Water, Land and Ecosystems - Southern Africa

Community Movement for Rehabilitating Drying Springs of Yewol Mountain Watersheds at the heads of the Nile basin

Amanda — Sun, 29 Sep 2019 04:52:00 +0000

Yewol watershed in South Wollo Zone, Amhara Regional State, Ethiopia is a drought-prone sub-district with occasional storms and rapidly changing climate. Farmers have recently abandoned the short rains, which used to produce about 30% of the food, due to unreliable and unpredictable rains. This project is designed to capitalize on the ongoing watershed initiative, which established multiple watershed management interventions and has created an institutional alliance between Wollo University, Amhara Agricultural Research Institute and the local governments.

Contact Person

Amede, Tilahun <T.amede@cgiar.org>

Lead Center

International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)

Donors

CGIAR

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)

Partners

Government of Ethiopia, ICRISAT - International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics

Completed

Start/End dateJanuary 01, 2017 — December 31, 2019

Research ThemeLand and Water Solutions

Cluster

2.1 ALWM Solutions for Resilient Smallholder Livelihood and Landscape Systems

Regions

Eastern Africa, Middle Africa, Southern Africa, Western Africa

Countries

Ethiopia

Topics:

Land Water

Agricultural Land and Water Management (ALWM) investment models for livelihood benefits

Amanda — Tue, 30 Jan 2018 09:10:00 +0000

Consolidates research/engagement across several initiatives, on profitability, feasibility, sustainability of AWLM for smallholder farming. Informs investors on where/how/when AWM technologies can work. The ALWM project funding under WLE continues to support identified gaps in farmer led irrigation projects and strongly builds on the ongoing work under the extension phase of Innovation Laboratory for Small Scale Irrigation (ILSSI), the IWMI-TATA Partnership (ITP), the recently funded project by SDC and Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT) and the recently acquired GIZ project in India. The work under WLE aims at providing guidelines and tools for the private and public sector to sustainably out/upscale water lifting technologies and water solution packages as a bundle.

In 2020 and 2021 IWMI will use the scaling pathway for FLI under ILSSI with private sector and adapt these to identify scaling opportunities for suitable AWM solutions (irrigation and SWC) through public-private partnerships in 2 other African countries. Special emphasis will be given to ensuring that the scaling pathways is inclusive of women and youth. IWMI under WLE will initiate a solar review in 2020 to be completed in 2021 drawing on a review in Africa and Asia. The information available to establish a geodatabase on FLI for Ethiopia and Ghana was insufficient in 2019. In 2020 the scope is adapted by identifying changes in FLI irrigation using RS. Ministries, donors, private sector entities have requested access to the spatial information to guide investments in farmer-led irrigation.

Contact Person

Schmitter, Petra <p.schmitter@cgiar.org>

Lead Center

International Water Management Institute (IWMI)

Donors

International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)

Texas A&M University

Sir Ratan Tata & Allied Trust (SRTT)

Sir Dorabji Tata & Allied Trust (SDTT)

Global Affairs Canada

International Fertilizer Development Center (IFDC)

Swiss Agency for Development Cooperation (SDC)

Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)

Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU)

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Partners

AMU - Arba Minch University, BDU - Bahir Dar University, FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, IFPRI - International Food Policy Research Institute, ILRI - International Livestock Research Institute, IWMI - International Water Management Institute, MoFA - Ministry of Food and Agriculture (Ghana), Texas A&M University

Completed

Start/End dateJanuary 01, 2017 — December 31, 2021

Cluster

2.1 ALWM Solutions for Resilient Smallholder Livelihood and Landscape Systems

Regions

Eastern Africa, Middle Africa, Southern Africa, Western Africa

Countries

Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Mali, Niger, Rwanda, Tanzania

Improving sustainability by better incorporating the environment in water trade-off assessments

Amanda — Tue, 30 Jan 2018 08:00:00 +0000

This project will support IWMI researchers who are contributing to international conventions and other prominent fora (e.g. IPBES, Ramsar, JAXA) through application of IWMI research. This involvement contributes to better assessment of trade-offs and how to manage them and highlights the value of WLE related research in an international arena.

