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3rd

International Forum on Water and Food, Tshwane, South Africa

The Ganges DBC

Table of contents

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1. Introduction 032. Forum objective 033. The Ganges Basin 03

3.1 Participation 04

3.2 Share fair 04

3.3 Social Media 04

3.4 Print Media 04

3.5 Story Telling 04

3.6 Presentation Session 05

3.6.1 Objective 05

3.6,2 Expected Output 05

3.6.3 Roles and Responsibilities 05

3.6.4 Room layout plan 06

3.6.5 Activities/presentation 07

3.6.6 Documentation of presentation session 07

3.6.7 Pagers 13

3.6.8 Session presentation 30

3.6.9 Business Session 51

3.6.10 List of participants 54


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3rd

International Forum on Water and Food, Tshwane, South Africa

The Ganges BDC

1. Introduction

The CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food organized the 1st

IFWF (International Forum on Water and

food) in 2006 in Vientiane, Laos and the second in 2008 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The present 3rd

IFWF forum

was held in Tshwane, Pretoria, South Africa in November 2011. The IFWF forums are known for their

innovative spirit and ability to federate and influence in important opportunity to share lessons learned,

synthesize and align? Results across thematic areas.

The 1st

day (14 November 2011) of the IFWF3 forum started with formal opening with welcome address by

Mr. Alain Vidal, the Director of the CPWF. Renowned keynote speakers presented valuable issue-wise (mainly

on water and food) papers in the forum. The forum management committee arranged debate on `Research

for Development is relevant and essential between journalists/development professionals and followed by

audience supports.

2. Forum Objective

The forum brings together CPWF partners and a range of key decision makers to assess the relevance of its

research for development programs, the basin projects, share experiences and capitalize on emerging results.

3. The Ganges Basin

People living in the coastal areas of the Ganges River confront large challenges in increasing food production

and improving livelihoods in the face of climate change. Inundation and severe flooding is a frequent

phenomenon in the coastal region that leads to loss of lives and livelihoods, and salinity intrusion is a growing

challenge for many farmers. The Ganges Basin Development Challenge (BDC) is Increasing the resilience of

agricultural and aquaculture systems in the coastal areas of the Ganges delta.

The Ganges program was launched in June 2011, focused on brackish-water coastal zones, where agricultura

lands faced maximum salinity in dry season, addressing three major themes of innovation: (1) water

management and water governance, with special reference to the management of polders in Bangladesh; (2)

development of institutions for community resource management; and (3) crop management for salt affected

lands. The program builds on successful development outcomes from CPWF Phase 1, and through scaling out

of strategies and systems developed envisages to benefiting over 1 million households during the next 10

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The Ganges session at IFWF 3 was intended to share experiences and plans from the five Ganges BDC projects

and a Basin Story from a CPWF Phase 1 project on community based fish culture that provides lessons for the

current phase, as we seek to increase the development outcomes and impacts from our CPWF research under

the Phase 2 project. We seek feedback from participants on lessons and opportunities for wider sharing of

knowledge and experiences as the Ganges program moves forward

The presentations cover the role of the Ganges Change and Coordination project, four papers on agriculture

and aquaculture cropping systems in coastal Bangladesh, the use of spatial data as a decision support and

policy development tool, the influence of global drivers on the Ganges delta and water governance. The

community based fish culture story shows how very simple technical interventions and co-management

arrangements can increase fish production, enhance fish species diversity, improve water management and

generate tangible benefits for floodplain resource users, particularly the poor and landless. The challenge of

integration of diversified agriculture-aquaculture production systems that could significantly enhanced theproduction and income of existing farming systems in coastal ecosystems of Ganges is addressed in the

cropping system papers. The session would also discuss the possibility of introducing new short duration rice

varieties to accommodate additional crops in the dry season and the possibility of growing double or triple rice

crops in the difficult situation by adjusting the seedling age, planting time and methods as well. The challenges

of transferring the results of research to development will also be examined.

3.1 Participation

Form Ganges Basin altogether 21 professionals participated in the IFWF3 forum including one under PIP

(Policy Impact Panel) and one journalist. The Ganges team contributed in the following major events of theforum:

- Share Fair- Social media- Print media- Story telling- Presentation of results of 1st phase and planning of 2nd phase

3.2 Share Fair

The forum committee allocated a booth for Ganges BDC. The Communication Coordinator of GBDC took lead

to organize the booth with following visuals:

- Video show: (following videos were presented one after another during the show time (12 noon to 3pm on 15 and 16 November)


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o Partnership in Practice (mainly showed the process and methods of water management in thecoastal polders of Ganges Basin)

o Case Study (best water management practice and outcomes)o Success Story (community based aquaculture development)

- Photo slide show:o Covers the some activities of Ganges project area (G1-G4)o Covers integration of aquaculture and agriculture in Indian parts of the Ganges basin

- Poster show on:o Ganges basin: location and distribution of working polders by G1 G5o Prevailing problems and potential: impacts of external drivers on water resources in coasta

zones of Ganges (G4)

o Polder water management (G3)o Major activities of WorldFish Center in Bangladesh (G5)

3.3 Social Media

The communication coordinator contributed to develop message on IFWF3 forum and uploaded current

activities of the forum in the Twitter and Yammer. In IFWF3 there was a team called social media, who were

responsible for social networking. This social media team has shared all information regarding forum through different

websites. This team has tweeted the links to the blog posts and other updates during the forum. They have shared

information in Yammer website, which is developed for sharing information in CPWF and CGIAR network. There was lot

of live tweeting of different sessions done by social media team members. Dozens of volunteers worked for this team

who were from different basins. The Ganges BDC communication coordinator worked as one of this team members.

3.4 Print Media

The journalist of Ganges BDC contributed to develop story line using the success and impact of projects

operated in the 1st

phase of CPWF in the Ganges area. The story line printed in the newsletter of CPWF

circulated to the forum participants.

3.5 Story Telling

Dr. Benoy Kumar Barman presented the story on `community based Fish culture in the Flood plains ofBangladesh in the story line session on the IFWF3 forum on 15 November. The story was appreciated by the

management team and the audience as well.

