Indus-Gangetic Basin (IGB) Focal Project is an initiative by the CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food (CPWF), lead by International Water Management Institute and with a host of global and national partners. Indus-Gangetic basin is one of the most populous in the world and given the diversity of agro-climatic, social and economic conditions in the four riparian countries – India, Pakistan, Nepal and Bangladesh, it is clearly one of the most complex river basin systems in the world.
CPWF Basin Focal Project for the IG Basin
International Water Management Institute
2-3 December 2009, The Silver Oak Room, India Habitat Center, New Delhi, India
FlyersTackling Water and Food Crisis in South Asia: Insights from the Indus-Gangetic Basin
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