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IWMI Pakistan organizes media workshop for effective reporting on water governance

Wednesday, March 29, 2023, Lahore: The International Water Management Institute (IWMI) Pakistan organized a media workshop for effective reporting on water governance, under the UK Aid-funded Water Resource Accountability in Pakistan (WRAP) Programme Component 1: Climate Resilient Solutions for Improving Water Governance (CRS-IWaG). The workshop aimed to sensitize print, electronic and digital media journalists on […]

IWMI Pakistan organizes national consultative workshop on Water Accounting to develop an inventory of water availability in Pakistan

The workshop aimed to bring together key stakeholders, including federal and provincial government officials, policymakers, water experts, and practitioners, to discuss and deliberate on the importance of Water Accounting and its implications for sustainable water management in Pakistan.

Saline aquaculture potential in Pakistan to boost blue economy, sustainable livelihoods in Southern Indus Basin, IWMI

The saline aquaculture in the salinity-affected districts of Sindh and Punjab has huge potential in boosting the blue economy and sustainable livelihoods along Indus Basin.

IWMI Pakistan organizes training workshop on Gender Equality and Social Inclusion for Integrated Water Resources Management

The International Water Management Institute (IWMI) Pakistan organized a two-day training workshop on Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) for Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) in district Okara.

IWMI Pakistan organizes capacity building training workshop on the application of GPS data collection tools and RS/GIS Mapping

The International Water Management Institute (IWMI) Pakistan organized a two-day capacity building training workshop for officials from Punjab Irrigation Department (PID) and On Farm Water Management (OFWM), and faculty and students from University of Okara and University of Agriculture Faisalabad (UAF) sub-campus Depalpur.

IWMI Pakistan organizes consultative workshop with Okara Chamber of Commerce & Industry on water issues

The International Water Management Institute (IWMI) Pakistan organized a consultative workshop with Okara Chamber of Commerce & Industry on water issues to identify the challenges faced by industrial water users in district Okara.

IWMI Pakistan organizes stakeholders’ workshop on future water availability for Okara district

The International Water Management Institute (IWMI) Pakistan organized a stakeholders’ workshop on future water availability for Okara district at IWMI Pakistan’s field office in Okara.

Needs for transformation of water security in Pakistan

Experts at a multi-stakeholder consultative workshop said that Pakistan needs to establish an effective network of all segments of the society from scientists to policy makers to civil society with a focus on mainstreaming youth and gender to address growing water security prevailing across the country.

Pakistan needs rainwater harvesting solutions, technology to end water crisis: Experts

Experts participating in a media exposure field visit informed the journalists that groundwater recharge wells are a cost-effective nature-based solution (NbS) to revive groundwater aquifers and mitigate the risk of urban flooding.

IWMI supporting the government of Pakistan to deal with unprecedented floods

IWMI supporting the government of Pakistan to deal with unprecedented floods

The International Water Management Institute (IWMI) is supporting the Government of Pakistan for flood damage assessment and aiding recovery efforts, following the extreme flooding events across the country. 

Media briefing organized to highlight the artificial groundwater recharge site in Kachnar Park, Islamabad

The International Water Management Institute (IWMI) Pakistan, Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources (PCRWR) and WaterAid Pakistan organized a media briefing to highlight the artificial groundwater recharge site in Kachnar Park, Islamabad.

IWMI Pakistan sensitizes media on Pakistan’s water security challenges and the need of Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystems Nexus approach

Journalists from print and electronic media attended the workshop, who were sensitized on Pakistan’s water security challenges and the need to protect the most vulnerable from water scarcity and deterioration of water resources.

International workshop on Water, Energy, Food and Ecosystem Nexus for Indus Basin

IWMI Pakistan and Khwaja Fareed University of Engineering and Information Technology (KFUEIT), RYK join hands to organize an international workshop on Water, Energy, Food and Ecosystem (WEFE) Nexus for Indus Basin

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Chromium contamination in paddy soil-rice systems and associated human health risks in Pakistan (08/31/2022)
Chromium contamination in paddy soil-rice systems and associated human health risks in Pakistan
Author(s): Ali, W.; Zhang, H.; Mao, K.; Shafeeque, Muhammad; Aslam, M. W.; Yang, X.; Zhong, L.; Feng, X.; Podgorski, J.
Published year: 2022.
Journal: Science of the Total Environment
Pages: 826:153910

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Spatiotemporal analysis of drought and rainfall in Pakistan via Standardized Precipitation Index: homogeneous regions, trend, wavelet, and influence of El Nino-Southern Oscillation (05/31/2022)
Spatiotemporal analysis of drought and rainfall in Pakistan via Standardized Precipitation Index: homogeneous regions, trend, wavelet, and influence of El Nino-Southern Oscillation
Author(s): de Oliveira-Junior, J. F.; Shah, M.; Abbas, A.; Iqbal, M. Shahid; Shahzad, R.; de Gois, G.; da Silva, M. V.; da Rosa Ferraz Jardim, A. M.; de Souza, A.
Published year: 2022.
Journal: Theoretical and Applied Climatology
Pages: 149(1-2):843-862

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Statistical verification of 16-day rainfall forecast for a farmers advisory service in Pakistan (03/31/2022)
Statistical verification of 16-day rainfall forecast for a farmers advisory service in Pakistan
Author(s): Bhatti, Muhammad Tousif; Anwar, Arif A.
Published year: 2022.
Journal: Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
Pages: 317:108888