3.6 Presentation Session

Session Lead: Nowsher Ali Sarder

Session Chair: Michael Phillips


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Moderator: Bharat Sharma

Rapporteur: Ruvicyn Bayot

Time Keeper: Jitendra Sundaray

3.6.1 Objectives:1. To present the Ganges BDC2. To discuss the possible contributions of the Ganges BDC to other relevant programs within and outside the

CPWF; and learning from Ganges that may be of wider interest

3. To discuss the contributions of the Ganges BDC to policy4. To discuss explicitly the responses to the four questions

a. What is new and innovative from the session?b. What has changed in the understanding of a specific basin development challenge and how to address

it?

c. What are the messages and lessons emerging from/ for R4D?d. What are the messages for any specific target groups? What are the specific messages for Africa?

3.6.2 Expected Outputs1. Improvements in the Ganges BDC concept resulting from the discussions2. Identified possible collaborative activities with other groups within and outside the CPWF program3. Identified contributions to policy4. Documentations

a. Cardsb. Session summaryc. Briefing notes

3.6.3 Roles and Responsibilities

Session Lead Nowsher

Sarder

Responsible for organizing the session

Responsible for making a sales pitch about the session

Responsible for contacting invited participants to the Session

To contribute to session documentation

Session Chair Michael

Phillips

Responsible for giving the overview of the Session

Responsible for giving the summary/ synthesis of the Session

Responsible for leading the documentation (contribution to the


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Capitalizing Session, Briefing Notes)

Facilitator/

Moderator

Bharat

Sharma

Responsible for moderating the presentations and discussions

Responsible for leading the activities

To contribute to the session documentation

Facilitator/

Reporter

Bing Bayot Responsible for taking notes of the key messages from the session

Responsible for setting up the room and getting the session materials

ready

To contribute to the session documentation

Session Booth SalmaSultana and

group (ask

for

volunteers)

Responsible for setting up the exhibits

Responsible for manning the booth

Media relations Reps from

Ganges

projects

Discuss in detail the project key messages and activities with the

media (be more proactive)

Could be done during the share Fair session so please stay in thebooth as much as possible


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3.6.4 Room lay out3.6.5

3.6.5 Activities/PresentationTime Topic Presenter

3:00 to 3:05 pm Session briefing from the Chair Michael Phillips

Senior Scientist, WFC

3: 05 to 3:15 pm The Ganges Basin Development Challenge and the Role

of Change and Coordination Project

Nowsher Ali Sarder

Basin Leader

3:15 to 3:25 pm Aus-Aman Cropping System: A New Approach for

Increasing Cropping Intensityin Southwest CoastalBangladesh

Sanjida Parvin Ritu

Scientist, BRRI

3:25 to 3:35 pm Improving drainage is crucial for cropping intensification

in the poldered coastal zones of Bangladesh

Manoranjan Kumar Mondal

Collaborative Scientist, IRRI

3:35 to 3:45 pm Rice Varieties with Multiple Traits for Intensive

Cropping in the Coastal Zones of the Ganges

Glenn Gregorio

Screen

Socia

lreporters

Board Board

Ganges team

Discussants


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Senior Scientist, IRRI

3:45 to 3:50 pm A Community-based Fish Culture Approach Benoy Kumar Barman

Research Coordinator, WFC

3:50 to 4:00 pm Integrated Aqua-Agricultural Production Systems in the

Brackish Water Zones of Bangladesh

Benoy Kumar Barman

Research Coordinator, WFC

4:00 to 4:10 pm Mapping Resource Profiles in the Ganges Coastal Zone Andrew Nelson

Senior Scientist, IRRI

4:10 to 4:35 pm Open session:

How will the Ganges BDC contribute to other programs/

projects and activities within and outside the CPWF, and

vice versa?

Bharat Sharma

Moderator

4:35 to 4:55 pm Contribution to the Capitalizing Session

Participants will all give responses to the four questions

using cards

Bharat Sharma

Moderator

4:55 to 5:00 pm Concluding remarks Michael Phillips

3.6.6 Documentation of presentation session

During presentation session Ruvicyn Bayot as rapporteur has taken notes as part of documentation of the presentation

session. The notes taken are as follows:

Introduction

Bangladesh and India rank first and second in terms of climate change risk. Poorest communities live in the areas susceptible to climate change. Population in southwest Bangladesh (which is the coastal area susceptible to climate change such as sea level

rise) is > 40million; 40% is poor. Challenges: siltation of the river, lack of fresh water in the dry season, saline water intrusion, low cropping

intensity

Cropping Systems

About 1M ha is allocated to rice production in southern Bangladesh. With challenges, such as salinity andflooding, faced by the rice farming communities, it is also important to introduce high yielding varieties and

desirable traits. The plant breeders role in the project is to provide options depending on the condition.


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Introduce high yielding rice varieties (5-9 t/ha) to increase productivity. Other desirable traits are shortduration, non photoperiod sensitive, saline tolerant, and submergence tolerant.

The breeders will develop rice variety which is tolerant to both salinity and submergence (2 in 1).

Participatory varietal selection is done in the sites to match the condition and the variety. Use groundwater and on-farm reservoirs for supplementary irrigation to increase production. Issues faced when aus-aman cropping system was introduced: high rainfall intensity during the wet season,

which resulted to water logging, submergence and inundation.

It is crucial to improve the drainage of the polders. This entails re-assessing the role of the polders from merelysalinity and tidal surge prevention to adding water storage and drainage management to the roles. This would

need new governance and institutional set up in polder management.

The area is saline in some parts of the year. It is also important to introduce non-rice crops that are salinetolerant (such as sunflower). However, rice is the staple food of the poor communities in Bangladesh that is why

there is much focus on intensifying rice production in the area, rather than other crops.

It is also important to improve the farming systems in homesteads to enhance food security and There was a study conducted by BRAC that proved that the livelihood condition and income of the communities

increased with the intensification of food production in the polder communities.

Aquaculture

About 28 million ha (62% of inland water) is floodplain. Fish production is the main livelihood in the floodplain.Public floodplains are leased to fishers. Floodplains that are not leased are usually occupied by the land

grabbed. Fish production in floodplains is managed by the community (CBFM).

Rice production (boro) when flood water recedes. Income of the fishing and farming communities increased with the community based floodplain management. This approach (CBFM) will be scaled-out through the RIU project of the CPWF. About 80% of shrimp cultivation is in the southwest region. There is an evolution from just traditional aman cultivation during the wet season to extensive shrimpproduction, and combined shrimp production and rice production. Water is available and there is a higher

return from shrimp production. This evolution or transformation in production is good for shrimp, but affected

the rice production.

Mapping Resource Profiles

Salinity has encroached in land in the last 25 years. It is important to develop a land use plan considering the future hydrological scenarios. There is a considerable

variability in salinity conditions in such a short distance.

