CPWF presentation to IFAD Rome, 2. Feb. 2011, Proposal on Disseminating Challenge Program Water and Food (CPWF) innovations and adoption processes on water for food, and piloting their mainstreaming in IFAD portfolio

1. CPWF innovations
CPWF innovations
and adoption processes
Alain VIDAL, CPWF Director
Tonya SCHÜTZ, CPWF Information and Knowledge Manager
Tonya SCHÜTZ CPWF Information and Knowledge Manager

2. Global food crisis:
a poverty “countdown”
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3 billion poor below US$2.5/day
3 billion poor below US$2.5/day
2 billion suffer from malnutrition
1 billion suffer from hunger
1 billion suffer from hunger
75% of them are rural poor
Alleviating hunger means reducing rural poverty
Alleviating hunger means reducing rural poverty
Reducing rural poverty
Increase the income of the rural poor to enable
Increase the income of the rural poor to enable
investment
Ensure they can cope with short term and long
Ensure they can cope with short‐term and long‐
term changes

3. The resilience challenge
The resilience challenge
Food production communities and ecosystems
ood p oduct o co u t es a d ecosyste s
should be able to cope with local and global
changes (climate, economy, demography,
migrations…), ie become more resilient
Achieved through improved water
productivity (more food with less water)
(more food with less water)
together with empowerment, equity,
market access, health and ecosystem
services
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4. CPWF aims to increase the resilience of social and
ecological systems through better water management
for food production
Through its broad partnerships, it conducts research
that leads to impact on the poor and to policy change
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5. Lessons learnt from Phase 1
Innovations and adoption processes

6. 10 major river basins
68 research for development projects
68 hf d l t j t
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7. Re‐greening the Uganda “Cattle
Corridor”
Termites destroy any Community corralling Local organizations
attempt to reseed of cattle for 2 weeks invest in up‐scaling of
degraded pasture permits pasture pasture regeneration
establishment

8. Coastal resource management
(Mekong Delta, Vietnam)
(Mekong Delta Vietnam)
Farmer adoption of Zonal sluice gate Provincial government
diverse rice shrimp
diverse rice‐shrimp‐ g
management allows recognized brackish
recognized brackish
fish production brackish or fresh water water as a resource;
systems at different times of promoted new systems
year

9. Multiple use water systems:
empowering the poor with water
empowering the poor with water
Local government,
Individual multiple NGO, CBO and private
NGO CBO and private Support of national
water‐use decisions
d ii support to innovation water policies and
li i d
laws (eg India)

10. Marketing outcomes from Phase 1
Marketing outcomes from Phase 1
The major effort to utilize Phase 1 outcomes is
The major effort to utilize Phase 1 outcomes is
through Phase 2
Continuous flow of Phase 1 legacy outputs
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Science syntheses and evidence‐based papers
Strategic engagement with the media (films, print)
Strategic engagement with the media (films, print)
Sourcebook for development professionals
Joint IFAD‐CPWF initiative on
Research into Use (5 Phase 1 projects)
Mainstreaming innovation (19 Phase 1 projects)
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11. Sourcebook Production
S b k P d ti
A compendium of best practices, approaches, concepts
di fb i h
and theories on a particular topic taking information and
packaging it in a way that it is accessible to different
packaging it in a way that it is accessible to different
target audiences
The term sourcebook is used about many different kinds of books
such as collections of core articles (i.e., anthology), bibliographies,
biographies, printed archival sources, directories and so on. There
seems to be no consensus in the application of this term (From
term.
wikipedia)

12. Why a sourcebook
Why a sourcebook
Phase 1 results have yet to be systematically
Phase 1 results have yet to be systematically
repackaged for different target audiences
Research utilization is just as important as research
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generation
Sourcebooks provide an excellent vehicle to present
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research results in simple, scientifically correct,
articles, and are a great networking tool
Adds value to research efforts by improving the
uptake of knowledge resources generated

13. Materials to be developed from
the repackaging exercise
the repackaging exercise
• 20‐25 case stories • 8‐10 briefing notes
emphasizing impact &key
h &k synthesizing core
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messages messages
• Synthesis report • Audience: academics,
• Audience: education and policy makers,
trainer, journalists, policy
i j li li Impact Briefing
i fi planners, development
planners development
makers and planners stories notes administrators
• 10‐15 posters with key Posters Sourcebook • Techniques, tools,
messages can be approaches, methods
disseminated widely • Audience: development
• Audience: development administration, trainers,
administrators, education dev professionals,
institutes researchers
… or any other found to be useful material.

14. How experiences will be chosen?
How experiences will be chosen?
Potential for up/out scaling
Potential for up/out‐scaling
Existence of marketable innovations
Successful adoption process
Successful adoption process
Balance in basins
Best practice, tool, approach that can be used by
Best practice tool approach that can be used by
others
Ensuring key themes are taken care of: Gender
Ensuring key themes are taken care of: Gender
sensitivity, focus on poverty reduction, etc.

15. Process for producing the
sourcebook and other materials
sourcebook and other materials
Jan. meet with Feb.
Dec. present/
D t/ working team to Steering
1. Identification discuss with
of examples & identify impact Committee
team, feedback to review &
messages stories, sourcebook
& decide on articles & core decide on
(Dec‐ Feb) overall direction messagesg materials
2. Writing of
materials Develop Impact materials, Posters,
materials Briefing notes , sourcbook articles
(Mar
(Mar ‐ Jul)
3. Review and Review workshop to critically
Finalized and
final production review impacts stories, briefing
roll out for
papers, and final posters and
(Aug ‐ Nov) IFWF 3
decide on use
4. Finalization Review workshop to
of Sourcebook review sourcebook Finalize and
articles, artwork and disseminate
(Dec ‐ Feb) discuss use

16. Potential impacts of the sourcebook
Potential impacts of the sourcebook
Development agencies will incorporate lessons, tools
Development agencies will incorporate lessons, tools
and techniques to projects or programs
Extension workers/development professionals will
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use the approaches, techniques or tools in their own
work
Students, academics will use in schools and
incorporate to curricula or teaching
Local NARES will use/adapt in their own work.
Enhancing the policy influence of CPWF work by
developing targeted information materials

17. CPWF Research into Use
(RiU) Program

18. Goals
Pursue opportunities to generate impacts from
Pursue opportunities to generate impacts from
high potential Phase 1 projects in order to unlock
benefits for the poor.
Demonstrating fast track changes through
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adoption of innovations from our research.

19. Specific Objectives
Specific Objectives
Effectively learn from CPWF Phase 1 experience
Effectively learn from CPWF Phase 1 experience
Test with local & national development institutions
the pertinence & acceptability of previous research
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results for development interventions
Facilitate adoption by decision makers
Develop models, policy interventions and targeted
infrastructure
Capture common innovations, mechanisms and
approaches

20. Proposed Results
Proposed Results
Scaling up of successful processes
Scaling up of successful processes
Analysis papers (to capture common innovations
mechanisms and approaches)
mechanisms and approaches)
Publication of innovative methods (sourcebook)

21. Cherry pick from a basket full of
innovative tools and case studies
Approaches to deal with challenges and conflicts in
complex and multi‐faceted contexts
Sets of technical innovations to respond to
f h i li i d
environmental challenges, constraints, shocks and
stresses
stresses
Inter‐disciplinary, multi‐country, basin level
approaches with strong focus on partnerships
approaches with strong focus on partnerships
Integration of fisheries for improved livelihoods

22. CPWF suggested projects
see annex of 19 selected projects
see annex of 19 selected projects