Water, Land and Ecosystems - Global

Irrigation benchmarking for sustainability

Amanda — Tue, 30 Jan 2018 08:29:00 +0000

The renewed interest into irrigation medium and large schemes by various IFIs requires filling two principal knowledge gaps : 1) benchmarking of irrigation schemes with new demand on water use efficiencies beyond scheme scale to contribute towards SDGs and others, and 2) capacity development demand to design and manage existing and new scheme investments. This project updates IWMI the existing Online Irrigation Benchmarking (OIBS) Tool through integration of gender indicators into the tool and develops a System Asset Management (SAM) tool to support irrigation managers in improving scheme management.

Contact Person

Sikka, Alok <A.Sikka@cgiar.org>

Lead Center

International Water Management Institute (IWMI)

Donors

CGIAR

Partners

IWMI - International Water Management Institute

Completed

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

Research ThemeLand and Water Solutions

Cluster

2.2 Unlocking Value in Irrigation Systems

Regions

Global

Countries

India, Myanmar, 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

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

Resource Recovery from waste for Reuse (RRR) Capacity development and Outreach

Amanda — Tue, 30 Jan 2018 05:59:00 +0000

This project supports the development of RRR curriculum, RRR/RUL publication series, an RRR tool box, global databases (with FAO) and the outreach of Flagship 3 at major conferences. In addition, GlobE - UrbanFood Plus is mapped to this overarching project.

GlobE - UrbanFood Plus

IWMI is contributing regional expertise on urban food systems and nutrient flows to different sub-projects (SPs) of the larger GlobE (Urban Food Plus) project , in particular for the supervision of PhD students, support of field trials and activity backstopping. This is the second part of of the ongoing 5 year project, co-funded by BMBF and BMZ.

Contact Person

Drechsel, Pay <p.drechsel@cgiar.org>

Lead Center

International Water Management Institute (IWMI)

Donors

Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)

University of Kassel

CGIAR

Partners

AIT - Austrian Institute of Technology, CEWAS, IWMI - International Water Management Institute, Ministry of Agriculture (Sri Lanka), RUAF - RUAF Foundation, UNEP / UN Enviroment - The United Nations Environment Programme

Completed

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

Research ThemeRural-Urban Linkages

Cluster

3.2 Business Options for Nutrient, Water and Energy Recovery and Reuse

Regions

Global, Southern Asia, Western Africa

Countries

Burkina Faso, Ghana, India, Sri Lanka

Think tank researching intersections between policy and global food security PO A27757

Amanda — Wed, 29 Nov 2017 06:22:00 +0000

This activity develops with UC Davis a series of 3-4 policy briefs that focus on sustainable agricultural water management.

Contact Person

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

Lead Center

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Donors

UC Davis - University of California, Davis

Partners

IFPRI - International Food Policy Research Institute, UC Davis - University of California, Davis

Completed

Start/End dateOctober 01, 2016 — February 28, 2017

Research ThemeVariability, Risks and Competing Uses

Cluster

4.2 Managing Competing Uses and Trade-offs

Regions

Global

Countries

United States

Stakeholder dialogues and outreach on rural-urban food systems

Amanda — Wed, 29 Nov 2017 05:26:00 +0000

The funds will support between the involvement of RUAF at key urban stakeholder meetings and the production of publications and outreach material to promote the WLE agenda and impact pathway of the RUL Flagship . They will also be used to support cities in uptake and implementation fo the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact (MUFFP). The latter will be specifically implemented in Quito (Ecuador) to support them in the development of a vulnerability analysis of their food system. It will also involve the participation in a regional meeting in Cali (Colombia) that seeks to strenghten capacities of participants from 5-6 cities in this area. Work in 2018 will also involve targetted support to other cities participating in the ICLEI-RUAF CITYFOOD network in uptake of the MUFFP.

Contact Person

van Veenhuizen, René <r.van.veenhuizen@ruaf.org>

Lead Center

RUAF Global Partnership

Donors

Hivos

CGIAR

Completed

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

Research ThemeRural-Urban Linkages

Cluster

3.1 City-Region Food Systems and Urban Food Security

Regions

Global

Countries

Ecuador

Private and public sector involvement in the energy-food nexus

Amanda — Wed, 29 Nov 2017 05:20:00 +0000

The EU funded WABEF project (Western Africa Biowastes for Energy and Fertilizer) is a collaborative project of CIRAD, RUAF Foundation and institutions in Senegal (UCAD and IAGU), Benin (Songhai) and Mali (AEDR) that will disseminate viable anaerobic waste digestion technologies. Overall project activities included: -Implementing an inventory of technologies employing anaerobic digestion of biowaste, adapted to the Sudano-Sahelian context -Development of a tool to compare and choose the most viable technology for a specific situation -Two existing waste treatment plants will be made operational as demonstrators -Technical and policy briefs will be developed -An on line distance learning module will be developed based on the project?s results -A regional school for practitioners and decision-makers? enrichment will be organised With support of WLE a special issue of the UA Magazine has been developed.