Contact Person

McCartney, Matthew <m.mccartney@cgiar.org>

Lead Center

International Water Management Institute (IWMI)

Donors

CGIAR

Partners

IPBES - Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, IWMI - International Water Management Institute, JAXA - Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Ramsar - The Ramsar Convention Secretariat

Completed

Start/End dateJanuary 01, 2017 — December 31, 2021

Research ThemeVariability, Risks and Competing Uses

Cluster

4.2 Managing Competing Uses and Trade-offs

Regions

Central Asia, Eastern Africa, Middle East and North Africa, Southern Asia, Southeast Asia, Southern Africa, Western Africa

Countries

Sri Lanka

Support to the roll-out of SDG monitoring and reporting by countries enhancing food security and sustainable use of water resource use

Amanda — Tue, 30 Jan 2018 07:39:00 +0000

The SDGs are a major global innovation that is leading the world to a sustainable future. IWMI has been involved in many aspects of the development of the SDGs and this project seeks to maintain this influence. This project will continue to contribute to SDG indicator development within the UN, with an increasing focus on the Water Stress indicator 6.4.2 with the e-flows subcomponent. It will also critique progress on development of the Agenda 2030.

Rapid population growth and uncoordinated water infrastructure development challenge water and food security in the Nile River basin. Focusing on Target 6.4 of Sustainable Development Goals, this study analyzes the effects of improving water use efficiencies on water scarcity, water stress and food security (Target 2.4) in the Nile River basin using a scenario-based approach. Scenario analysis is conducted using the IMPACT model.

Contact Person

Dickens, Chris <c.dickens@cgiar.org> and Zhu, Tingju <t.zhu@cgiar.org>

Lead Center

International Water Management Institute (IWMI)

Donors

CGIAR

Partners

FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, IWMI - International Water Management Institute

Completed

Start/End dateJanuary 02, 2017 — December 31, 2021

Research ThemeVariability, Risks and Competing Uses

Cluster

4.2 Managing Competing Uses and Trade-offs

Regions

Global, Southern Africa

Countries

South Africa

Sustainable Groundwater

Amanda — Tue, 30 Jan 2018 06:42:00 +0000

The project takes an inter-disciplinary approach to understanding groundwater resources availability (renewability and storage) and variability/trends, dependence on the resource for agriculture and related uses, livelihoods and pathways to sustainable use in cooperation with local, national and international partners. It investigates the transboundary issues related to internationally shared aquifers and how joint approaches can build trust and further impetus for cooperation around long-term sustainability and use of the aquifer resources for increased resilience in the face of climate change.

This project supports RAMOTSWA, Groundwater Solutions Initiative for Policy and Practice (GRIPP), and liaises with UN-Water and other global international organisations on issue of sustainable groundwater use.

Activities under this project include:

Groundwater Futures in SSA Phase 2

GroFutures will apply new geophysical techniques and compile long-term observations of groundwater levels from the Network of Groundwater Obsevatories (NAGO) to substantially improve knowledge of the renewability and volume of groundwater in Sub-Saharan Africa.

GroFutures will also develop an inclusive, participatory framework for groundwater governance in which the views of poor women and men are considered together with the trade-offs associated with groundwater development pathways.

Resilience in the Limpopo Basin: the Potential Role of the Transboundary Ramotswa Aquifer (RAMOTSWA)

The overall objective of the project is to support a long-term joined vision and cooperation on the shared groundwater resources of the upper Limpopo region where the states potentially share significant and valuable freshwater underground resources as well as space for enhanced water storage. The project will facilitate joint management and better groundwater governance focused on coordination, scientific knowledge, social redress and environmental sustainability, in order to reduce poverty and inequities and to increase prosperity, livelihoods and food security in face of climate chance and variability.

Understanding Recharge in the Limpopo River Basin (GRECHLIM)

The GRECHLIM project will increase the capacity to assess groundwater resources, and in particular groundwater recharge, among students at the University of the Witwatersrand. It will also contribute to improving methodologies and practices for groundwater assessments and management among the national and local partners responsible for water supply and management in the Limpopo River Basin.

Transboundary Ramotswa Aquifer -II

The overall objective of the RAMOTSWA Project is to support a long-term joint vision and cooperation on the shared groundwater resources of the Limpopo River Basin and build a community of practice around transboundary aquifer management in the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) region. The project will facilitate joint management and better groundwater governance focused on coordination, scientific knowledge, social redress and environmental sustainability, in order to reduce poverty and inequities and to increase prosperity, livelihoods and food security in the face of current climate variability future climate change.