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Solar irrigation in Pakistan: a situation analysis report (9/6/2021)
Solar irrigation in Pakistan: a situation analysis report
Author(s): Ali Shah, Muhammad Azeem; Akbar, Muhammad Zain Bin
Published year: 2021.
Publisher(s): Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
Pages: 35

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Sustainability analysis of irrigation water management in Punjab, Pakistan
Author(s): Abid, M.; Hafeez, Mohsin; Watto, M. A.
Published year: 2021.
Pages: pp.133-154
Series: World Water Resources Volume 9

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Evaluating the impact of climate change on water productivity of maize in the semi-arid environment of Punjab, Pakistan
Author(s): Waqas, M. M.; Shah, S. H. H.; Awan, Usman Khalid; Waseem, M.; Ahmad, I.; Fahad, M.; Niaz, Y.; Ali, S.
Published year: 2020.
Journal: Sustainability
Pages: 12(9):3905. (Special issue: Climate Resilient Sustainable Agricultural Production Systems)

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Climate change evidence and community level autonomous adaptation measures in a canal irrigated agriculture system of Pakistan
Author(s): Bhatti, Muhammad Tousif; Ahmad, Waqas; Shah, Muhammad Azeem; Khattak, M. S.
Published year: 2019.
Journal: Climate and Development
Pages: 11(3): 203-211

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Pakistan: getting more from water (12/30/2019)
Pakistan: getting more from water
Author(s): Young, W. J.; Anwar, Arif; Bhatti, Tousif; Borgomeo, Edoardo; Davies, S.; Garthwaite, W. R. III; Gilmont, M.; Leb, C.; Lytton, L.; Makin, Ian; Saeed, B.
Published year: 2019.
Publisher(s): Washington, DC, USA: World Bank
Pages: 191
Series: Water Security Diagnostics

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Revisiting telemetry in Pakistan’s Indus Basin Irrigation System
Author(s): Bhatti, Muhammad Tousif; Anwar, Arif A.; Ali Shah, Muhammad Azeem
Published year: 2019.
Journal: Water
Pages: 11(11):1-20

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Pakistan’s Water Apportionment Accord of 1991: 25 years and beyond
Author(s): Anwar, Arif A.; Bhatti, Muhammad Tousif
Published year: 2018.
Journal: Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management
Pages: 144(1):1-13

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Optimized shifts in sowing times of field crops to the projected climate changes in an agro-climatic zone of Pakistan
Author(s): Bhatti, Muhammad Tousif; Balkhair, K. S.; Masood, A.; Sarwar, S.
Published year: 2018.
Journal: Experimental Agriculture
Pages: 54(2):201-213

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Groundwater monitoring and management: status and options in Pakistan
Author(s): Bhatti, Muhammad Tousif; Anwar, Arif A.; Aslam, Muhammad
Published year: 2017.
Journal: Computers and Electronics in Agriculture
Pages: 135:143-153

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An evaluation of flood inundation mapping from MODIS and ALOS satellites for Pakistan
Author(s): Amarnath, Giriraj; Rajah, Ameer
Published year: 2016.
Journal: Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk
Pages: 7(5):1526-1537

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Creating accountability: representation and responsiveness of the irrigation bureaucracy in Punjab, Pakistan
Author(s): Wegerich, K.; Hussain, Asghar
Published year: 2016.
Journal: Water International
Pages: 41(5):662-681

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Agricultural productivity current scenario, constraints and future prospects in Pakistan
Author(s): Aslam, Muhammad
Published year: 2016.
Journal: Sarhad Journal of Agriculture
Pages: 32(4):289-303

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Numerical experimentation to develop design and operational parameters for skimming wells: a case study of the Chaj Doab of Punjab, Pakistan
Author(s): Aslam, Muhammad
Published year: 2015.
Journal: Mehran University Research Journal of Engineering amp; Technology
Pages: 34(3):273-282

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What role can information play in improved equity in Pakistan’s irrigation system?: evidence from an experimental game in Punjab
Author(s): Shah, M. Azeem A.; Anwar, Arif; Ringler, C.
Published year: 2015.
Journal: Ecology and Society
Pages: 20(1):1-23

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Water for food security: challenges for Pakistan
Author(s): Ringler, C.; Anwar, Arif
Published year: 2015.
Pages: pp.1-10

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Water for food security: challenges for Pakistan (2/18/2015)
Water for food security: challenges for Pakistan
Author(s): Ringler, C.; Anwar, Arif
Published year: 2015.
Publisher(s): Oxon, UK: Routledge
Pages: 173
Series: Routledge Special Issue on Water Policy and Governance

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Institutionalizing inequities in land ownership and water allocations during colonial times in Punjab, Pakistan
Author(s): Farooqi, Hira; Wegerich, Kai
Published year: 2015.
Journal: Water History
Pages: 7(1):131-146

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Assessment of skimming well performance in Punjab, Pakistan by groundwater simulation modelling
Author(s): Aslam, Muhammad; Matsuno, Y.; Hatcho, N.
Published year: 2014.
Journal: Memoirs- Faculty of Agriculture Kinki University
Pages: 47:11-32

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Constraints and opportunities for water savings and increasing productivity through Resource Conservation Technologies in Pakistan
Author(s): Ahmad, M. D.; Masih, I.; Giordano, Mark
Published year: 2014.
Journal: Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment
Pages: 187:106-115

