http://www.cgiar.org A Global Agricultural Research Partnership Sun, 02 Dec 2012 21:31:37 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://waterandfood.org/2012/10/26/freshwater-governance-conference-november-5-7-south-africa/ http://waterandfood.org/2012/10/26/freshwater-governance-conference-november-5-7-south-africa/#comments Fri, 26 Oct 2012 10:00:19 +0000 CPWF http://feeds.cgiar.org/?p=371333 From November 5th to the 7th the ‘International Conference on Fresh Water Governance for Sustainable Development’ will be held in Central Drakensburg, South Africa. Organized by the Water Research Commission and the South African Department of Wa...]]> http://waterandfood.org/2012/10/26/freshwater-governance-conference-november-5-7-south-africa/feed/ 0 http://waterandfood.org/2012/10/19/who-is-the-mekong-an-exhibition-by-ian-taylor/ http://waterandfood.org/2012/10/19/who-is-the-mekong-an-exhibition-by-ian-taylor/#comments Fri, 19 Oct 2012 04:43:58 +0000 CPWF http://feeds.cgiar.org/?p=371358 Who is the Mekong? World class photographer, Ian Taylor, tries to answer the question here. Read the original ]]> http://waterandfood.org/2012/10/19/who-is-the-mekong-an-exhibition-by-ian-taylor/feed/ 0 http://waterandfood.org/2012/10/17/mekong-forum-on-water-food-and-energy-hanoi-november-13-14-2012/ http://waterandfood.org/2012/10/17/mekong-forum-on-water-food-and-energy-hanoi-november-13-14-2012/#comments Wed, 17 Oct 2012 01:31:23 +0000 CPWF http://feeds.cgiar.org/?p=371360 The Mekong Forum on Water, Food and Energy In December, 2011, we held the first Mekong Forum on Water, Food and Energy In Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Discussions here centered on how to develop, manage and operate hydropower in ways that help nations realize...]]> http://waterandfood.org/2012/10/17/mekong-forum-on-water-food-and-energy-hanoi-november-13-14-2012/feed/ 0 http://waterandfood.org/2012/10/15/cpwf-mekong-launches-first-state-of-the-knowledge-paper/ http://waterandfood.org/2012/10/15/cpwf-mekong-launches-first-state-of-the-knowledge-paper/#comments Mon, 15 Oct 2012 06:41:02 +0000 CPWF http://feeds.cgiar.org/?p=371379 http://waterandfood.org/2012/10/15/cpwf-mekong-launches-first-state-of-the-knowledge-paper/feed/ 0 http://waterandfood.org/2012/10/03/participatory-video-for-vertical-communication-between-farmers-and-policy-makers/ http://waterandfood.org/2012/10/03/participatory-video-for-vertical-communication-between-farmers-and-policy-makers/#comments Wed, 03 Oct 2012 14:36:54 +0000 CPWF http://feeds.cgiar.org/?p=347784 The Nile Basin Development Challenge (NBDC) is currently working with innovation platforms to improve the resilience of rural livelihoods in the Ethiopian highlands through a landscape approach to rainwater management (RWM). Rainwater management interv...]]> http://waterandfood.org/2012/10/03/participatory-video-for-vertical-communication-between-farmers-and-policy-makers/feed/ 0 http://www.slideshare.net/CPWF/cpwf-9-years-of-rd-for-water-food-security http://www.slideshare.net/CPWF/cpwf-9-years-of-rd-for-water-food-security#comments Thu, 27 Sep 2012 20:33:10 +0000 CPWF http://feeds.cgiar.org/?p=347786 Presentation made to SDC in Bern on 27 Sep 2012 on CPWF’s 9 years of research for development. ]]> http://www.slideshare.net/CPWF/cpwf-9-years-of-rd-for-water-food-security/feed/ 0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLCaESOq5WY&feature=youtube_gdata http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLCaESOq5WY&feature=youtube_gdata#comments Mon, 17 Sep 2012 09:10:34 +0000 CPWF http://feeds.cgiar.org/?p=347808 CPWF Director Alain Vidal reflects on the events of Stockholm World Water Week 2012 and their significance for the program. ]]> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLCaESOq5WY&feature=youtube_gdata/feed/ 0 http://waterandfood.org/2012/09/12/are-fruit-trees-and-chicken-farming-the-future-of-intensification-in-the-ethiopian-highlands/ http://waterandfood.org/2012/09/12/are-fruit-trees-and-chicken-farming-the-future-of-intensification-in-the-ethiopian-highlands/#comments Wed, 12 Sep 2012 17:02:49 +0000 CPWF http://feeds.cgiar.org/?p=347811 http://waterandfood.org/2012/09/12/are-fruit-trees-and-chicken-farming-the-future-of-intensification-in-the-ethiopian-highlands/feed/ 0 http://waterandfood.org/2012/09/12/cpwf-project-leader-aditi-mukherji-wins-borlaug-field-award/ http://waterandfood.org/2012/09/12/cpwf-project-leader-aditi-mukherji-wins-borlaug-field-award/#comments Wed, 12 Sep 2012 02:50:34 +0000 CPWF http://feeds.cgiar.org/?p=347823 IWMI senior researcher, Aditi Mukherji, who leads the CPWF-Ganges project on ‘water governance and community-based management’, was recently awarded the new Norman Borlaug Award for Field Research and Application, Endowed by the Rockefeller Found...]]