulations are implemented
Nile: Rainwater management and landscapes
Rainwater management interventions to target landscapes, linking bio-physical drivers with socio-economic factorsSuitability map considering key limiting factors: erosion, rainfall regimes, soil fertility and enterprise choicesDevelopment of innovation platforms in 3 different landscapes
Volta: Rainwater and small reservoirs Identified successes (soil-water conservation, small reservoirs, and small pumps) and failures (culture and gender-sensitivity)Integration of maintenance costs in project budgets and capacity building of actors (mostly farmers) Resilience analysis helps evaluate common threads driving or limiting innovations
Thank you