The Andes Basin Focal Project aims to promote the best available science to inform water and land policy decisions for improved livelihoods. It analyzes water availability and use across the Andes, as well as institutional and socioeconomic factors. The project has produced maps, reports and a online policy support system. It has also built capacity and shared knowledge through workshops and networking events. The overall goal is to maximize economic returns and poverty alleviation while minimizing environmental degradation.
Presented at the Basin Focal Project workshop 'Clarifying the global picture of water, food and poverty' from 18-20th September in Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Facilitating behaviour change for the adoption of 'non-treatment' options for the implementation of the 2006 WHO wastewater use guidelines
Pay Drechsel, Hanna Karg and Eline Boelee
Presented at the IWA session "Hygienic Risks of Sanitation Systems" at the networking weekend of "Water and Health: Where Science Meets Policy"
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA.
October 23-24, 2010
The Challenge Program on Water and Food's Associate Director and researcher, Sophie Nguyen Khoa, demonstrates how the program's unusual approach in water-for-food research - which is using cross discliplinary teams and creating linkages between rural agricultural sectors such as fisheries, water, crops, ecosystems and health - contributes to real improvement in the livelihoods of the world's poorest communities.
Presented by IWMI's David Wiberg (Theme Leader – Water Futures) to a group of European Union (EU) delegations in Asia at a discussion on 'Using research on agriculture climate and water to support sustainable food systems', held at IWMI Headquarters in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on June 8, 2016.
Presented at the Basin Focal Project workshop 'Clarifying the global picture of water, food and poverty' from 18-20th September in Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Facilitating behaviour change for the adoption of 'non-treatment' options for the implementation of the 2006 WHO wastewater use guidelines
Pay Drechsel, Hanna Karg and Eline Boelee
Presented at the IWA session "Hygienic Risks of Sanitation Systems" at the networking weekend of "Water and Health: Where Science Meets Policy"
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA.
October 23-24, 2010
The Challenge Program on Water and Food's Associate Director and researcher, Sophie Nguyen Khoa, demonstrates how the program's unusual approach in water-for-food research - which is using cross discliplinary teams and creating linkages between rural agricultural sectors such as fisheries, water, crops, ecosystems and health - contributes to real improvement in the livelihoods of the world's poorest communities.
Presented by IWMI's David Wiberg (Theme Leader – Water Futures) to a group of European Union (EU) delegations in Asia at a discussion on 'Using research on agriculture climate and water to support sustainable food systems', held at IWMI Headquarters in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on June 8, 2016.
Dr. Andrew Noble, Program Director of the CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems, presented “Feeding 9 Billion People without Destroying the Planet: It is Possible,” on his trip to the US.
Timothy O. Williams
Director, Africa
Background on LSLAs in WA
Framework for analysis of LSLAs & impacts
Summary of unethical and inimical practices
Economic, social and environmental impacts
Factors responsible for negative practices
Strategies for improving integrity in LSLAs
Presented by Jeremy Bird, IWMI's Director General, at the Bonn Water Lecture: Solutions for a water secure and urbanizing world, on March 15, 2016, in Bonn, Germany.
Presented by IWMI Karthikeyan Matheswaran (Postdoctoral Fellow: Surface Water Modeling and Hydraulics) to a group of European Union (EU) delegations in Asia at a discussion on 'Using research on agriculture climate and water to support sustainable food systems', held at IWMI Headquarters in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on June 8, 2016.
Presented by Dr. Claudia Sadoff, IWMI Director General,at the 13th International Conference on Development of Drylands, February 12, 2019, in Jodhpur, India
Presented by IWMI's Ian Makin at the 4th African Regional Conference on Irrigation and
Drainage (ARCID), in Aswan, Cairo,
Egypt, on April 26, 2016
Presented as the keynote presentation of the first plenary session (Tools and techniques for improving land and water productivity -I) at the side-event on "Improving Salt and Water Management in the Nile Delta",
Presented by IWMI Soumya Balasubramanya (Researcher – Environmental Economics) to a group of European Union (EU) delegations in Asia at a discussion on 'Using research on agriculture climate and water to support sustainable food systems', held at IWMI Headquarters in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on June 8, 2016.
Dr. Andrew Noble, Program Director of the CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems, presented “Feeding 9 Billion People without Destroying the Planet: It is Possible,” on his trip to the US.
Timothy O. Williams
Director, Africa
Background on LSLAs in WA
Framework for analysis of LSLAs & impacts
Summary of unethical and inimical practices
Economic, social and environmental impacts
Factors responsible for negative practices
Strategies for improving integrity in LSLAs
Presented by Jeremy Bird, IWMI's Director General, at the Bonn Water Lecture: Solutions for a water secure and urbanizing world, on March 15, 2016, in Bonn, Germany.