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Enhancing capacity building of Khal Panchayats in select farmers's organizations of Bahawalnagar CC [Canal Circle]: Khal Panchayats Training Report [Revitalizing irrigation in Pakistan project] (6/6/2016)
Enhancing capacity building of Khal Panchayats in select farmers's organizations of Bahawalnagar CC [Canal Circle]: Khal Panchayats Training Report [Revitalizing irrigation in Pakistan project]
Author(s): Yakubov, Murat
Published year: 2014.
Publisher(s): Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI); Lahore, Pakistan: Punjab Irrigation and Drainage Authority (PIDA)
Pages: 57

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Household sewage disposal systems and their impact on groundwater quality in peri-urban Faisalabad, Pakistan [Abstract only]
Author(s): Amerasinghe, Priyanie; Ahmad, Waqas; Simmons, R.
Published year: 2014.
Pages: pp.30

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Modernizing a public irrigation scheme: a case study of Pakistan’s Hakra Canal Scheme
Author(s): Anwar, Arif; Ali Shah, Muhammad Azeem; Aslam, Muhammad
Published year: 2014.
Pages: pp.35-43

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Reimagining cost recovery in Pakistan’s irrigation system through willingness-to-pay estimates for irrigation water from a discrete choice experiment
Author(s): Bell, A. R.; Ali Shah, M. Azeem; Ward, P. S.
Published year: 2014.
Journal: Water Resources Research
Pages: 50(8):6679-6695

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Analysis of long term meteorological trends in the middle and lower Indus Basin of Pakistan: a non-parametric statistical approach
Author(s): Ahmad, Waqas; Fatima, A.; Awan, U. K.; Anwar, Arif
Published year: 2014.
Journal: Global and Planetary Change
Pages: 122:282-291

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Water for food security: challenges for Pakistan
Author(s): Ringler, C.; Anwar, Arif A.
Published year: 2013.
Journal: Water International
Pages: 38(5):505-514. (Special issue on quot;Water for food security: challenges for Pakistanquot; with contributions by IWMI authors)

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Application of remote sensing and GIS for flood hazard management: a case study from Sindh Province, Pakistan
Author(s): Uddin, K.; Gurung, D. R.; Amarnath, Giriraj; Shrestha, B.
Published year: 2013.
Journal: American Journal of Geographic Information System
Pages: 2(1):1-5

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Sustaining irrigated agriculture for food security: a perspective from Pakistan
Author(s): Qureshi, Asad Sarwar; Fatima, Aamira
Published year: 2012.
Pages: 11

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Index based agricultural water availability in Rechna Doab, Pakistan: development of an agricultural water availability index and its application under climate change in Rechna Doab, Pakistan [Thesis] (11/28/2012)
Index based agricultural water availability in Rechna Doab, Pakistan: development of an agricultural water availability index and its application under climate change in Rechna Doab, Pakistan [Thesis]
Author(s): Ahmad, Waqas
Published year: 2012.
Publisher(s): Saarbrucken, Germany: Lap Lambert Academic Publishing
Pages: 108

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Water management in the Indus Basin in Pakistan: challenges and opportunities
Author(s): Qureshi, Asad Sarwar
Published year: 2011.
Journal: Mountain Research and Development
Pages: 31(3):252-260

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Fighting for the right to use wastewater: what drives the use of untreated wastewater in a peri-urban village of Faisalabad, Pakistan?
Author(s): Weckenbrock, P.; Evans, Alexandra; Majeed, M. Q.; Ahmad, Waqas; Bashir, N.
Published year: 2011.
Journal: Water International
Pages: 36(4):522-534. (Special issue on quot;Wastewater use in agriculture: economics, risks and opportunitiesquot; with contributions by IWMI authors)

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Mobilizing lady health workers for safer food in Faisalabad, Pakistan (7/1/2011)
Mobilizing lady health workers for safer food in Faisalabad, Pakistan
Author(s): International Water Management Institute (IWMI).
Published year: 2011.
Publisher(s): Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
Pages: 2
Series: IWMI Success Stories 010

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Development of an agricultural water availability index and its application under climate change in Rechna Doab, Pakistan (10/6/2011)
Development of an agricultural water availability index and its application under climate change in Rechna Doab, Pakistan
Author(s): Ahmad, Waqas
Published year: 2011.
Pages: 101

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Disposal and use of sewage on agricultural lands in Pakistan: a review
Author(s): Murtaza, G.; Ghafoor, A.; Qadir, Manzoor; Owens, G.; Aziz, M. A.; Zia, M. H.; Saifullah
Published year: 2010.
Journal: Pedosphere
Pages: 20(1):23–34

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Challenges and prospects of sustainable groundwater management in the Indus basin, Pakistan
Author(s): Qureshi, Asad Sarwar; McCornick, Peter G.; Sarwar, A.; Sharma, Bharat R.
Published year: 2010.
Journal: Water Resources Management
Pages: 24(8):1551-1569

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Where there's muck there's brass: wastewater irrigation near Faisalabad. Pakistan
Author(s): Weckenbrock, P.; Ahmad, Waqas; Drescher, A. W.; Majeed, M. Q.; Ashraf, M. N.
Published year: 2010.
Pages: 4p. (published online)

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Groundwater resource issues and the socio-economic implications of groundwater use: evidence from Punjab, Pakistan
Author(s): Kori, S. M.; Rehman, A.; Sipra, I. A.; Nazeer, Aamir; Khan, Abdul Hakeem
Published year: 2009.
Pages: pp.67-86
Series: IAH Selected Papers on Hydrogeology 15

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Managing salinity in the Indus Basin of Pakistan
Author(s): Qureshi, Asad Sarwar; Sarwar, A.
Published year: 2009.
Journal: International Journal of River Basin Management
Pages: 7(2):111-117