It is important to identify domains for technologies. There is a high variability in cropping pattern across season.

Governance and Institutions

The Ganges BDC looks at community governance of polders and institutional set-up. The increase in the demand in water has motivated the community to manage their water resources. The institutional set-up is not organized to address the demands of the community regarding water use. Major restructuring of governance and shift in the attitude are crucial.


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External drivers in the coastal zones of the Ganges

The Ganges BDC looks at the external drivers affecting the coastal zone of the Ganges basin. The drivers areidentified and prioritized using a participatory approach community and expert consultation.

The effects of these drivers will be assessed to make plans for cropping system and infrastructure for the future.Interfacing with other programs within and outside the CPWF(Break out groups) opportunities for sharing betweenGanges and other basins

Convergence in water management approaches? Possibilities to look more at opportunities for cross-basinlearning

Water governance approaches Community-based water management Reservoir management Institutional arrangements Livelihood systems System is responding to drivers (polders) Integrated aquaculture-agriculture; rice-fish integration; integrating fish into the system (Nile, Volta, Mekong) Salt resistant varieties - other options may be explored like salt harvesting plants and acid releasing plants Modelling, Spatial Analysis, Scenario Tools datasets are available from other CPWF groups

Other issues identified

Decline of fish stock driving demand for aquaculture in Africa (Volta)

Multiple use of water users may not want to use water for the same purpose; water users have to decide howmuch water who would use

Policy recommendations (break out group) Zoning of crop production areas identify crops/ production suitable to the condition of a certain area National organizations to maintain infrastructure; construct barrages Sharing of water resource withneighboring countries; negotiations; transboundary issues Stakeholders to participate in decision making on resource management Treat polder as a management unit of institution ways of addressing local institution interface with higher

government institution.

Capitalising (cards from individual/group work)

1. What is new and innovative from the session? Interventions at different scale levels from farm, to community, to policy level Water governance study is new Multiple institutions working together Comparative study among several basins


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Spatial analysis provides very clear view of current situation Spatial and water modelling Polders for water management

Sharing experience/ information and use them in other situation Importance on coastal areas most vulnerable Sharing knowledge to others Highly complex cropping systems The Ganges basin does not appear to have a problem of data deficiency for remote sensing work Fragile ecosystem belated attention Potential for major increases in production in the coastal areas Tidal river management system Integrated aqua and agriculture system in the same floodplains.2. What has changed in the understanding of a specific basin development

challenge and how to address it? Fisheries and aquaculture and water use Cooperation between basin countries The concept/ definition of resilience Salinity and water shortage in the dry season To develop comprehensive land use for basin development Many options and pathways how to choose the right one? Potential basin and better management can change the livelihood of basin people Resilience studies need to be added to address the drivers Integration of local and national institutions3. What are the messages and lessons emerging from/ for R4D? Government may seek internal solution to salinity problem Give emphasis on gender and other isolated/ marginal groups, poor, etc Equitable sharing of water resources Effect of global drivers on social and physical system Mixed fish-farm agro ecological systems and increasing productivity More adaptive and action research required in Ganges basin Multidisciplinary partnership You cant beat good data! R4D helps quick technology dissemination Policy advocacy is necessary Need to address institutional interactions between local and national organizations R4D must be linked with policy Demand for institutional change to meet demands of a rapidly changing situation Water is used for multiple purposes Learning from communities is important


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4. What are the messages for any specific target groups? What are the

specific messages for Africa? Integrated aquaculture-agriculture system in Africa Development of inland fisheries and aquaculture in Africa Crop (e.g., rice) production intensification in Africa New water management and high yielding variety can increase productivity in Africa Crop variety improvement in Africa Involve larger basins Rainwater harvesting Where else is agriculture under pressure from population and resource constraint?

3.6.7 Discussion Session:

The discussion session focused on the following issues:

Q 1: Contribution of Ganges to other basin

Q 2: Contribution to Ganges from other basin

Q3: Contribution of session to policy change

Q 1: What is new and innovative from the session (What was unexpected, what surprised you)?

Q 2: What has changed in the understanding of a specific basin development challenges and how to address it?

Q3: What are the messages and lessons emerging from/for R4D

Q 4: What are the messages for any specific target group? What are the specific messages for Africa?

Follow up:

Introduction: integrated program

Highlight: opportunities for cross basin learning:

Products, impact, resilience, influence, TWG: nomination from the basin, Phase I product circulation, lessons of volta and

nile, L2i proposal for cross basin learning, R4D to be elaborated, young professionals, advisory committee presentation

to different agencies field visit, scale out

Learning not only technology but also other areas of development like

Resilience, products of research (phase 1) to be completed, addressing livelihoods, poverty reduction,

Aquaculture in other basin lacking, Aquaculture is promising in BD and India, Global drivers how it can change the

scenario,


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Research to knowledge to policy makers, water for energy in Ganges, data and knowledge could be shared, minimization

of uncertainty of models, participatory way of selection of drivers, information sharing, persons for specific TWG, Good

opportunity of partnership in CPWF, Cross basin learning L2i,

Must demonstrate/ensure continuity from Phase 1. Documentation and circulation is not enough, PN10-resutls gone to

the top, young professionals, advisory committee for policy change matters-field trip at site, time of presentation and

parallel session less cross basin participants

Assessment of livelihoods after research projects and should be documented, need to demonstrate that proposed

solutions work.

Livelihoods, designed well, working as program,

Positive feedback, complex system changes by day and hours should be understood well first, products to be brought,

characterization of coastal area, publications with good photos, including different aspects-fish crop, gender etc.

Thematic products like community based fish culture, changes in coastal areas tem, rainfall, flood, salinity intrusion.

Contribute to thematic working group: livelihood, global drivers, SAM, resilience Relevant groups contact person for:

Inception meeting of G3 at Delhi and field visit at West Bengal.

