This document discusses financing water and food security. It mentions rural poverty levels in Africa, regional meat consumption, and the risks and uncertainties facing the livestock value chain from water quantity, quality, and allocation issues. It also notes some questions about the Global Water Partnership's role and comparative advantage in addressing food security and financing water and food security initiatives, particularly in Africa where rain-fed agriculture and livestock are important.

1. Financing Water and Food SecurityRudolph Cleveringa, IFADStockholm, August 2011, GWPr.cleveringa@ifad.org

2. Are we aware about Food Security? Who, when, what, where, how and why?Tingo, Ecuador: The Ayme Family; $31.55 USDBreidjing Camp, Chad: The Aboubakar Family; $1.23 USDCairo, Egypt: The Ahmed Family; $68.50 USDNorth Carolina, United States : The Revis Family$342 USD

3. Rural Poverty in Africa: over 400m and growing

4. Regional meat consumption

5. Water-related risk and uncertaintyWater along the livestock value chainDrivers of ChangeClimate, economics, demographics, etc.ProductionRecyclingImpactAcidification, eutrophication, water-use, etc.Risks & Uncertainties to Livestock Value ChainRisks & Uncertainties from Livestock Value ChainWater Quantity (scarcity, floods)

6. Water Quality

7. Allocation ConflictsConsumptionTransformationWater Use/Consumption.

8. Scope for improvement

9. Where is the money? Yes, China canGuardian land grabsTransparency InternationalRemittances?