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Diagnosing irrigation performance and water productivity through satellite remote sensing and secondary data in a large irrigation system of Pakistan
Author(s): Ahmad, Mobin-ud-Din; Turral, Hugh; Nazeer, Aamir
Published year: 2009.
Journal: Agricultural Water Management
Pages: 96:551-564

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Mapping irrigated crops from Landsat ETM + imagery for heterogeneous cropping systems in Pakistan
Author(s): Gamage, Nilantha; Ahmad, Mobin ud Din; Turral, H.
Published year: 2009.
Pages: pp.421-437
Series: Taylor amp; Francis Series in Remote Sensing Applications

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Satellite-based assessment of agricultural water consumption, irrigation performance, and water productivity in a large irrigation system in Pakistan
Author(s): Ahmad, Mobin-ud-Din; Turral, H.; Nazeer, Aamir; Hussain, Asghar
Published year: 2009.
Pages: pp.331-354
Series: Taylor amp; Francis Series in Remote Sensing Applications

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Diesel price hike and the energy squeeze on Pakistan’s smallholder irrigators
Author(s): Ul Hassan, Mehmood; Shah, Tushaar; Ur Rehman, S.; Khattak, M. Z.; Tanwir, F.; Saboor, A.; Lashari, B. K.
Published year: 2008.
Journal: Journal of Applied Irrigation Science
Pages: 43(1): 19-40

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Managing salinity and waterlogging in the Indus Basin of Pakistan
Author(s): Qureshi, Asad Sarwar; McCornick, Peter G.; Qadir, Manzoor; Aslam, Z.
Published year: 2008.
Journal: Agricultural Water Management
Pages: 95: 1-10

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Sustainable groundwater management in Pakistan: challenges and opportunities
Author(s): Qureshi, Asad Sarwar; Gill, M. A.; Sarwar, A.
Published year: 2008.
Journal: Irrigation and Drainage
Pages: 59(2):107-116

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Livelihoods from wastewater: water reuse in Faisalabad, Pakistan
Author(s): Ensink, J. H. J.; van der Hoek, Wim; Simmons, Robert W.
Published year: 2008.
Pages: pp.387-400
Series: IWA Scientific and Technical Report 20

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Monitoring agricultural water consumption and irrigation performance using free MODIS images for a large irrigation system in Pakistan
Author(s): Ahmad, Mobin-ud-Din; Gamage, Nilantha
Published year: 2008.
Pages: pp.123-126

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Impact of irrigation infrastructure development on dynamics of incomes and poverty: Econometric evidence using panel data from Pakistan
Author(s): Shinkai, N.; Hussain, Intizar; Nazir, Aamir; Ahmad, Ashfaq; Jehangir, Waqar A.
Published year: 2007.
Publisher(s): Tokyo, Japan: JBIC
Pages: 220
Series: JBICI Research Paper No.33

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Impact assessment of irrigation infrastructure development on poverty alleviation: A case study from Pakistan
Author(s): Shinkai, N.; Aoki, M.; Hussain, Intizar; Jehangir, Waqar; Muddasser, Muhammad; Nazir, Aamir; Ashfaq, Mohammad
Published year: 2007.
Publisher(s): Tokyo, Japan: JBIC
Pages: 187
Series: JBICI Research Paper No.31

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Sustaining crop water productivity in rice-wheat systems of South Asia: A case study from the Punjab, Pakistan
Author(s): Jehangir, Waqar; Masih, Ilyas; Ahmed, Shehzad; Gill, M. A.; Ahmad, M.; Mann, R. A.; Chaudhary, M. R.; Qureshi, Asad Sarwar; Turral, Hugh
Published year: 2007.
Publisher(s): Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
Pages: 37
Series: IWMI Working Paper 115

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Water saving technologies: myths and realities revealed in Pakistan’s rice-wheat systems
Author(s): Ahmad, Mobin-ud-Din; Turral, Hugh; Masih, Ilyas; Giordano, Mark; Masood, Zubair
Published year: 2007.
Publisher(s): Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
Pages: 38
Series: IWMI Research Report 108

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Incidence des technologies de conservation des ressources sur la productivite et les economies d’eau des systemes de production riz-ble: preuves du Pakistan
Author(s): Ahmad, Mobin-ud-Din; Turral, Hugh; Masih, Ilyas; Giordano, Mark; Masood, Zubair
Published year: 2007.
Pages: pp.199-202

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Managing brackish groundwater for sustainable crop production: Evidence from Pakistan
Author(s): Qureshi, Asad Sarwar
Published year: 2006.
Pages: 16

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Strategies to mitigate secondary salinization in the Indus Basin of Pakistan: a selective review
Author(s): Aslam, M.; Prathapar, S. A.
Published year: 2006.
Publisher(s): Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
Pages: 22
Series: IWMI Research Report 097

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Some aspects of South Asia’s groundwater irrigation economy: analyses from a survey in India, Pakistan, Nepal Terai and Bangladesh
Author(s): Shah, Tushaar; Singh, Om Prakash; Mukherji, A.
Published year: 2006.
Journal: Hydrogeology Journal
Pages: 14:286-309

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Comparing land and water productivities of transplanted and direct dry seeded rice for Pakistani Punjab
Author(s): Qureshi, Asad Sarwar; Masih, Ilyas; Turral, Hugh
Published year: 2006.
Journal: Journal of Applied Irrigation Science
Pages: 41(1):47-60