Communication: research message is not easy to transfer; the journalist should have some technical knowledge, less

opportunity to attend other session, communication and influence to policy makers,

Communication: Phase 1 results presented in different forum like LGED, BWDB, Planning Commission etc and others,

Chief Engineer of LGED should be in Advisory committee, long time for workshop, better integration of Gs, Impact

measurement, baseline study, short documentary for research products, student fellowship, one page document. Policy

documentation,

Rice/fish, water management, water modeling, rainwater management,

Lesson learned in the forum and follow up

Challenges,

Progress

Specific information

Communication products

Development in engaging the stakeholders

Steps for integration of works in BD and India

Strategies for projects

Knowledge management


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Output to outcomes

Repackaging

Social agencies to engage

Cross basin learning

3.7 Pagers

The 2 pages abstracts submitted to the forum by Ganges BDC for presentation in the Ganges session are illustrated in

the following sections:


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The 3rd

International Forum on Water and Food

Johannesburg, South Africa

November 14 17, 2011

The 3rd

International Forum on Water and Food is Co-hosted by: and

1. Authors

Authors names: Nowsher Ali Sarder, William Collis, Michael Phillips, Elizabeth Humphreys

Project Number: CPWF Ganges Basin Development Challenge, Project G5: Coordination and Enabling Change

E-mail address of lead author: [email protected]

2. Forum session

Basin (Andes, Ganges, Limpopo, Mekong, Nile, Volta): Ganges

Core TWG (Resilience, Global Drivers, Learning to Innovate): Resilience; Global Drivers; Learning to innovation

3. TitleProvide a working title: The Ganges Basin development challenge and the role of change and coordination project


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4. Key message/highlights

Key message (1-2 sentences): There is tremendous potential to increase food security and improve livelihoods in the

coastal areas of the Ganges Delta, through increasing the productivity and resilience of agriculture and aquaculture

systems. Achieving this will require proof of the benefits of improved production systems, identification of agro-

ecological zones for targeting of improved technologies, inspiring NARES, NGOs and other outscaling projects to adopt

and promote the improved technologies, and influencing policy makers and government at community to national levels

to invest in the necessary infrastructure improvements and policy changes.

Short abstract(150 words) including:

The Ganges river system originates in the Himalayas and discharges to the Bay of Bengal through one of the most

extensive and highly populated river deltas in the world. The Basin is spread over India (52%), Pakistan (22%), Nepal

(17%) and Bangladesh (9%) with an area of225 million ha and 747 million people. Although the whole region is subject

to many pressures, the coastal delta, encompassing south west Bangladesh and eastern India, is of particular concern.

The brackish water coastal zone is home to some of the worlds poorest and most vulnerable people, who are exposed

to tidal surges, increasing surface water salinity, limited fresh water availability, flooding and lack of drainage during the

wet season, and severe cyclonic storms. Therefore the CPWF Phase 2 Ganges Basin Development Challenge seeks to

increase the resilience of agricultural and aquaculture systems in the coastal areas of the Ganges delta. This is being

done through 5 inter-related projects which involve: (i) the development and on-farm validation of improved germplasm

(crops and fish), cropping systems, aquaculture systems and rice-aquaculture systems, (ii) characterization of the

environments where these technologies will be most applicable, (iii) identification of extrapolation domains for

technology targeting using GIS, (iv) identification of water governance improvements needed to enable adoption of

improved technologies, (v) assessment of the impacts of climate change and river flow change on water resources, and(vi) influencing stakeholders from farmers to NARES to NGO to policy makers. The paper provides an overview of the

Ganges Basin Development Challenge, and our vision on how this Ganges research for development program can

contribute to addressing a major development challenge of our time.

Your preliminary highlights for the Forum capitalizing sessions

The Ganges BDC provides an integrated approach, across scales from field to regional, across issues from biophysical to

governance, and across stakeholders from farmer to national policy makers, to address the challenges facing the rural

communities in the coastal regions of the Ganges river.


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2-pager template for the IFWF3

Authors:

Authors names: BK Barman, MF Rahman and MM Haque

Project Number: G2


Forum session:


Core TWG (Resilience, Global Drivers, Learning to Innovate): Resilience, Learning to Innovate

Emerging TWG (including but not exclusively: Research-to-Policy, Benefit Sharing Mechanisms, Modeling): Research-to-

policy, Benefit Sharing Mechanisms

Your highlight for this session:A Community Based Fish Culture (CBFC) approach was developed in Bangladesh under CP35 during Phase 1 of CPWF

The approach was tested with floodplains under private and public ownership and shown to overcome many of the

technical, institutional and socio-economic constraints normally associated with bringing floodplains under aquaculture

The research showed how simple technical interventions and co-management arrangements can increase fish

production, enhance fish species diversity, improve water management and generate tangible benefits for floodplainresource users, particularly poor and landless fishers and non-fishers.


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Three seasonal floodplains, one public (Beel Mail; 40 ha) and two private (Kalmina; 33 ha and Angrar; 31 ha) located in

Bangladesh, within the Indo-Ganges river basin, were selected for fish culture trials during the wet season. Selectioncriteria included availability of suitable infrastructure and the willingness of local communities to participate. A

Floodplain Management Committee (community based organization - CBO) was formed at each site, with

representatives from all user groups supported largely by the local Department of Fisheries (DoF). Technica

interventions involved: the set up of a bamboo fence in the inlets and outlets of the floodplains; stocking large carp

fingerlings (31-81 kg.ha1); guarding; fishing gear regulation and control of harvest for certain period. Fingerlings were

stocked during June-July with fish harvested during October-December. Production and income from stocked and non

stocked fish increased up to 691 kg.ha-1 and US$ 470.ha-1, against the baseline production and income 282kg.ha-1 and

US$ 192.ha-1. The intervention led to improvements in rice production from 6.25 ton.ha-1 to7.24 ton.ha-1. The high yield

of rice is largely related to improve water management with advantage to get supply of water during transplantation of

rice and may be related to enrichment of fertility of soil in the floodplains due to different fish production activities

carried out in the floodplains.

Several technical, institutional and socio-economic outcomes of the research are found to be innovative and attractive

to apply for other floodplains in Bangladesh to bring under improved fish production. For example; the stocking of

fingerling in floodplains by communities worked as an incentive to apply regulatory measures; it is convincing for the

members to follow regulations; and most importantly protected resources from outsiders and indiscriminate harvest o

fish from the floodplains. Stocking of large size fingerling allowed setting up of a large meshed bamboo fence, useful to

prevent the escape of stocked fish, whilst allowing non-stocked small fish to move freely inside/outside the floodplains

an approach that was useful to gain higher fish yields, whilst maintaining fish biodiversity.

Selection of the right leaders and representative members of the CBO is vital for the success of CBFC as it demands

transparency in investing, income earning and sharing of benefits and managing the necessary savings to run the

activities over the years with active participation of other members. It worked well if the co-management initiatives are

strong, as different institutions need to play important roles to establish legal rights to resolve conflicts among members

and outsiders. Due to complexities, the establishment of CBFC in floodplains also demands longer and continued co

management support from formal institutions such as the Department of Fisheries (DoF).