Presented by IWMI Karthikeyan Matheswaran (Postdoctoral Fellow: Surface Water Modeling and Hydraulics) to a group of European Union (EU) delegations in Asia at a discussion on 'Using research on agriculture climate and water to support sustainable food systems', held at IWMI Headquarters in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on June 8, 2016.
Presented by Dr. Claudia Sadoff, IWMI Director General,at the 13th International Conference on Development of Drylands, February 12, 2019, in Jodhpur, India
Presented by IWMI's Ian Makin at the 4th African Regional Conference on Irrigation and
Drainage (ARCID), in Aswan, Cairo,
Egypt, on April 26, 2016
Presented as the keynote presentation of the first plenary session (Tools and techniques for improving land and water productivity -I) at the side-event on "Improving Salt and Water Management in the Nile Delta",
Presented by IWMI Soumya Balasubramanya (Researcher – Environmental Economics) to a group of European Union (EU) delegations in Asia at a discussion on 'Using research on agriculture climate and water to support sustainable food systems', held at IWMI Headquarters in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on June 8, 2016.
Por la defensa del agua para las comunidades 2Jorge Rubiano
Presentación ante el Concejo Municipal de Yumbo en Enero de 2013, entérese del riesgo que tiene el futuro del agua en la cuenca del Rio Arroyohondo en el Valle del Cauca, Colombia.
Floods can be hugely destructive, but they also offer opportunities for farmers and fisherfolk. If their frequency and extent can be measured, then we will be better able to mitigate costs and maximise benefits. Digital geospatial flood inundation mapping is a powerful new approach for flood response that shows floodwater extent and depth on the land surface. IWMI research will evaluate this new technology and develop a prototype flood inundation map for South Asia. Also discussed is a project to flood map and model in a spate irrigation system in Sudan.
Global Water Challenges: River Basin Management Opportunities and Risks
A presentation by Don Blackmore
(The presentation has been modified from the original version to remove any copyrighted material)
Water Land and Ecosystems
High Level Dialogue New Delhi
3 May 2013
Global Water Challenges: River Basin Management Opportunities and Risks
A presentation by Don Blackmore
(The presentation has been modified from the original version to remove any copyrighted material)
Water Land and Ecosystems
High Level Dialogue New Delhi
3 May 2013
Resource utilization and managing conflict in the pastoral community of Ethio...ILRI
Presentation by Dr Tilahun Amede for the 5th All Africa Conference on Animal Agriculture and the 18th Annual Meeting of the Ethiopian Society of Animal Production (ESAP), Addis Ababa, October 25-28, 2010.
Karkheh Basin Focal Project: Synthesis of approach, findings and lessons. Poolad Karimi on behalf of the BFP1 team 2nd International Forum on Water & Food Addis Ababa, Ethiopia November 2008
Rainwater Harvesting Technologies in Makueni County, Kenyainventy
Rainwater harvesting has been in existence for many years and has positively impacted life, agriculture and economy. Despite these known benefits of rainwater harvesting, Makueni County's population is slowly adopting rainwater harvesting technologies. Water scarcity still remains a major constraint to life and economic development in the County. The aim of this paper is to evaluate rainwater harvesting technologies and the factors contributing to adoption of the technologies in the ASAL areas with Makueni County being the case study. The study was conducted in Wanzauni and Itetani locations in Tulimani division, Mbooni West district, Makueni County within Kenya's Eastern Region which lies within the arid and semi arid ecological zones of Kenya. A total of 160 household questionnaires were administered, focus group discussions and key informants interviews done during data collection exercise. The data was analyzed using Statistical package for social scientists (SPSS). Various rainwater harvesting technologies (RWHTs) are used within Makueni County including macro-catchment (earth dams, sand/sub-surface dams), micro-catchment (Zai pits, strip catchment, tillage, contour and semi-circular bunds) and rooftop rainwater harvesting technologies with rooftop catchment being the most commonly used technique. However, adoption of these RWHTs in Makueni County is slow irrespective of their potential to improve livelihoods. A logistic regression analysis was conducted to predict factors affecting adoption of RWHTs within 160 households in Makueni County. Some of the factors found to have statistically-significant positive effect on the adoption of RWHT are gender, literacy levels, social and economic status and technological know-how on RWHT. Ways of promoting the adoption of RWHTs such as capacity building and training, poverty alleviation through enhancement of income generation activities, enhanced formation of community groups aimed at water development activities, and improved designs incorporating mechanized technologies in favour of women and children, are recommended.
