CPWF Science ReportMay – November 2013

Alain Vidal, CPWF Director

Outline

A viable R4D modelOutcomes and key messages from basinsGlobal messagesA resilient transitionFinance and personnel

Policy dialogues, stakeholders engagement, outcomes and impact

Research… evidence-based

to deeply understand problems development challenges of

relevance to those living in a basin

and target interventions or solutions… “innovations”, “interventions”, “strategies” or “alternatives”

through engagement and learning processes…

where stakeholder behavior is influenced and outcomes achieved

Engaged and informed stakeholders themselves choose to change practice because they perceive as to their own advantage

ActionResearch Development

Leadership

Learning

Communications

Partnerships

Trust

Outcomes and key messages

BSMs in the Andes : a virtuous circle between welfare and ecosystems

Designed with local social and hydrological context in mindContinuously revised to respond to ever-changing needs of communities and environmentMost successful in watersheds with high downstream demand and seasonal water supply upstreamPower imbalances related to access to information require to develop ‘hydro-literacy’

Pathways to sustainable intensification of polders in the Ganges Delta

Huge potential to improve food security and livelihoodsSalinity not a constraint everywhere – even an opportunityLots of viable cropping systems

possible with crop diversification, fish and shrimpNeed for political changes at national and local levels

Canal maintenance and managementShifting from rice monoculture

Limpopo: Innovation platforms for more resilient livelihoods

Complex rural livelihoods within broader complex systems requiring multi-level and multi-sectorial engagementLivestock more water efficient than crops hence more effective to improve livelihoodsPlatforms for dialogue and negotiation on water infrastructure, production systems and governance have generated traction

Mekong: Sustainable hydropower for better livelihoods and environment

Sustainable HP needs coordination across cascades and boundariesTransparency and protocols critical ingredients in (multi-purpose) HP planning and opsAg & water applications can contribute to livelihoods and environmental enhancement, increasing HP benefits Multi-stakeholder platforms can strongly influence decision-making

Nile: a new integrated watershed rainwater management paradigm

Local community empowerment is critical to sustainable RWMPartnerships “learning by doing” based on scientific principles Need to align and implement innovation incentives for all (incl. markets and value chains) with due consideration for risk mgtIntegrate multiple RWM interventions at basin scaleMore attention to downstream and off-site benefits of RWM

Volta: Innovation platforms and small reservoirs to unlock potential

Identified successes (soil-water conservation, small reservoirs, and small pumps) and failures (culture and gender-sensitivity) can be extrapolatedInnovation platform help better link crop-livestock farming with market value chains Resilience analysis helps evaluate common threads driving or limiting innovations (e.g. water quality in small reservoirs)

CPWF’s 10-year main global messages

Water is not scarce, it's the way we manage it : addressing water and food issues means tackling “wicked problems”Technical innovation and institutional innovation go hand in hand - a long-term, non-linear and risky social process (R4D) Benefit sharing mechanisms create a virtuous circle between ecosystems and peoples’ welfareSustainable intensification relies upon water infrastructure and upon markets as incentives to invest in production & ecosystemsModeling tools can support capacity- and consensus-building and increase the effectiveness of policy analysis, planning and implementation

A resilient transitionMany partners and researchers in basins adopted our R4D modelNot relying on WLE only but have multiple pathways for continuing work……to move from outcomes to impact as planned in CPWF’s initial design – phase 3 (as early noted by external review)

Basin WLE Other CRPs Non CG led Comment

Andes + + ++ CONDESAN with CIAT (CCAFS)

Ganges ++ +++ AAS (& GRiSP)

Limpopo + ++ FANRPAN

Mekong ++ ++ Being explored (VFI, M-POWER)

Nile +++ + LS&F, HumidTropics

Volta +++ + HumidTropics?

Successes and failuresR4D requires dedicated people, time and continuity Best outcomes achieved where 5-10 years

engagement CGIAR reform has created discontinuities

Evidence that our R4D model is viable Many outcomes, still few impacts Partners incl. CG researchers convinced

by our model Momentum continuing in basins thanks

to resilient partnerships and processes