The innovations developed from the research are largely of value to apply at local and regional level especially to

overcome the problems in bringing seasonal floodplains under fish culture. In the Indo-Ganges river basins there are 2.8

million ha of seasonal floodplains under public and private ownership, providing an essential source of food and income

and supporting the livelihoods of millions of poor people. Some of the lessons learned might be of relevance to Africa

but its necessary to conduct adaptive trials. The lessons learned are of equal importance for researchers, practitioneand decision-makers


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Authors:

Authors names: MJ Alam, SB Saha and BK Barman

Project Number: G2


Forum session:


Core TWG (Resilience, Global Drivers, Learning to Innovate): Resilience, Learning to Innovate


policy

Your highlight for this session:The integration of diversified aquaculture with rice enhanced production and income of farming households higher than

the existing farming systems in the coastal areas of Bangladesh. The synthesis of three years surveys of exiting farming

systems and several on-farm trials conducted under CP10 project of CPWF in Phase 1 confirmed about the finding and

recommended for promotion as New Advances in Rice -aquaculture Production Systems to improve food security and

livelihoods of the people in Bangladesh in the Indo-Ganges Delta .


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The CP10 Project of CPWF in Phase 1 was implemented in the Indo-Ganges Delta by Bangladesh Fisheries Research

Institute in collaboration with the WorldFish Center, IRRI, and IWMI. The activities included surveys to understand the

exiting farming situation and characterizing the farming practices. This was followed by designing and conducting severa

on-farm trials in order to develop appropriate rice-aquaculture production systems to increase land and water

productivity of the farm household in the areas. Four types of farm practices identified 3 of were with rice and shrimp

and one with shrimp monoculture. Different on-farm trials on integrated rice-aquaculture and shrimp conducted at the

same location in the coastal areas in sub-district (Upazila) Paikgacha in Khulna District in Bangladesh. The results

showed that compared to the existing farming systems (where rice production 0-3.41 ton.ha-1, shrimp 73.67-268kg.ha-1

the diversified aquaculture-rice production systems (Fish; Genetically Improved Farmed Tilapia GIFT strain of Nile

tilapia Oreochromis niloticus and prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergii) brought production of fish (193kg.ha-1), prawn

(72kg.ha-1), improve production of rice (4.22-4.54kg.ha-1) and increase level of shrimp production (300kg.ha-1). This

integrated and diversified system of aquaculture-rice and shrimp production showed a farm net annual income of BDT

64,100.ha-1 compared to net annul income ranged from BDT 7,900 49,000.ha-1 from the existing farming systems. The

increased level of production of fish and rice were largely related to the technologies, improve management of fish

prawn, rice and shrimp. If adopted, the system will be of importance to increase the resilience of farming households in

the coastal areas normally subjected frequently to negative climatic events.

The lessons learned from the study are of importance to promote the systems for adoption by large numbers of faming

households in the all the coastal areas of Bangladesh. In addition the outcomes of the studies will be of importance for

adoption by farmers in the Indo-Ganges Basin of India.

The study was carried out as parts of the regional project with lots of similar survey and on-farm trials were carried outin the location of Mekong Delta in Vietnam. The outcomes obtained are compared and found lot of complementary

benefits in sharing of lessons for both the river basins (the Ganges and the Mekong).


The outcomes of the studies are of importance at the regional level especially for the Ganges River Basins and may also

be applicable for other river basins globally having similar situation. It is not sure this can be of use for Africa directly but

it is expected that some of the outcomes can be of use for the continent. This of more importance for decision makers

and practitioners and can also be of value for the researchers as well.


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Improving drainage is crucial for cropping intensificaiton in the polderred coastal zones of

Bangladesh

Lead author email: T. P. Tuong ([email protected]); Elizabeth Humphreys ([email protected] );

Manoranjan Modal (IRRI); Sanjida Ritu (BRRI); Abul Kalam Sharifullah (BARD)

Basin Project Number: G2

Session: Ganges x Research-to-Policy

Key message/highlightsFor large scale adoption of cropping intensity enhancing technologies, infrastructure investments and capacity building

in community water governance are needed to improve (i) drainage during the rainy season, and (ii) intake of fresh

water from the upstream end during the dry season. The polders should be considered as water management units,

serving the agricultural production systems, rather than simply structural units for protection from salinty and

inundation at high tides

Short AbstractLand productivity in the brackish-water coastal zone of the Ganges is very low due to drought and salinity intrusion

during the dry season. Farmers are limited to one rice crop (aman) during the rainy season. Projects PN7 and PN10 of

CPWF-Phase 1, together with our initial assessments carried under the Ganges BDC and limited demonstrations by BRAC

showed that the coastal zones of Khulna and Barisal have high potential for double or triple rice-based cropping

systems. This can be possible by combining optimal seeding dates, short duration varieties, and proper on-farm water

management. However, forced by deep water during JulyOctober, most farmers use late planted, long duration/local

aman varieties. Their late harvest leads to late establishment of boro rice and rabi (upland) crops, exposing the former

to salinity stress and the latter to damaging rains during the latter part of the season. Long duration also creates

difficulties in fitting a preaman (aus) rice crop into the rainy season. Improving drainage capacity of the polders and

using germplasm with improved water stagnation tolerance are critical for the deployment of improved, short duration

aman varieties. Drainage capacity of the polders can be greatly enhanced by creating more intensive networks of field

canals plus operation of the sluices according to the tide cycles so that water can be drained at low tide. Each polder

should be managed as one hydraulic unit, sluices at upstream and downstream positions can be opened and closed at

different time depending on tidal and salinity situations to maximize the drainage capacity of the polder during the rainy

season, to prevent salinity intrusion, and to intake fresh water to supply water for the polder during the dry season.
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Please fill the boxes as described below.

Authors

Authors names: TP Tuong, M Mondal, Sanjida Ritu, AKM Sharifullah, E Humphreys

Project Number: G2


Forum session


Core TWG (Resilience, Global Drivers, Learning to Innovate): Resilience


Policy

Your highlight for this session

Key message (1-2 sentences):

Food security and rural livelihoods in the coastal zone of Bangladesh can be greatly enhanced by combining improved

on-farm water management and cropping system intensification using new varieties with short duration and enhancedsalinity, submergence and deep water tolerance. For large scale adoption, the on-farm interventions require improved

community and regional water management. Infrastructure investments and capacity building in community water

governance are needed to achieve this. The polders should be considered as water management units, serving the

agricultural production systems, rather than simply structural units for protection from inundation at high tide.