Contact Person

Villholth, Karen <k.villholth@cgiar.org>

Lead Center

International Water Management Institute (IWMI)

Donors

UK Research & Innovation (UKRI)

Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI)

CGIAR

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark

Australian Center for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR)

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, Department for International Development (DFID), United Kingdom

Partners

AGWT - American Ground Water Trust, Aquamatters, AWARD - African Women in Agricultural Research and Development, AWDROP - Association of Water Well Drilling Rig Owners and Practitioners, AWRA - American Water Resources Association, BGR - Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe / Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources, BGS - British Geological Survey, CAWR - Center for Advanced Water Research, DHI, GEF - Global Environment Facility, Government of Botswana, Government of Denmark, Government of South Africa, Government of Uttar Pradesh (India), Government of Zimbabwe, HRNS - Hanns R. Neumann Stiftung, IAH - International Association of Hydrogeologists, ICAR - Indian Council of Agricultural Research, IDS - Institute of Development Studies, IGES - Institute for Global Environmental Strategies, IRHA - International Rainwater Harvesting Alliance, IUCN - International Union for Conservation of Nature, IWMI - International Water Management Institute, KickStart International, MetaMeta, NCGRT - National Centre for Groundwater Research and Training, NERC - Natural Environment Research Council, NGWA - National Ground Water Association, NUOL - National University of Laos, OKACOM - The Permanent Okavango River Basin Water Commissio, OSS - Sahara and Sahel Observatory (Observatoire du Sahara et du Sahel), Peace Parks Foundation, SADC-GMI - South African Development Community - Groundwater Management Institute, Sanitech, SANParks - South African National Parks, SKAT - Swiss Resource Centre and Consultancies for Development (Skat Consulting Ltd.), SuSanA - Sustainable Sanitation Alliance, SWM - Smart Water Metering, SYSU - Sun Yat-Sen University , TU Dresden - University of Dresden, UB - University of Botswana, UCL - University College London, UCPH - University of Copenhagen, UNDP - United Nations Development Programme, UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, University of Strathclyde, University of the Western Cape, UNL - University of Nebraska, UNU-INWEH - United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health , USAID - U.S. Agency for International Development, WUC - Water Utilities Corporation (Botswana), ZAMCOM - Zambezi Watercourse Commission

Completed

Start/End dateJanuary 01, 2015 — December 31, 2021

Research ThemeVariability, Risks and Competing Uses

Cluster

4.1 Risks associated with water variability mitigated

Regions

Eastern Africa, Middle East and North Africa, Southern Asia, Southeast Asia, Southern Africa, Western Africa

Countries

Botswana, Ethiopia, India, Laos, Malawi, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Vietnam

Innovative Risk Management Solutions for Floods and Drought to support national strategies for Disaster Risk Reduction in South Asia

Amanda — Tue, 30 Jan 2018 06:24:00 +0000

The main aim of this project is to develop a framework to help institutions in South Asian countries reduce vulnerability and strengthen preparedness to droughts. The project will advance the existing prototype of drought forecasting and warning that includes the science of monitoring and forecasting and can provide information on how different groups can use the forecasts to support their decision-making. On the risk transfer solutions on flood insurance project we will investigate business models and the establishment of an enabling institutional framework to contribute to development at meaningful scales. Further, the index insurance, will enable the poor to access financial tools for development, properly prepare for, and recover from flood disasters. Other activities include rapid emergency response mapping during major flood disasters to support disaster agencies in relief and impact assessment as well as a range of capacity building activities to brief national stakeholders and strengthen national strategies for Disaster Risk Reduction in South Asia.

Contact Person

Amarnath, Giriraj <a.giriraj@cgiar.org>

Lead Center

International Water Management Institute (IWMI)

Donors

Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Co. Ltd.

Partners

FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Government of Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, ICAR - Indian Council of Agricultural Research, IWMI - International Water Management Institute, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (Lao PDR), MPKV - Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri, SAARC - South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, The World Bank, UN-SPIDER - United Nations Platform for Space-based Information for Disaster Management and Emergency Response, WFP - World Food Programme, WRMS - Weather Risk Management Services Private Limited

Completed

Start/End dateJanuary 01, 2017 — December 31, 2021

Research ThemeVariability, Risks and Competing Uses

Cluster

4.1 Risks associated with water variability mitigated

Regions

Global, Southern Asia, Southeast Asia, Southern Africa

Countries

Afghanistan, India, Myanmar, South Africa, Sri Lanka

Alternative Pathways to improve electricity access and Energy Roadmaps Development and Energy access in the Eastern Nile - water and food implications

Amanda — Wed, 29 Nov 2017 06:34:00 +0000

Assess implications for food and water security from alternative energy development pathways. This project combines a project in Ethiopia and one in Pakistan to improve energy development.

The second part of this project involves developing a regional energy model for the Eastern Nile that incorporates energy export and import and assess related water and food implications to support the Nile Basin Initiative that is looking for alternatives to contentious water sharing challenges. The impact on greenhouse gas emissions will be assessed.