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The potential of water harvesting for managing droughts in Pakistan
Author(s): Qureshi, Asad Sarwar; Sarwar, A.
Published year: 2006.
Journal: Journal of Applied Irrigation Science
Pages: 41(1):35-46

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Introducing modern environment friendly technology for water management in customary environment of Pakistan
Author(s): Khan, Abdul Hakeem; Munir, Sarfraz; Ahmad, Waqas; Turral, Hugh
Published year: 2006.
Pages: 9

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Issues and challenges in the adoption of resource conservation technologies: A case study from rice-wheat system of the Pakistan’s Punjab
Author(s): Masih, Ilyas; Khan, Abdul Hakeem; Turral, Hugh; Chaudhry, Muhammad Rafiq
Published year: 2006.
Pages: 18

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Public-private partnership in water management in Pakistan, experiences and constraints
Author(s): Khan, Abdul Hakeem; Masih, Ilyas; Munir, Sarfraz
Published year: 2006.
Pages: 17

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Farmer driven wastewater treatment: a case study from Faisalabad, Pakistan
Author(s): Clemett, Alexandra; Ensink, Jeroen
Published year: 2006.
Pages: pp.99-104
Series: WEDC Conference No. 32

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Giardia duodenalis infection and wastewater irrigation in Pakistan
Author(s): Ensink, Jeroen; van der Hoek, Wim; Amerasinghe, Felix
Published year: 2006.
Journal: Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Pages: 100(6):538-542

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Limits to donor-driven water sector reforms: insight and evidence from Pakistan and Sri Lanka
Author(s): Bandaragoda, Jayatissa
Published year: 2006.
Journal: Water Policy
Pages: 8(1):51-67

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Importance of waste stabilization ponds and wastewater irrigation in the generation of vector mosquitoes in Pakistan
Author(s): Mukhtar, M.; Ensink, J.; Van der Hoek, W.; Amerasinghe, F. P.; Konradsen, F.
Published year: 2006.
Journal: Journal of Medical Entomology
Pages: 43(5):996-1003

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Opportunities and challenges in saving water and improving productivity through resource conservation technologies: Examples from Pakistan
Author(s): Ahmad, Mobin-ud-Din; Masih, Ilyas; Turral, Hugh; Giordano, Mark; Masood, Zubair
Published year: 2006.
Pages: pp.120-139

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Climate change and water resources management in Pakistan
Author(s): Qureshi, Asad Sarwar
Published year: 2005.
Pages: pp.197-230

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A new technique to estimate net groundwater use across large irrigated areas by combining remote sensing and water balance approaches, Rechna Doab, Pakistan
Author(s): Ahmad, Mobin-ud-Din; Bastiaanssen, W. G. M.; Feddes, R. A.
Published year: 2005.
Journal: Hydrogeology Journal
Pages: 13:653-664

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Mechanically reclaiming abandoned saline soils in Pakistan
Author(s): Prathapar, S. A.; Aslam, M.; Kahlown, M. A.; Iqbal, Z.; Qureshi, Asad Sarwar
Published year: 2005.
Journal: Irrigation and Drainage
Pages: 54(5):519-526

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Gypsum slotting to ameliorate sodic soils of Pakistan
Author(s): Prathapar, S. A.; Aslam, M.; Kahlown, M. A.; Iqbal, Z.; Qureshi, Asad Sarwar
Published year: 2005.
Journal: Irrigation and Drainage
Pages: 54(5):509-517

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Pro-poor intervention strategies in irrigated agriculture in Asia: poverty in irrigated agriculture: issues, lessons, options and guidelines: Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, Pakistan and Vietnam. Final synthesis report
Author(s): Hussain, Intizar
Published year: 2005.
Publisher(s): Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
Pages: xvi, 73p. + CD

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Poverty across various canal commands in irrigated Punjab, Pakistan
Author(s): Muddasser, Muhammad; Jehangir, Waqar A.; Hussain, Intizar; Ashfaq, Muhammad
Published year: 2004.
Pages: pp.71-87

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Poverty in Pakistan: trends and issues
Author(s): Ashfaq, M.; Jehangir, W. A.; Hussain, Intizar; Mudasser, Mudasser
Published year: 2004.
Pages: pp.47-57

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Approaches to alleviating poverty in rural Pakistan
Author(s): Hussain, Intizar
Published year: 2004.
Pages: pp.23-30

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Water management reforms, irrigation management transfer and water rights: synthesis from Karakalpakistan case study
Author(s): Abdullaev, Iskandar; Yakubov, Murat
Published year: 2004.
Pages: 12

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Drought mitigation in Pakistan: current status and options for future strategies
Author(s): Ahmad, Shahid; Hussain, Zahid; Qureshi, Asad Sarwar; Majeed, Rashida; Saleem, Mohammad
Published year: 2004.
Publisher(s): Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
Pages: vii, 47
Series: IWMI Working Paper 085; IWMI Drought Series: Paper 3

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Assessment of hydro-geological potential of skimming wells in the Lower Indus Basin of Pakistan
Author(s): Asghar, Muhammad Nadeem; Zhu, Zhongping; Sohag, Mumtaz Ahmed; Lashari, Bhakshal
Published year: 2004.
Publisher(s): Lahore, Pakistan: International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
Pages: 61p. + appendices

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Pro-poor interventions in irrigated agriculture in Pakistan: Issues, options and proposed actions
Author(s): International Water Management Institute (IWMI); Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Published year: 2004.
Publisher(s): Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI); Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Pages: 7
Series: IWMI pro poor country brief