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The brackish-water coastal zone of the Ganges is home to some of the worlds poorest, most food insecure and most

vulnerable people. Land productivity is very low due to drought and salinity intrusion during the dry season, and

farmers are limited to one rice crop (aman) during the rainy season. Projects PN7 and PN10 of CPWF-Phase 1 showed

that, with optimal seeding date (first week of November), up to 40% of the poldered land area in Khulna can grow a dry

season (boro) rice after the aman crop provided that the canal networks within the polders are dredged to increase the

their storage capacity for irrigation water when the river water becomes too saline (from mid February). The project

also showed that with proper selection of short duration varieties and seeding dates, a rice crop (aus) can be established

at the onset of the monsoon, and harvested early enough to be followed by aman rice. The coastal zone of Khulna thus

has high potential for double or triple cropping of rice, or for one or two rice crops followed by an upland (rabi) crop in

the dry season. Our initial assessments, supported by limited demonstrations by BRAC, indicate that most of Barishal

district also has potential for triple cropping (ausamanboro or ausaman upland), provided that short duration

varieties are grown. However, forced by poor drainage and deep water during July October, most farmers use long

duration/local aman varieties. Their late harvest leads to late establishment of boro rice and rabi upland crops, exposing

the former to salinity stress during the latter part of the season, and the latter to damaging rains during the latter partof the season. Long duration also create difficulties in fitting ausaman into the rainy season. The deployment of newly

developed short duration varieties with submergence tolerance will help farmers to shorten the aman period, and the

use of varieties with enhanced salinity tolerance will increase the success of boro rice. Furthermore, investment is

needed to improve the management and infrastructure of water resources. Drainage capacity of the polders can be

greatly enhanced by creating more intensive networks of field canals plus operation of the sluices according to the tide

cycles so that water can be drained at low tide. During the dry season, each polder should be managed as one hydraulic

unit: while the sluices at the downstream ends have to be closed to prevent salinity intrusion, the upstream ones can

remain to open to intake fresh water to supply water for the polder.


Changing production systems requires changes in the functions of the water management infrastructure and in the

communitys role in water management. When the polders were built, they were simply to prevent salinity intrusion at

high tides, and to protect the local aman rice from tidal flooding. With the need to enhance cropping intensity, they

need to have two more functions: (i) drainage of rainwater to allow the growth of short duration aman varieties, and (ii)

intake fresh water from the upstream end and distribution to other parts of the polder. Investment on infrastructure

improvement and institutional changes are needed to enable the polders to provide these new functions.


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Authors:

Authors names: Sanjida Ritu, TP Tuong, SU Talukder, M Mondal

Project Number: G2


Forum session:




Policy

Your highlight for this session:


Food security and rural livelihoods in the coastal zones of Bangladesh can be greatly increased by replacing the

traditional single aman cropping system with a high yielding double cropping (aus-aman) system. Supplementary

irrigation (where limited groundwater is available) can ensure good crop establishment of the aus crop. In water scarce

areas, late aus establishment on rainfall, along with photoperiod-insensitive aman rice, also allows successful doublecropping.


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Most of the agricultural land in the coastal zones of Bangladesh is grown with a single rice crop (aman) during the rainy

season, mainly with low-yielding local varieties. The land remains fallow during the dry season due to lack of fresh water

and salinity. Field experiments were undertaken to test the possibility of growing 2 rice crops per year (double cropping)

by growing aus rice prior to the aman crop. The experiments showed that high and stable productivity of the aus-aman

cropping system can be achieved by dry seeding of a short duration, salt tolerant aus variety prior to the commencement

of the rainy season, and use of a small amount of supplemental irrigation to ensure good establishment, followed by

transplanting a high-yielding aman variety. This led to total cropping system yields of more than 8 t/ha, compared with

typical farmers yields of about 2.5 t/ha from their single aman crop. Where fresh water is not available for supplementary

irrigation of the aus crop for establishment, the crop can be sown later and established on rain and followed by a suitable

photo-period insensitive aman variety to also achieve high yield. However, later sowing of the aus crop increases the risk of

submergence during establishment of the aus rice due to heavy rains, and thus low yields. The risk can be reduced by

transplanting after the rainy season starts, and by incorporation of submergence tolerance into aus varieties.


The intensification of cropping systems to provide stable, high productivity is complex. It requires consideration of a

multitude of factors to match varieties and their management in relation to climate (and climatic risk). For example,

intensification of cropping systmes in coastal regions of Bangladesh from a single aman rice crop to a double crop aus-

aman system involved identifying germplasm for each phase with the right duration, stress tolerances (salinity,

submergence, water stagnation), grain quality, and optimum crop establishment times and methods, taking into account

the availability of fresh water for irrigation and likely rainfall patterns (risk of drought, risk of submergence, risk of

salinity).


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Authors: their names and contact of lead author. Please indicate if another person will present the work. While a few

authors may lead this initiative, this is a project team effort.

Authors names: Andrew Nelson

Project Number: G1


Forum session: which session your pager is contributing to


Core TWG (Resilience, Global Drivers, Learning to Innovate):

Emerging TWG (including but not exclusively: Research-to-Policy, Benefit Sharing Mechanisms, Modeling):

Your highlight for this session: what key message do you want to share in this session (why is your contribution relevant

and special?)


Spatial data as a decision support and policy development tool


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A brief description of your study and preliminary findings A focus on what makes this piece of work new/innovative and exciting

What are the lessons (could be of failure)? What is particularly relevant to the other basins or topics?

G1 will develop a comprehensive geodatabase of the Ganges coastal zone which will serve as a detailed

resource profile of the region for (i) technology targeting and (ii) land-use planning.

Working with G2 and G3, we will develop suitability maps or extrapolation domains for each technology. We wil

match the resource profiles from their characterized test sites to region-wide spatial data using models such as MaxEn

and Random Forest to create probability maps for each technology. The validity of these maps will depend on high

quality spatial inputs from partners, multidisciplinary analysis of the driving factors behind the successful adoption of a

technology and stakeholder participation in their interpretation, revision and adoption.

In short. these extrapolation domains will provide the Basin project, its stakeholders and regional decision

makers with information on what works where and equally importantly it will delineate areas where technologies are

unlikely to be successful.