In this presentation, the International Food Policy Research Institute, in partnership with University of Massachusetts Amherst, detailed the obstacles and opportunities in crowdsourced data for Agent-based Modeling.
Inspire, enable, finance and scale. This World Water Week 2016 presentation looks at leading cases and opportunities available to cities in Latin America and the Caribbean to implement water management that protects, restores and mimics the natural water cycle.
Presentation by Jeremy Bird, DG, International Water Management Institute, at the CCAFS Workshop on Institutions and Policies to Scale out Climate Smart Agriculture held between 2-5 December 2013 in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Science forum Day 2 - Suan Pheng Kam - Integrated aquculture planning
Andes BFP
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2. King’s College, University of London, jerubiano@gmail.comCoCoon Matchmaking Meeting Cali, Colombia - 22-23 September, 2009
3. Outline What is the Andes BFP Work and products Network of partners
4. BFPANDES : Aim The aim of the BFPANDES is “to have the best available science used in the formulation and testing of land and water policy for better livelihoods in the Andes”. BFPANDES : Key issues Institutions. Are the institutions using and sharing the best available information and if not why not? Optimal allocation. What are the biophysical, knowledge and power/equity barriers to optimal least-conflict allocation of water? Sustainability. Which management interventions maximize economic returns (production), alleviate poverty whilst minimizing degradation of water, soil and environment?
5. The Andes ‘basin’ (all basins above 500 masl) and the 13 key sub-basins Context: Transnational, globally important Heterogeneous (hyper humid to hyper arid) Steep slopes, competing demands on land use Environmentally sensitive www.ambiotek.com/aguaandes
6. Silvia Benitez Water Conservation Programme Co-ordinator Carmen Candelo Reina Governance and Livelihoods Program Director Noel Trejos Chief Scientist in Integral Management John Pender Economist Meagan Keefe Agricultural Economist Jairo Valderrama Biologist Edwin Pajares Director of Natural Resource Sharing Program Alonso Moreno Natural Resource Sustainable Management Programme Mario Aquirre Senior Officer Water Program Ernesto Guhl Cam SEI, Cauca University, Valle University, CAN, Proyecto GEF Paramo, CIAT, UNAL, CONDESAN, Kings College London, Universidad Autonoma,deOccidente,
7. Where are the poor? Why they are poor? Which are the related factors? Which are the opportunities?
23. Composed representation of key characteristics of IEI-Col = ∑ (A+B+C+D+E)/5 A = No_Finance_Institutions B = Total_enrolled_Students (2005) C = Health_Investment (2006) D = Potable_Water_Investment (2006) E = Total_displaced_People_received (2001-2007) IEI-Ecu∑ (2(A+B)+C+D+E)/5 A = Iliteracy_rate B = Unsatisfied_Basic_Needs C = Global_malnutrition_in_kids<5 D = %_Poor_below_PovLine E = %_poor_below_extreme_PovLine IEI-Per = ∑ {(A+B+C+D+E+F) – (G+H+I)}/5 A = No_kids_primary_school_completed B = No_kids_primary_school_finished_on_time C = No_educated_kids_between_4&5 D = No_educated_kids_between_12&16 E = No_young_Secondary_School_completed F = No_young_Secondary_School_finished_on_time G = Malnutrition_rate (1999) H = pople_no_electricity I = Adult_Iliteracy_rate (2005) IEI-Bol = ∑ (A+B+C+D+E+F+G+H)/5 A = Education_Units B = No_of_teaching_rooms C = Human_Development_Index (2001) D = Yearly_Average_expenditure E = PerCapita_compsumption_USD-Year (2001) F = Social_Investments_USD (2006) G = Non_Social_Invest_USD (2006) H = No_Finance_Institutions Tough conditions, bigger effort Less difficult * * Standardize for the four countries, main capitals excluded
25. Methods : water availability Whole-Andes analysis of water availability at 1km spatial resolution using the FIESTA delivery model (http://www.ambiotek.com/fiesta) and long term climatologies from WORLDCLIM (1950-) and TRMM (1996-)