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Strategies for the management of conjunctive use of surface water and groundwater resources in semi-arid areas: a case study from Pakistan
Author(s): Qureshi, Asad Sarwar; Turral, Hugh; Masih, Ilyas
Published year: 2004.
Publisher(s): Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
Pages: vi, 24
Series: IWMI Research Report 086

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Transition from conventional to modern water management in Pakistan
Author(s): Khan, Abdul Hakeem; Munir, Sarfraz; Mahmood, S.; Turral, Hugh
Published year: 2004.
Pages: 12

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Energy-Irrigation nexus: impact of energy pricing on groundwater management in Pakistan
Author(s): Qureshi, Asad Sarwar; Akhtar, Mujeeb
Published year: 2004.
Pages: 13

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Wastewater use in Pakistan: The cases of Haroonabad and Faisalabad
Author(s): Ensink, Jeroen, H. J.; Simmons, Robert; van der Hoek, Wim
Published year: 2004.
Pages: pp.91-99

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Poverty across districts in irrigated Punjab, Pakistan
Author(s): Jehangir, Waqar A.; Hussain, Intizar; Ashfaq, Muhammad; Mudasser, Muhammad
Published year: 2004.
Pages: pp.31-45

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Estimation of disaggregated canal water deliveries in Pakistan using geomatics
Author(s): Ahmad, Mobin-ud-Din; Stein, A.; Bastiaanssen, W. G. M.
Published year: 2004.
Journal: International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation
Pages: 6:63-75

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Improving crop and water productivity of rice-wheat system in Punjab, Pakistan
Author(s): Mann, R. A.; Jehangir, Waqar A.; Masih, Ilyas
Published year: 2004.
Pages: 6

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A comparative analysis of crop water productivity of rice-wheat and cotton-wheat rotations in Rechna Doab, Punjab, Pakistan
Author(s): Ahmad, Mobin-ud-Din; Masih, Ilyas; Turral, Hugh
Published year: 2004.
Pages: 7

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Poverty reduction through improved agricultural water management: proceedings of the Workshop on Pro-poor Intervention Strategies in Irrigated Agriculture in Asia, Islamabad, Pakistan, 23-24 April 2003
Author(s): Jehangir, Waqar A.; Hussain, Intizar
Published year: 2004.
Publisher(s): Lahore, Pakistan: International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
Pages: xxvii, 292

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Role of changing energy pricing policies on groundwater development in Pakistan
Author(s): Qureshi, Asad Sarwar; Akhtar, Mujeeb; Shah, Tushaar
Published year: 2004.
Journal: Journal of Applied Irrigation Science
Pages: 39(2):329-342

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Analysis of drought-coping strategies in Baluchistan and Sindh provinces of Pakistan
Author(s): Qureshi, Asad Sarwar; Akhtar, Mujeeb
Published year: 2004.
Publisher(s): Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
Pages: vi, 33
Series: IWMI Working Paper 086 / Drought Series: Paper 4

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Improving wheat productivity in Pakistan: econometric analysis using panel data from Chaj in the Upper Indus Basin
Author(s): Hussain, Intizar; Mudasser, Muhammad; Hanjra, Munir A.; Amarasinghe, Upali; Molden, David
Published year: 2004.
Journal: Water International
Pages: 29(2):189-200

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The groundwater management in Pakistan: issues and the way forward
Author(s): Qureshi, Asad Sarwar; Akhtar, Mujeeb
Published year: 2004.
Pages: pp.14-26

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Sustaining crop production in saline groundwater areas: a case study from Pakistani Punjab
Author(s): Qureshi, Asad Sarwar; Asghar, M. N.; Ahmed, Shehzad; Masih, Ilyas
Published year: 2004.
Journal: Australian Journal of Agricultural Research
Pages: 55:421-431

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Malaria vectors in the changing environment of the southern Punjab, Pakistan
Author(s): Klinkenberg, Eveline; Konradsen, Flemming; Herrel, N.; Mukhtar, M.; van der Hoek, Wim; Amerasinghe, Felix P.
Published year: 2004.
Journal: Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Pages: 98(7):442-449

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Water and poverty linkages: case studies from Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Project report 1
Author(s): Hussain, Intizar; Giordano, Mark
Published year: 2004.
Publisher(s): Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
Pages: v, 108

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Pro-poor water harvesting systems in drought-prone areas: a case study of the Karez system in Baluchistan, Pakistan
Author(s): Appell, V.; Baluch, M. S.; Hussain, Intizar
Published year: 2004.
Pages: pp.51-75

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Adult anopheline ecology and malaria transmission in irrigated areas of South Punjab, Pakistan
Author(s): Herrel, N.; Amerasinghe, Felix P.; Ensink, Jeroen; Mukhtar, M.; van der Hoek, Wim; Konradsen, F.
Published year: 2004.
Journal: Medical and Veterinary Entomology
Pages: 18:141-152

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Diagnostic analysis of spatial and temporal variations in crop water productivity: a field scale analysis of the rice-wheat cropping system of Punjab, Pakistan
Author(s): Ahmad, Mobin-ud-Din; Masih, Ilyas; Turral, Hugh
Published year: 2004.
Journal: Journal of Applied Irrigation Science
Pages: 39(1):43-63

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Social mobilization and women’s participation in water resource management: a case study of Southern Punjab, Pakistan
Author(s): Hamid, Abdul
Published year: 2004.
Journal: Journal of Applied Irrigation Science
Pages: 39(1):23-41