> http://waterandfood.org/2012/09/12/cpwf-project-leader-aditi-mukherji-wins-borlaug-field-award/feed/ 0 http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-09-02/all-that-matters/33548461_1_groundwater-authority-pumps-groundwater-irrigation http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-09-02/all-that-matters/33548461_1_groundwater-authority-pumps-groundwater-irrigation#comments Mon, 10 Sep 2012 16:46:57 +0000 CPWF http://feeds.cgiar.org/?p=347866 http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-09-02/all-that-matters/33548461_1_groundwater-authority-pumps-groundwater-irrigation/feed/ 0 http://waterandfood.org/2012/09/05/closing-the-income-gap-reflections-from-world-water-week/ http://waterandfood.org/2012/09/05/closing-the-income-gap-reflections-from-world-water-week/#comments Wed, 05 Sep 2012 00:41:56 +0000 CPWF http://feeds.cgiar.org/?p=347831 Back from Stockholm World Water Week, which for its 22nd edition was focused for the first time on “water and food security”, I feel a combination of satisfaction and frustration. Satisfaction because our findings on sustainable intensification and...]]> http://waterandfood.org/2012/09/05/closing-the-income-gap-reflections-from-world-water-week/feed/ 0 http://www.slideshare.net/CPWF/innovations-in-managing-the-agriculturegroundwater-and-energy-nexus http://www.slideshare.net/CPWF/innovations-in-managing-the-agriculturegroundwater-and-energy-nexus#comments Tue, 04 Sep 2012 04:53:05 +0000 CPWF http://feeds.cgiar.org/?p=347839 by Aditi Mukherji Stockholm World Water Week 2012 presentation ]]> http://www.slideshare.net/CPWF/innovations-in-managing-the-agriculturegroundwater-and-energy-nexus/feed/ 0 http://waterandfood.org/2012/09/04/making-sure-everyone-can-benefit/ http://waterandfood.org/2012/09/04/making-sure-everyone-can-benefit/#comments Tue, 04 Sep 2012 03:55:58 +0000 CPWF http://feeds.cgiar.org/?p=347841 CPWF works extensively on benefit-sharing mechanisms. In the context of our work, benefit-sharing mechanisms are tools by which the benefits and risks associated with natural resource management, or development, can be more equitably shared. It is powe...]]> http://waterandfood.org/2012/09/04/making-sure-everyone-can-benefit/feed/ 0 http://www.ipsnews.net/2012/08/sweden-to-fund-innovations-in-water-sector/ http://www.ipsnews.net/2012/08/sweden-to-fund-innovations-in-water-sector/#comments Sun, 02 Sep 2012 09:30:43 +0000 CPWF http://feeds.cgiar.org/?p=347849 When the international community was struggling to ward off a potential decline in development aid in early 2000, it came up with a novel idea: a proposal for “new and innovative sources of financing”, including a tax on airline tickets and a levy ...]]> http://www.ipsnews.net/2012/08/sweden-to-fund-innovations-in-water-sector/feed/ 0 http://waterandfood.org/2012/08/31/agricultural-water-management-in-rainfed-crop-livestock-systems/ http://waterandfood.org/2012/08/31/agricultural-water-management-in-rainfed-crop-livestock-systems/#comments Fri, 31 Aug 2012 12:50:40 +0000 CPWF http://feeds.cgiar.org/?p=347857 http://waterandfood.org/2012/08/31/agricultural-water-management-in-rainfed-crop-livestock-systems/feed/ 0 http://waterandfood.org/2012/08/23/water-food-and-energy-nexus-or-lexus-a-back-of-envelope-analysis/ http://waterandfood.org/2012/08/23/water-food-and-energy-nexus-or-lexus-a-back-of-envelope-analysis/#comments Thu, 23 Aug 2012 22:02:01 +0000 CPWF http://feeds.cgiar.org/?p=293952 http://waterandfood.org/2012/08/23/water-food-and-energy-nexus-or-lexus-a-back-of-envelope-analysis/feed/ 0 http://waterandfood.org/2012/08/20/the-goats-that-save-water/ http://waterandfood.org/2012/08/20/the-goats-that-save-water/#comments Mon, 20 Aug 2012 19:39:46 +0000 CPWF http://feeds.cgiar.org/?p=293914 In his latest blog post, CPWF’s director, Alain Vidal, discusses a promising innovation platform for goats in Zimbabwe and explains how this work can inform food security discussions at this year’s Stockholm World Water Week. ]]> http://waterandfood.org/2012/08/20/the-goats-that-save-water/feed/ 0 http://cgspace.cgiar.org:80/handle/10568/21588 http://cgspace.cgiar.org:80/handle/10568/21588#comments Wed, 15 Aug 2012 00:00:00 +0000 CPWF http://feeds.cgiar.org/?p=293943 http://cgspace.cgiar.org:80/handle/10568/21588/feed/ 0 http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/top-10-water-trailblazers/#Anchor1 http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/top-10-water-trailblazers/#Anchor1#comments Thu, 26 Jul 2012 16:52:36 +0000 CPWF http://feeds.cgiar.org/?p=257685 http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/top-10-water-trailblazers/#Anchor1/feed/ 0 http://waterandfood.org/2012/07/24/the-water-management-puzzle-of-coastal-bangladesh/ http://waterandfood.org/2012/07/24/the-water-management-puzzle-of-coastal-bangladesh/#comments Tue, 24 Jul 2012 09:07:17 +0000 CPWF http://feeds.cgiar.org/?p=257687 http://waterandfood.org/2012/07/24/the-water-management-puzzle-of-coastal-bangladesh/feed/ 0