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Challenge Program on Water and Food. Indo-Gangetic Basin Coordinating Unit ICAR Research Complex for Eastern Region WALMI Complex, Phulwari Sharif P.O. Patna 801 505, Bihar. Challenge Programs - Origin. 2000 CGIAR restructuring Improved impact Improved integration Emergence of CP idea - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Challenge Program on Water Challenge Program on Water and Foodand Food
Indo-Gangetic Basin Coordinating UnitICAR Research Complex for Eastern RegionWALMI Complex, Phulwari Sharif P.O.Patna 801 505, Bihar
Challenge Programs - Challenge Programs - OriginOrigin
2000 CGIAR restructuring• Improved impact
• Improved integration
• Emergence of CP idea
2002 Start of Inception Phase
CPs Water and Food Biofortification
CP on Water and FoodCP on Water and Food
A g ro -e cosys te m s U p p er ca tch m e n ts A q u atic eco syste m s
In teg ra te d rive r b as in m an a ge m e nt
G lo ba l a nd na tio na l po lic ies a nd ins titu tio ns
Research Themes
CP on Water and FoodCP on Water and Food
OBJECTIVES
Increase productivity of water for food and livelihoods - environmentally sustainable and socially acceptable
– Global diversion of water for agriculture kept at 2000 levels– Increase food production– Meet UN 2015 targets for reducing malnutrition and poverty
CP on Water and FoodCP on Water and Food
Asia Africa CWANA LAC
Yellow River
Limpopo Sao Francisco
Mekong Volta Karkheh (Iran)
Andean basin(s)
Indo-Gangetic
Nile
RIVER BASINS
CP on Water and FoodCP on Water and Food
STRUCTURE AND FUNDING
– Consortium: CGIAR (5); NARES (7);
ARIs (4); NGOs (3)
Initial 5 years US$ 50 - 125mPotential 15 years ca US$ 200m +
Indo-Gangetic Basin – An OverviewIndo-Gangetic Basin – An Overview225.2 mha basin area225.2 mha basin area
747 million population747 million population 114 Mha cropped area 114 Mha cropped area
91.4% water use in 91.4% water use in agricultureagriculture
Percent population Percent population below poverty line-below poverty line-
30.5 30.5
High Potential – Low Productivity
Progress of CPWFProgress of CPWF Approved in Nov 2002 and entered in inception phase Fully functional from Jan 2004 First call – 50 projects approved At present 30 projects already started in different basins Out of this 9 projects for IGB More news available in www.waterforfood.org Next call expected in the middle of 2006 New research strategy – start Basin focal projects in 4
small basins immediately – spread across continents and ecological conditions
Objectives of Basin Focal projectsObjectives of Basin Focal projects Improve understanding of the nature and extent of water poverty and
vulnerability and the underlying causes of poverty and opportunities for poverty reduction
Improve understanding of issues, processes, opportunities and challenges associated with sustainable increase in agricultural water productivity for poverty reduction and enhanced food, health and environmental securities
Develop an integrated framework for assessing constraints and opportunities and identifying appropriate interventions for –
- the poor to enhance agricultural water productivity- The poor to benefit from improvements in water access, employment and
lower food cost- Enhancing health and environmental securities through increases in
agricultural water productivity
Focal projects – a key means of comparing and contrasting the situation in different basins – maximum of USD 800 K – 18-24 months duration
The data produced in each basin and the methodologies agreed to produce them will be intellectual capital (global public goods) offered by the CPWF
Help to prioritize researchable issues in each basin for the second call Initially BFPs will function for Mekong, Karkheh, Volta and S. Francisco
basins from August 2005 Lead Institutions CSIRO, IWMI, IRD, UC Davis Other partners for this BFPs will decided by lead institution and the
coordination project Other basins – IGB – next year – mid 2006 The methodological framework developed under GECAFS may provide a
good support for IGB basin focal project
Small grants (max of USD 75 K) – innovative methods and demonstrations of end user impact – call is in the initial stage
IFS-CPWF call already available in the website – USD 12 K – for young scientists of different basins for innovative new ideas – period 12-18 months duration
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