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Pro-poor intervention strategies in irrigated agriculture in Asia: poverty in irrigated agriculture: issues and options: Pakistan
Author(s): Jehangir, Waqar; Ashfaq, Muhammad; Hussain, Intizar; Mudasser, Muhammad; Nazir, Aamir
Published year: 2004.
Publisher(s): Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
Pages: ix, 262
Series: IWMI country report Pakistan

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A nationwide assessment of wastewater use in Pakistan: an obscure activity or a vitally important one?
Author(s): Ensink, Jeroen H. J.; Mahmood, Tariq; van der Hoek, Wim; Raschid-Sally, Liqa; Amerasinghe, Felix Prashantha
Published year: 2004.
Journal: Water Policy
Pages: 6(3):197-206

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Completed projects
(31 completed projects listed)

Economics and equity

At IWMI, researching underlying economic and social trends helps us understand why people migrate. They also explain the impact of remittances and loss of agricultural labor, as well as consequences of migration on gender roles and food and water security. For instance, communities with higher levels of income inequality, or relative deprivation, may experience greater levels of out-migration compared to consistently low-income communities. In addition, migration changes intra-household gender-labor composition, which can change the access of smallholders to water resources, affecting the functioning of community-based institutions and consequently household and local food security. IWMI also focuses on circular economy, a strategy to recover and reuse waste, to boost food security and understand how interventions can encourage refugee and host communities to retain scarce resources.

This focus area contributes to the following One CGIAR impact areas:

Nutrition, health and food security Poverty reduction, livelihoods and jobs Gender equality, youth and inclusion

Urban & rural transformation

As agricultural opportunities fluctuate in rural areas, migration, particularly to urban areas, is an adaptation technique to secure incomes and alternative livelihoods. Income generated by migrants is often sent back to family as remittances to support communities at home. At IWMI, we assess linkages between rural and urban areas, as well as the role of agricultural knowledge systems and food and water security. We recognize there are complex push and pull factors such as individual aspirations, economic opportunity, social norms, climate variability and government policies which drive migration and affect rural communities, particularly youth. Our work follows a ‘positive migration’ philosophy, framing migration as an adaptation technique and socio-economic choice (in many cases) rather than a problem to be solved, and focuses on establishing safer, more regular migration by supporting changes to migration governance in sending regions.

This focus area contributes to the following One CGIAR impact areas:

Nutrition, health and food security Poverty reduction, livelihoods and jobs Gender equality, youth and inclusion Climate adaptation and mitigation

Covid-19 disruption & adaptation

Covid-19 has caused a rupture in migration logistics and exposed inequities in the migration system, yet drivers of movement remain. Government lockdowns and closed borders due to the pandemic curtailed movement for migrants, posing complex problems for migrant hosting and origin countries. There have been significant economic shocks, with a sharp decline in unemployment for migrants and an inability to send money home through remittances to support family. Some migrants face social stigma for returning home without an income, particularly if families relied on loans to support their journeys. Consequences have been severe for informal migrants who lack government protection in their host countries. Migrants, particularly those living in crowded, lower-income neighborhoods, have been experiencing stigmatization related to the spread of Covid-19. We look at the impacts of Covid-19 on migration governance and rural areas across seven countries, development planning in Ghana, migration challenges in Southeast Asia, and community-based disaster management and resilience building in South Africa.

This focus area contributes to the following One CGIAR impact areas:

Nutrition, health and food security Poverty reduction, livelihoods and jobs Gender equality, youth and inclusion

Water, climate change and agrarian stress

Migration, water and climate stress are inextricably linked to rural development. Water stress and climate variability can act as a driver of fragility, intensifying pre-existing political, social, economic and environmental challenges. Initiatives designed to address migration-related challenges must tackle inequalities and the exclusion of women, youth and marginalized groups; governance opportunities to better manage water and natural resources and technology and innovations to help communities escape socio-ecological precarity and thrive despite climate challenges. IWMI intends to build climate resilience by implementing projects which tackle gender-power inequalities in the face of dynamic, economic-social-ecological challenges. Our work brings together affected communities, institutional stakeholders and social actors to manage water in response to climate variability and agrarian stress, striving to address complex physical and social variables.

This focus area contributes to the following One CGIAR impact areas:

Nutrition, health and food security Poverty reduction, livelihoods and jobs Gender equality, youth and inclusion Climate adaptation and mitigation

Gender, intersectionality and social inclusion

It is critical to center gender and intersectional identities when unpacking migration phenomena. Gender as a social construct guides social norms and relations, including the decision-making processes and mechanisms leading to migration. We recognize that the intersections between race, age, class, sex, caste and region shape the migrant experience.

IWMI strives to offer transformative approaches and solutions for women, youth and marginalized groups, regarding them as equal partners in our work rather than passive end-users.  For example, within communities that experience male out migration, socio-political systems are restructured to make women, youth and other groups active agents in their own agri-food transformation. Migration patterns contribute to the feminization of agriculture, and women may experience a greater burden of responsibility coupled with an increased ability to access and control resources and policies to build sustainable livelihoods. Acknowledging social complexities helps researchers and communities understand migration trends and address structural power imbalances to build a more equitable world.