Contact Person

Mondal, Alam <a.mondal@cgiar.org>

Lead Center

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Donors

Battelle Memorial Institute (BMI)

CGIAR

Partners

IFPRI - International Food Policy Research Institute

Completed

Start/End dateJanuary 01, 2017 — December 31, 2018

Research ThemeVariability, Risks and Competing Uses

Cluster

4.2 Managing Competing Uses and Trade-offs

Regions

Eastern Africa, Middle Africa, Southern Africa, Western Africa

Countries

Ethiopia, Pakistan

The water-energy-food nexus: global, basin and local case studies of resource use efficiency under growing natural resource scarcity

Amanda — Wed, 29 Nov 2017 06:28:20 +0000

This is the last third year of a 3.5-year BMZ supported study on the water-energy-food nexus. It has a wide range of outputs in 2017 and 2018, all focused on energy-water-food analyses in the Eastern Nile basin.

Contact Person

Claudia Ringler

Lead Center

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Donors

Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)

Partners

German Centre for Development Research (ZEF) Humboldt University - Berlin The Kiel Institute for the World Economy International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Completed

Start/End dateJanuary 01, 2015 — June 30, 2018

Regions

Southern Africa

Science-policy exchange processes and learning alliance around strengthening the role of ecosystem services for increased resilience of investments in sustainable intensification (and Agent Based Modeling (ABM) framework)

Amanda — Wed, 29 Nov 2017 06:24:00 +0000

This activity involves use of online decision support tools developed in previous WLE project for the Niger River Basin and the Mekong River basin. The design of these online tools is based on the notion of agent-based modeling and allows for stakeholders in the river basin to express their options for water resources development of river basin and explore how their decisions could interact with the options of other stakeholders and influence the ecosystem services provided by the water resources in the basin. To this end, a seminar will be held to generate real-time responses and gather unfiltered feedback on the utility & design of the online tools. We will also monitor the status of the use of the online tools, improve the system design/performance given the feedback, and analyze the stakeholder input data collected by the online system to generate insight into in a real world situation how stakeholders in a river basin could compete and collaborate in future water resources development activities.

This project is also contains a generic ABM framework for complex ecosystem service analyses in WLE focal regions.

Contact Person

Ringler, Claudia <C.RINGLER@CGIAR.ORG>

Lead Center

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Donors

CGIAR

Partners

IFPRI - International Food Policy Research Institute, IRD - Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Lehigh University, RIVERFUTURES LTD, University of Illinois, Wetlands International

Completed

Start/End dateJanuary 01, 2017 — December 31, 2017

Research ThemeEnhancing Sustainable Agriculture

Cluster

4.1 Risks associated with water variability mitigated

Regions

Eastern Africa, Middle East and North Africa, Southern Africa, Western Africa

Irrigation water management for food security and income generation in smallholder farming systems

Amanda — Wed, 29 Nov 2017 05:50:00 +0000

Zimbabwe has made significant investments in irrigation development compared to other countries in the region, but water is increasingly becoming scarce in the country because of growing competing demands for the resource among agriculture, domestic and industrial uses. Several smallholder irrigation schemes have been developed in the country with the aim of increasing food security, but return on investments has been unsatisfactory and their functionality has remained largely low due to a number of interrelated factors. Among them; infrastructure deficiencies, unfavorable land tenure arrangements and small land holdings, poor management, inadequate access to markets, and lack of technical knowledge for maintaining irrigation infrastructure and water management. In most schemes irrigation scheduling is lacking and farmers are not trained to manage water; water management is mainly to ensure equitable distribution among farmers to avoid conflicts. However, it is important to manage irrigation water in each of the schemes if maximum benefits of the investments made are to be realized. Consequently, research on finding ways to improve water productivity in smallholder irrigation schemes in Zimbabwe remains pertinent.

Contact Person

Van Rooyen, Andre F <a.vanrooyen@cgiar.org>

Lead Center

International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)

Donors

Australian Center for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR)

Partners

ACIAR - Australian Center for International Agricultural Research, ANU - Australian National University, CSIRO - Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, ICRISAT - International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, UNISA - University of South Australia

Completed

Start/End dateJanuary 01, 2017 — December 31, 2021

Research ThemeLand and Water Solutions

Cluster

2.2 Unlocking Value in Irrigation Systems

Regions

Eastern Africa, Southern Africa

Countries

Mozambique, Tanzania, Zimbabwe

Water, Land and Ecosystems - Southern Africa

Community Movement for Rehabilitating Drying Springs of Yewol Mountain Watersheds at the heads of the Nile basin

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