Your message at local, regional and/or global level If relevant your message for Africa Your key target audience (researchers, practitioners, decision-makers)

Extrapolation domains must characterize both environmental and social constraints to technology adoption.Domain maps and accompanying information must be developed in collaboration with stakeholders to maximize their

likelihood of adoption and to develop and sense of ownership.


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2-Pager Abstract Template

1. Authors

Authors names: Zahirul Haque Khan, Farhana Akhter Kamal, Dr. Bharat R. Sharma,

Dr. M. Shah Alam Khan, Md Mahfuzur Rahman, Abu Saleh Khan

Project Number: G4: E-mail address of lead author:[email protected]

2. Forum session


Core TWG (Resilience, Global Drivers, Learning to Innovate): Global Drivers

Emerging TWG (including but not exclusively: Research-to-Policy, Benefit Sharing Mechanisms, Modelling): Modelling

3. Key message/highlights

Key message (1-2 sentences): The coastal zone of the Ganges River Basin in Bangladesh part is experiencing salinity

intrusion, drainage congestion, reduction of flow availability, siltation of river beds, inundation by cyclonic storm surges

and so on. These effects of the external driverswill influence water productivity, food security and livelihood of the local people in future.
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G4: Assessment of the impact of anticipated external drivers of change on water resources of the coastal zone is one

of the CPWFs Phase II projects undertaken in six river basins all over the world to increase the resilience of social andecological systems. The water resources in the Ganges basin are vital for crop-production and livelihoods. G4 wil

address the global drivers as well as local driving forces and their effects on water resources of the coastal zone of the

Ganges Basin in Bangladesh part. This project will develop a comprehensive list of external drivers based on past

researches, literature review, and interaction with the major stakeholders and peers; and the key drivers will be

identified through prioritizing procedure. Appropriate models will simulate the baseline condition and impacts of the key

drivers on salinity intrusion, water availability, drainage congestions, and cyclonic storm-surge inundation risks. On the

basis of the anticipated impacts different adaptation strategies will be devised in consultation with G2 and G3. Policy

implications on these strategies and a required governance structure will be also explored in a participatory way. The 3

year project is only at the inception stage and G4 will explore the study area and its hydraulic characteristics. It will also

present a preliminary list of the external drivers and salinity monitoring results in the coastal zone of the Ganges basin.

An integrated modeling technology will enable G4 to simulate future scenarios and the research outputs will bemilestones for formulating adaptation strategies, water management and improved crop-pattern.


The mean sea level has a rising trend while precipitation is increasing in monsoon and decreasing in dry season. Due to

these climate change factors and decrease in upstream water availability freshwater zone is depleting which seriously

affects the crop water productivity in the coastal Ganges. Use of the state of the art technology such as water modeling

to assess the effects of external drivers will facilitate wise use of water to increase the crop water productivity.


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Authors:

Authors names:A Mukherji, Alamgir Chowdhury

Project Number: G3


Forum session:




Policy

Your highlight for this session:


Community management of coastal polders is often seen as a silver bullet in Bangladesh. Principles of participatory

management are now enshrined in Water Policy of Bangladesh and donors spend a considerable part of their

investments in creating and supporting water users groups. The underlying assumption is that local communities living in

a polder are best placed to manage it and that the only impediment towards community action is the lack of formal

water users groups and their appropriate training. What is however not questioned is the government agency-farmerrelationship. Based on an exploratory field work in polders and sub-projects managed by Bangladesh Water

Development Board (BWDB) and Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) we emphasize the role that internal

organizational culture of implementing agency plays in fostering successful community management of polders in

Bangladesh. The key message is that for a successful community management of coastal polders, it is not enough to

organize and train communities, but it is also necessary to bring about an organizational change in implementing

agencies themselves.


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Inundation and severe flooding in the coastal areas is a frequent occurrence in Bangladesh. This leads to loss of life and

property as well as severe negative impacts on livelihoods. The government of Bangladesh has been investing steadily in

coastal zone management through construction and rehabilitation of polders. The challenges facing the polder

communities are complex and similar to those faced by many communities in which water is used for multiple purposes.

But unlike other multiple use systems (such as canals, tanks), where there is rarely ever a commonality in interest, in

case of polder communities, the fear that these polders may breach during a natural calamity and cause damage to life

and property makes it easier to bring about a modicum of community action. Principles of community management of

coastal polders are now enshrined in Water Policy of Bangladesh. All donor funded projects include a large component

of creation and training of users groups for management of polders. Users groups are subjected to rigorous training

during the course of the project, but very often than not, remnants of community management become hard to trace as

soon as the donor program ends.

Why is that? Based on a brief exploratory field work in polders and sub-projects managed by BWDB and LGED, it is ouroperating hypothesis that while a lot of attention is paid to capacity building of the communities, not enough attention

is paid to government agency-farmers relationship and of the organization culture of the government agency itself. It is

assumed, that just because principles of community management is enshrined in the Water Policy, the government

agency in charge of the polder embraces it and does the required organizational changes needed for implementing this

policy in a meaningful way. This assumption is often belied and government agencies only do the motions of endorsing

community management without internalizing it within their organizational culture. Therefore, it is not only imperative

to train communities, it is equally, if not more important to bring about an organizational change in implementing

agencies.


Operational zing community management of coastal polders entails much more than capacity building of communities.

It requires an organizational change in government agencies so that they can mainstream and internalize the concepts

of community management within their organizational culture. This is not easy because it needs an entirely different

approachaway from engineering as an end in itself approach to engineering as a means towards an end approach. The

message for Africa is that in its quest for better water institutions, it must avoid replicating Asias bureaucratic design

and built institutions that are nimble and responsive.

3.8 Session Presentation

The officials of G2 presented the abstracts mainly on the outcomes of researches of the 1 st phase of CPWF. The officials

of G1, G4 and G5 had presented their planning and expectations for the 2nd phase of CPWF in the forum. The later three

projects are new in the Ganges basin, so had no outcomes to share in the forum. The overall Ganges basin development

programs illustrated by G5, G1 showed the extrapolation domain of research outcomes of Ganges basin and G4

presented the possible external drivers on the water resources of Gages River in the near future. The presentation made

in the forum by the team is shown in the following section:


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1. Presentation on Ganges Basin development challenge and the role of change and coordination

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2. Presentation on Community based Fish Culture in Seasonal Flood Plains in Bangladesh


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4. Presentation on Improving Drainage is Crucial for Cropping Intensification in the Polderred Coastal

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5. Presentation on Aus-Aman Cropping Sysytem


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6. Presentation on High Yield and Stress Tolerant Rice Varieties


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7. Presentation on Mapping of Resource profile in the Ganges Coastal Zone

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3.9Business Session

Ganges team business meetingThe following notes of the points raised by participants during the meeting of the Ganges team at IFWF3 on

17th

November, with some reference to the questions around (i) what is new, and (ii) R4D as a useful approach

posed at the beginning of the Forum.