This focus area contributes to the following One CGIAR impact areas:

Nutrition, health and food security Poverty reduction, livelihoods and jobs Gender equality, youth and inclusion

Innovation bundles

Farmer-led irrigation development is about much more than installing a pump in a field. It requires access to financing, labor, energy, and input and output markets, so that investments in irrigation translate into sustainable returns. IWMI uses a systemic approach to understand the farming system as well as the factors in the enabling environment that prevent women, men and youth from engaging in and benefitting equitably from farmer-led irrigation. We partner with farmers and the public and private sectors to test contextually relevant innovation bundles that combine irrigation technology such as solar pumps with financing mechanisms like pay-as-you-own or pay-as-you-go, agricultural inputs and agronomic techniques. We also look at ways to improve on-farm water management and nutrient use efficiency and reduce evapotranspiration through digital advances and agricultural extension. We integrate the scaling of innovation bundles into agricultural value chains to enhance the impacts on farmers’ irrigation investments, incomes and livelihoods.

This focus area contributes to the following One CGIAR impact areas:

Nutrition, health and food security Poverty reduction, livelihoods and jobs Gender equality, youth and inclusion Environmental health and biodiversity Climate adaptation and mitigation

Gender and social inclusion

The barriers facing women and men in accessing irrigation technologies are not the same. Neither are the benefits. Social, cultural and religious norms influence inter- and intra-household power relations. These, in turn, affect access to resources such as land, credit, information and training. IWMI carries out cross-dimensional analysis of gender and social inclusion in policy, financing, livelihood assets and access, institutional approaches and interventions as well as gender-based technology preferences. For example, we work with farmers, financial institutions and the private sector to address gender-based constraints in credit scoring and enhance women’s purchasing power. But benefitting from farmer-led irrigation does not stop at accessing and adopting technologies; enabling women and resource-poor farmers to participate in input and output markets is equally important to ensure that investments in irrigation result in improved nutrition and economic empowerment. Other ways we enhance gender and social inclusion include tackling agency issues around financial management and literacy, livelihood diversity and social capital as well as access to infrastructure, extension services and market linkages.

This focus area contributes to the following One CGIAR impact areas:

Poverty reduction, livelihoods and jobs Gender equality, youth and inclusion

Environmental sustainability

Population pressure and increasing water competition in a changing climate require us to take stock of the availability and use of water across scales. Water availability not only influences farmers’ commercial prospects but also irrigation-related enterprises and agri-businesses. Greater water scarcity could jeopardize irrigation and agricultural markets while excessive water use can lead to declining ecosystems, water quality and soil health. IWMI advises development partners and the public and private sectors on all aspects of water resource availability and use through a variety of advanced modeling and remote-sensing products and tools, including Water Accounting+solar irrigation mapping and internet of things. These are complemented by multi-criteria analysis to evaluate the potential of irrigation expansion, taking into consideration environmental flows. With our private sector partners, we are leveraging converging technologies, such as sensors on solar pumps that capture usage data, to encourage better resource management and governance.

This focus area contributes to the following One CGIAR impact areas:

Environmental health and biodiversity Climate adaptation and mitigation

Adaptive scaling and partnerships

The ability of farmers to engage in or expand irrigation depends on the prevailing socioeconomic, ecological and political contexts, which are often complex, non-linear and changeable. Overcoming systemic barriers to farmer-led irrigation development while taking advantage of existing opportunities requires scaling processes to be adaptive. This means diverse actors feed off, adapt to, support, cooperate, compete and interact with each other, forming different multi-actor networks and engaging in collective action to undertake various functions in the scaling ecosystem. IWMI works with farmers and public and private sector partners to co-design and pilot contextually relevant innovation bundles and their scaling pathways or strategies, influence policies and accelerate the transition to scale of innovations with demonstrated early impact.

This focus area contributes to the following One CGIAR impact areas:

Nutrition, health and food security Poverty reduction, livelihoods and jobs Gender equality, youth and inclusion Environmental health and biodiversity Climate adaptation and mitigation

Financing ecosystem

A lack of affordable credit, particularly for women and resource-poor farmers, is one of the main barriers to expanding farmer-led irrigation in low- and middle-income countries. But credit alone is not enough. Financing for irrigation equipment must be embedded in a wider financing ecosystem that bundles credit with inputs and services, market information and access, and technology such as digital payment. In several countries, irrigation equipment suppliers are stepping in to provide financing directly to farmers. In doing so, they increase their own risk. To address this issue, IWMI works with farmers, private companies, finance institutions and development partners such as the World Bank Group to analyze whether credit-scoring tools are inclusive. We also help to identify gaps in the financing ecosystem and de-risk the private sector from testing innovative end-user financing mechanisms that take into account farming system typologies, financial and social capital and crop seasonality.

This focus area contributes to the following One CGIAR impact areas:

Poverty reduction, livelihoods and jobs Gender equality, youth and inclusion

Human capacity development and knowledge exchange

Scaling farmer-led irrigation requires strengthening human capacity and knowledge exchange among all actors and stakeholders involved. IWMI takes an action research approach, working with national and international research institutions, governments, extension agents and public and private organizations to co-develop the scaling ecosystem and strengthen capacity to drive scaling networks and collective action. We support the development of or reinforce national multi-stakeholder dialogues with the aim of sharing scaling experiences and realizing win-win collaboration, interactive learning and capacity development. Other modalities for capacity development include hackathons, innovation research grants for bachelor’s and master’s students, private sector scaling grants and innovation internships with private companies. These all serve to stimulate local and contextually relevant innovation, close the research-private sector divide and enhance job readiness among young professionals.

This focus area contributes to the following One CGIAR impact areas:

Nutrition, health and food security Poverty reduction, livelihoods and jobs Gender equality, youth and inclusion Environmental health and biodiversity Climate adaptation and mitigation

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