Contact Person

van Veenhuizen, René <r.van.veenhuizen@ruaf.org>

Lead Center

RUAF Global Partnership

Donors

Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement (CIRAD)

CGIAR

Partners

CIRAD - Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement, RUAF - RUAF Foundation

Completed

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

Research ThemeRural-Urban Linkages

Cluster

3.2 Business Options for Nutrient, Water and Energy Recovery and Reuse

Regions

Global

Countries

Benin, Mali, Senegal

City Region Food Systems Forum

Amanda — Wed, 29 Nov 2017 05:16:00 +0000

One international meeting among ca 100 city representatives, researchers, NGO and private sector and international organisations in charge of agriculture or food on resilient city region food systems and its contribution to city and international agendas. Organised in the context of the 2017 ICLEi Resilient Cities Congress in Bonn (May 2017). Participants are exposed to emerging topics, international agendas, tools and approaches related to city region food system.

Contact Person

van Veenhuizen, René <r.van.veenhuizen@ruaf.org>

Lead Center

RUAF Global Partnership

Donors

CGIAR

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Local Governments for Sustainability, Bonn (ICLEI)

Partners

FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability, RUAF - RUAF Foundation

Completed

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

Research ThemeRural-Urban Linkages

Cluster

3.1 City-Region Food Systems and Urban Food Security

Regions

Global

Countries

Argentina, Colombia, Ecuador, Kenya, Sri Lanka

CityFoodTools - Mapping City Regions Food Systems

Amanda — Wed, 29 Nov 2017 05:06:00 +0000

This project supports analysis of city region food systems in Colombo Sri Lanka and Quito, Ecuador. The CRFS analysis in Colombo is part of the FAO Food for the Cities Project implemented together with IWMI and RUAF (see further: https://www.fao.org/in-action/food-for-cities-programme/pilotcities/activ...). The Quito assessment is part of the RUAF CityFoodTools project (https://www.ruaf.org/projects/developing-tools-mapping-and-assessing-sust...). The Colombo assessment will support (1) Introducing by-laws on RRR from food waste at the level of CMC.; (2) Development of an implementable action plan on UPA at the level of the Western Province (3) Introduction of food safety and hygiene aspects along the entire value chain in the national food act. The Quito assessment will help the city to collect data (gender sensitive) key indicators for food related policies and actions for building more resilient city region food systems. Baseline data will be mapped onto a GIS system to allow for design of future spatialised interventions and monitoring (CoA 3.1, outcome 3.1, 2 cities in 2 countries).

Contact Person

van Veenhuizen, René <r.van.veenhuizen@ruaf.org>

Lead Center

RUAF Global Partnership

Donors

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

CGIAR

Daniel and Nina Carasso Foundation

Partners

Government of Ecuador, IWMI - International Water Management Institute, RUAF - RUAF Foundation

Completed

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

Research ThemeRural-Urban Linkages

Cluster

3.1 City-Region Food Systems and Urban Food Security

Regions

Global

Countries

Ecuador, Sri Lanka

Probabilistic Causal Models for Nutrition Outcomes of Agricultural Actions

Amanda — Tue, 10 Oct 2017 10:51:00 +0000

This project uses Bayesian Network to model impact pathways for interventions. Two interventions, on fruit trees in Kenya and on agricultural policy in Uganda, are evaluated as to their impact on human nutrition. Models are produced during participatory workshops and refined through iterations of modification and feedback. The project will produce a refined methodology, to be described in detail in a methods guide. This is a key activity for CoA5.2, because it explores the use of a new modeling approach, which appears to be a good fit for ex-ante impact assessment, but has not yet been used in development research.

Contact Person

Luedeling, Eike and Winowiecki, Leigh Ann <l.a.winowiecki@cgiar.org>

Lead Center

World Agroforestry (ICRAF)

Donors

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

Partners

Agena, ICRAF - World Agroforestry Centre, JLU - Justus Liebig University Giessen, QMUL - Queen Mary University of London, University of Bonn

Completed

Start/End dateJanuary 01, 2015 — February 01, 2018

Research ThemeEnhancing Sustainable Agriculture

Cluster

5.1 Evidence, tools and expertise for decision support for sustainable agricultural landscapes

Regions

Global

Countries

Kenya, Uganda