Research Themes

IWMI has four priority research themes which address issues that are of critical importance to developing countries, and cover areas where IWMI has the resources and expertise to make a significant contribution. The themes are:

• Theme 1: Basin Water Management – Understanding Water Productivity
  
  
• Theme 2: Land, Water and Livelihoods –Improving Livelihoods for the rural poor
  
  
• Theme 3: Agriculture, Water and Cities- Making an asset out of wastewater
  
  
• Theme 4: Water Management and Environment-Balancing water for food and ecosystems

The thematic structure of the research agenda complements and relates to the conceptual framework. Issues of policies, institutions and human health are an integral part of the overall research agenda and are integrated across IWMI’s research portfolio as cross-cutting “Communities of Practice”( CoPs)