Original article published in The Nation on 10 November 2024 At the concluding session of Pakistan Water Week 2024, Federal Minister for Water Resources and Petroleum, Dr Musadik Masood Malik, said that Pakistan needs to employ more innovative and less water-intensive practices in agriculture to avert the looming water shortage crisis in the country. This year’s conference, held over five
The blog below was first posted on IFPRI’s Nigeria site. As part of the CGIAR Initiative on Fragility, Conflict and Migration, and CGIAR Initiative on National Policies and Strategies, the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) recently visited Osun State, Nigeria to explore opportunities for enhancing the National Home-Grown School Feeding Program (NHGSFP). The one-day scoping visit provided valuable insights
This article was originally published on India Development Review and can be viewed here. The Raji community is a particularly vulnerable tribal group (PVTG) that lives in and around Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand’s Kumaon region. Historically, the Raji people have depended on the forest for resources and livelihoods. “But now that all the water sources in the mountain are drying up and banj (Himalayan oak)
On October 15th at the 7th edition of Cairo Water Week, the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) launched the flagship report on building policy coherence of food, land, and water systems of Egypt under the CGIAR Initiative on National Policies and Strategies (NPS). “Policy coherence is essential in resource-scarce times, aligning sectors to optimize resources, reduce conflict, and enhance resilience
Building individual and institutional modeling capacity that is sustainable over time. Over the past three years, the CGIAR Research Initiative on Foresight has been working with partners to strengthen their capacity to understand and use foresight metrics and tools, and to use foresight results to shape decision-making. This includes jointly identifying key foresight training needs; developing ways to scale
This blog was originally published on India Water Portal last September 29, 2024 Mamta Patel, a local farmer of Onta Purwa village in Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh, reported that the irregular monsoon has posed significant challenges for the kharif season. Farmers in the village are grappling with the adverse effects of erratic rainfall on their groundnut cultivation. “All of us
In April 2024, the CGIAR Initiative on Foresight and the Institute for Integrated Development Studies (IIDS, Nepal) held the Foresight Partnership Forum and Training in Kathmandu, Nepal. The four-day event brought together key Initiative partners from across Asia, Africa, and Latin America to share insights on the multifaceted challenges affecting food, land, and water systems and strengthen local foresight and policy
The traditional fishing community of Bisdeutar village, located east of Kathmandu, Nepal, also farms the steep hills above the Indrawati River. Their livelihoods are constrained by the lack of access to water for irrigation. Under the CGIAR Initiatives on NEXUS Gains and Mixed Farming Systems, IWMI Nepal, in partnership with local government, is facilitating the installation of a solar lift