Positive response from CPWF management and other participants on Ganges session:o Came across as quite well integrated program.o However, integration of different projects Ganges into one program needs work, inter-

disciplinary interactions and coordination should continue to be promoted.

o Ganges should be an excellent example of putting R4D into practice all work in this direction.o Several ideas for cross-basin learning

Lessons from Ganges that were of interest to other basinso Water modelingo Water management governance and institutionso Integrated aquaculture-agriculture systems (particularly given the research and investments in

rice in Africa)

o Aquaculture in upland rainwater harvesting in Nile BDC Lessons from other basins

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Group would like to have more opportunities for cross-basin learning, seeing practices/activities inother basins.

o Prepare proposal around cross-basin learning proposal in next round of innovation researchproposal requests in 2012

Group would like more effective interactions with Thematic Working Groups, particularlyo Global driverso Resilienceo Spatial modelingo Agreed to identify one person as a first point of contact for each group, although all who were

interested could engage in email and related dialogue.

Resilience theme relevant and interesting:o Need to put theory into practiceo Need for more interaction with TWG on resilienceo Ecosystem services of current and changing agro-ecosystems in the Ganges delta needs

research, and is not well covered in existing program.

o More interaction with this group discussed during separate session, and we will try toencourage more research on resilience in Ganges

Global drivers also very relevant, and need for more sharing of existing information (some gaps aroundsea level rise?)

Challenge of creating impact from our R4D in the Ganges:o How to influence policy and development actors/investors, for changeo Importance of communication products, but this was often not sufficient and more tailored

products and approaches required (eg field visit for policy makers etc)

o Need for more interaction with policy makers in our program.o Again emphasis on getting the advisory (sub-)group moving, reference to experiences with this

in CPWF phase 1

o Recognize the complexity of the system we are working on Communication products to be prepared (for consideration):

o 15-20 page document on the program - Ganges coastal region, covering social, economic andbio-physical environment (within 6 months)

o Community-based aquaculture (Benoy CPWF1) for wider circulation (maybe under RIUproject?)

o Global drivers of change and the Ganges programo All looking forward to communications strategy, need to get out some products from the

ongoing research.

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IFWF3 session organization:o Difficult to catch everything going on too many sessions! Please provide feedback to CPWF

management.

CPWF Phase 1 productso Repackaging of Phase 1 material importance of completing task, getting material outo Lack of circulation of already published CPWF Phase 1 materials.o Learn from Phase 1, and start early planning and resourcing preparation of Phase 2 products.

Particularly important given ongoing CG change processes

o Communications team/Salma to keep in touch with those engaged in this work in CPWFsecretariat, and keep rest of group informed.

Livelihoods and socio-economic aspects need more attention in our work. Outcomes/Impacts

o Importance of proper baselines, documentation, providing evidence based messages to policymakers and development practitioners (investors, Banks, NGOs)

o Importance of clarity around research questions and links to development outcomeso Policy strategy of program important engage different projects and partners in development

of the strategy.

LGED requests better coordination Spatial modeling concept expansion of existing work Andrew and team agreed to work on this, as

was earlier requested by Bill.

Ganges team needs to prepare one output (2 page Briefing Note either on policy or research) fromthe Forum for inclusion in the synthesis report:

o After discussion, it was proposed to make a briefing note on Research, including: Description of program Concepts of R4D (research for people) and how the program is putting that into practice Outcome logic/Impact pathways Approach to policy influence (advisory group etc) How we link with other activities/programs in the Ganges basin With links to some of the good stories.

o Deadline is within 1-2 months (say end of 2011?).o Someone needs to take the lead, but involve all participants in preparation.

Young professionals:o Encourage younger researchers to engage in the proposed YP network/activitieso Student fellowships and links with universities to be encouragedo Document young professionals involved with program, ensure they are informed of

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3.10 List of Participants

The Ganges team participated in the forum constituted by multidisciplinary experts from Bangladesh and

India. The Ganges BDC projects are working in the field by variety of partner organization like university,

research organizations, development actors and Large & small NGOs. The following section showed the

participants with their belonging organizations.

Participants of IFWF3, 2011

1 M. Shah Alam Khan, IWFM, BUET, Bangladesh

2 Benoy Kumar Barman, The WorldFish Center, Bangladesh

3 Alamgir Chowdhury, Director, Socioconsult Ltd, Bangladesh

4 John Marandy, Director, Socioconsult Ltd, Bangladesh

5 Zahirul Haque Khan, Project Leader, IWM, Bangladesh


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6 Md. Moqbul Hossain, Principal Scientific Officer, SRDI, Bangladesh

7 Md. Ahsan Habib, Project Director, City Region Devt Project, LGED, Dhaka,

Bangladesh

8 Md. Manirul Haque, Senior GIS Specialist, IWM, Bangladesh

9 Manoranjan Kumar Mondal, Program Head, Agriculture and Food Security Program,

BRAC, Bangladesh

10 Moshiur Rahman, Project Director, LGED, Bangladesh

11 Sanjida Parveen Ritu, Irrigation and Water Management Division, Bangladesh Rice

Research Institute, Bangladesh


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12 Abu Saleh Khan, Deputy Executive Director, IWM, Bangladesh

13 Nowsher Ali Sarder, Basin Leader, WFC, Bangladesh

14 Salma Sultana, Communication Coordinator, WFC, Bangladesh

15 Mir Emdad Ali Habib, program Director, ATN Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh

16 Joynul Abedin, IRRI Representative, Farming system specialist, Bangladesh

17 Bharat R Sharma, Principal Researcher (Water Resources) & Head, International

Water Management Institute (IWMI), NASC Complex, Dev Prakash Shastri Marg,

Pusa,, New Delhi- 110012, India


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18 Jitendra Kumar Sundaray, Central Institute of Brackishwater Aquaculture, Indian

Council of Agricultural Research, India

19 Michael Phillip, Senior Scientist, WFC, Penang, Malaysia

20 Andrew nelson, Project Leader, IRRI, Manila, Philippines

21 Glenn Borja Gregorio, Senior Scientist, Plant Breeder, International Rice Research

Institute, Philippines


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Documents

IFWF3 Session Report