26. Results : water availability Total annual rainfall (mm) TRMM> <WorldClim trmm wclim
28. J F M A M J J A S O N D Rainfall (mm/month) - highly variable spatially and seasonally, hyper-humid to hyper-arid
29. How water is used, by whom and where? What are the current and potential benefits out of water?
30. Methods : water productivity Water productivity : often defined as the crop per drop or yield per unit of water use but in BFPANDES defined more broadly as the contribution of water to human wellbeing through production of food, energy and other goods and services Whole-Andes analysis of plant production based on dry matter production calculated from SPOT VGT (1998-2008), masked to exclude trees. Whole Andes analysis of production per unit rainfall (crop per drop) Precise digitisation of all dams in the Andes using Google Earth Dams Geowiki (http://www.kcl.ac.uk/schools/sspp/geography/research/emm/geodata/geowikis.html) Calculation of dam watersheds using HydroSHEDS
32. Dry matter production DMP (in g/ha/yr) <Averaged in 500m elev. bands Averaged by Catchment> Lowest elevations have highest productivity. Colombian and Ecuadorian Andean catchments have Highest productivity along with Eastern foothill catchments in the South
33. <Crop per drop of rainfall (RUE) (g/Ha./mm) [without trees]. Averaged by catchment Crop per drop > (g/Ha./mm) [without trees]. for areas with <500mm rainfall Lowest elevations have greatest crop per drop. Small lowland-dominated Pacific and Eastern foothill catchments have greatest crop per drop
34. DMP (in Dg/ha/day) DMP (in Dg/ha/day) Elevation(m) Rainfall (mm/yr) Crop per drop of rainfall (RUE) (g/Ha./mm) Rainfall (mm/yr) Rainfall (mm/yr)
35. Dams : points in the landscape at which water=productivity Tropics : land areas draining into dams by: Leo Saenz Developed the first georeferenced global database of dams (www.kcl.ac.uk/geodata) There are at least 29,000 large dams between 40N and 40S 57% in Asia, 23% in South America, 12% in Africa, 6.5 % in Asia and the Caribbean, 1.3 % Australia, 0.2 % Middle East. 80% are in the largest countries (China, India, Brazil, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Mexico) 33% of land area between 40S and 40N drains into a dam (capturing some 24% of rainfall and thissurface provides important environmental and ecosystem services to specific companies.
36. Water productivity : dams in the Andes Andes : 174 large dams Area draining into dams : 389,190 km2 (10.5% of land area) At least 80,300Mm3 of water storage capacity At least 20,000 MW HEP capacity Also used for drinking water, irrigation and industrial purposes
37. Environmental services : the role of cloudforests Peru/Bolivia % of water derived from cloud stripping
38. Tracing the impact of protected areas on water Assuming that water originating from protected areas is better than that originating elsewhere: As you travel downstream from the protected areas their contribution to flow diminishes as rivers are swamped with water from non-protected areas % of water originating in a protected area – WDPA 2009 (Colombia) [gl_pc_wc_fin] see www.kcl.ac.uk/geodata
39. Number of urban people drinking water originating in a protected area – WDPA 2009 (Colombia) [gl_sumurbpc] The beneficiaries can easily number millions of people. A strong case for PWS. see www.kcl.ac.uk/geodata
40. What have been made/attempted before? What is feasible to do from now on? With whom, where, how?
46. low evapo-transpiration The pan-tropical average cloud-forest water balance is 452 mm/yr cf 124 mm/yr for the tropics as a whole. This is a function of the climate in which the cloud forest sits not the cloud forest itself and would occur even in the absence of the forest. An ecosystem service: Cloud forests strip passing cloud/fog water very efficiently and this water ends up in the rivers. If the cloud forests are replaced by pasture, this stripping does not occur and the extra water is lost. This service is dependent on the ecosystem as well as the environment. Example of water from montane forests Peru/Bolivia % of water derived from cloud stripping
47. Potential for Aquaculture in the Andes Food Security - Is Aquacultureanalternative in Andean system? How this activity compete with others?
48. Products capacity built in local students, institutions/stakeholders through training, workshops and tools, (b) report, maps and baseline data diagnosing current status of water poverty, water productivity, environmental security and their social and institutional context along with likely future impacts (http://www.bfpandes.org) The AguAAndes Policy Support System – a web based tool for understanding the likely impact of particular scenarios of change and policy options on water and water poverty in any Andean catchment (http://www.policysupport.org/links/aguaandes).
49. The AGUAANDES POLICY SUPPORT SYSTEM SimTerra : the most detailed global databases, tiled + Detailed grid –based process models + Tools to test scenarios and policy options http://www.policysupport.org/links/aguaandes
58. Methods : Institutions Composed representation of a selection of key social, economical and political variables that helps answering where an intervention will face hash conditions, need higher effort and more investment. It also expresses which characteristics can be used as indicators of progress for development and poverty reduction strategies. It is made with the most reliable country data at municipal level. Methods for data processing include PCA, Cluster and Spatial Analyses.
59. COLOMBIA PERU ECUADOR BOLIVIA http://www.latin-focus.com/ http://www.bcb.gov.bo/webdocs/Diciembre2008/estadodeuda2008.pdf