iwmi board cpwf director's report nov 2013
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CPWF Science ReportMay – November 2013
Alain Vidal, CPWF Director
Outline
A viable R4D modelOutcomes and key messages from basinsGlobal messagesA resilient transitionFinance and personnel
Policy dialogues, stakeholders engagement, outcomes and impact
Research… evidence-based
to deeply understand problems development challenges of
relevance to those living in a basin
and target interventions or solutions… “innovations”, “interventions”, “strategies” or “alternatives”
through engagement and learning processes…
where stakeholder behavior is influenced and outcomes achieved
Engaged and informed stakeholders themselves choose to change practice because they perceive as to their own advantage
ActionResearch Development
Leadership
Learning
Communications
Partnerships
Trust
Outcomes and key messages
BSMs in the Andes : a virtuous circle between welfare and ecosystems
Designed with local social and hydrological context in mindContinuously revised to respond to ever-changing needs of communities and environmentMost successful in watersheds with high downstream demand and seasonal water supply upstreamPower imbalances related to access to information require to develop ‘hydro-literacy’
Pathways to sustainable intensification of polders in the Ganges Delta
Huge potential to improve food security and livelihoodsSalinity not a constraint everywhere – even an opportunityLots of viable cropping systems
possible with crop diversification, fish and shrimpNeed for political changes at national and local levels
Canal maintenance and managementShifting from rice monoculture
Limpopo: Innovation platforms for more resilient livelihoods
Complex rural livelihoods within broader complex systems requiring multi-level and multi-sectorial engagementLivestock more water efficient than crops hence more effective to improve livelihoodsPlatforms for dialogue and negotiation on water infrastructure, production systems and governance have generated traction
Mekong: Sustainable hydropower for better livelihoods and environment
Sustainable HP needs coordination across cascades and boundariesTransparency and protocols critical ingredients in (multi-purpose) HP planning and opsAg & water applications can contribute to livelihoods and environmental enhancement, increasing HP benefits Multi-stakeholder platforms can strongly influence decision-making
Nile: a new integrated watershed rainwater management paradigm
Local community empowerment is critical to sustainable RWMPartnerships “learning by doing” based on scientific principles Need to align and implement innovation incentives for all (incl. markets and value chains) with due consideration for risk mgtIntegrate multiple RWM interventions at basin scaleMore attention to downstream and off-site benefits of RWM
Volta: Innovation platforms and small reservoirs to unlock potential
Identified successes (soil-water conservation, small reservoirs, and small pumps) and failures (culture and gender-sensitivity) can be extrapolatedInnovation platform help better link crop-livestock farming with market value chains Resilience analysis helps evaluate common threads driving or limiting innovations (e.g. water quality in small reservoirs)
CPWF’s 10-year main global messages
Water is not scarce, it's the way we manage it : addressing water and food issues means tackling “wicked problems”Technical innovation and institutional innovation go hand in hand - a long-term, non-linear and risky social process (R4D) Benefit sharing mechanisms create a virtuous circle between ecosystems and peoples’ welfareSustainable intensification relies upon water infrastructure and upon markets as incentives to invest in production & ecosystemsModeling tools can support capacity- and consensus-building and increase the effectiveness of policy analysis, planning and implementation
A resilient transitionMany partners and researchers in basins adopted our R4D modelNot relying on WLE only but have multiple pathways for continuing work……to move from outcomes to impact as planned in CPWF’s initial design – phase 3 (as early noted by external review)
Basin WLE Other CRPs Non CG led Comment
Andes + + ++ CONDESAN with CIAT (CCAFS)
Ganges ++ +++ AAS (& GRiSP)
Limpopo + ++ FANRPAN
Mekong ++ ++ Being explored (VFI, M-POWER)
Nile +++ + LS&F, HumidTropics
Volta +++ + HumidTropics?
Successes and failuresR4D requires dedicated people, time and continuity Best outcomes achieved where 5-10 years
engagement CGIAR reform has created discontinuities
Evidence that our R4D model is viable Many outcomes, still few impacts Partners incl. CG researchers convinced
by our model Momentum continuing in basins thanks
to resilient partnerships and processes