1. Achieving food security through integrated land and water management GWP draft operational strategy Regional days meeting, Stockholm, 17 August 2011

2. Outline of presentationGWP Strategy 2009-2013 – Achieving food securityOur strengths and the opportunitiesFive work areas: 1. Influencing policy making 2. Advocacy 3. Linking research and policy leading to changes on the ground 4. Financing 5. Links with GWP’s agenda on climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction

3. GWP Strategy 2009-2013 – Achieving food security Contributing to ’achieving food security’ (SG2) “[…] The trade-food-water nexus and virtual water are significant issues in water for food production. GWP recognises the importance of engaging with the agriculture sector and will convene informed multi-stakeholder negotiations to change the way decision-makers think about water and agriculture. […] In this area, GWP will work with the CGIAR system, particularly with IWMI to facilitate adoption of the recommendations emerging from the Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture and the Challenge Programme on Water and Food.”

4. GWP Strategy 2009-2013 – Achieving food security CA finding = there is enough land, water and human capacity to produce food for a growing population over the next 50 years… … provided we act now to improve how water is used and managed in agriculture

6. Access

8. Increased food production in a sustainable manner

10. Common vision and mission, based upon the cornerstone principles of IWRM (“… water, land and related resources”)

11. Global and regional technical leadership

12. Neutral platforms, bringing all sectors (incl. agric.) together

13. Facilitator of IWRM planning processes

15. Need to work together with others to create synergies + share knowledge, expertise and experiences

16. Need to bridge the gap between practitioners and researchers

17. Need to work at the highest levels of decision-making GWP ideally positioned to contribute to global efforts towards food security, by promoting and facilitating the development and implementation of integrated approaches to land and water resources development, use and management

18. Work area 1 – Influencing policy making Overall approach Assist national, regionaland localdecision-makersin ensuring that WRM plans and processes are alignedwith agriculture and food security strategiesas well as with CCAand DRR strategies, and that these are integratedinto national development planning and decision-making processes. Partners/entry points FAO, IFAD, CAADP (Africa), ICID, WMO, IFRC Strong links with WACDEP

19. Work area 2 - Advocacy Overall approach Continue, together with or through partners, to advocate that IWRM is key for food security, through enabling increased and sustainable agricultural production. Raise awareness amongst the agriculture community on the risksto food security from the lack of proper water resources management and development. Partners/entry points CFS, AAHM, CGIAR institutions (CRP-5) Local, national and regional agric. policy-makers, RECs, RBOs

20. Work area 3 – Linking research and policy leading to changes on the ground Overall approach Work with research and CB partners and decision-makers (incl. farmer organisations) to make sure that research responds to end-users needsand to ensure uptake of research results. Promote capacity building activities to strengthen the ability of WRM institutions to work on agric. and food security issues. Partners/entry points IWMI, IFPRI, CPWF, Alterra, CapNet, and other knowledge partners and capacity-building providers

21. Work area 4 – Financing Overall approach Ensure together with partners that regional and national agriculture and food security strategies are linked to IWRM strategies and plans in order to channel funding to integrated land and water management processes, programmes and projects. Partners/entry points FAO, IFAD, ADB, AfDB, IDB, IADB, World Bank (CAADP), ILC AFSI/GAFSP, EU facility for food security Strong links with WACDEP

23. Proposed joint WMO/GWP Programme on integrated drought management

26. MDG1 off track

27. World food prices crises (2006, 2008, 2010)

28. Current famine in the Horn of AfricaClimate-related triggers (floods, droughts, wildfires)  crop and livestock losses, price pikes Chronic water scarcity and poor water and soil quality  longer-term constraints for food production and food security

29. Water and food security – Inextricably linked Many river basins are ’closing’ Competing demands between water for food, water for industry, water for ecosystems, etc. Irrigated agriculture accounts for 70% of the world fresh water withdrawals (even more in the poorer countries) Better management and development of land and water resources, through an IWRM approach, are necessary to ensure food security

30. GWP Strategy 2009-2013 – Achieving food security Strategic goals 1 and 2  Five priority strategic elements: water financing, transboundary, climate change, urbanisation, food security Strategic goal 2: Address critical development challenges “…focuses on contributing to and advocating solutions for critical challenges to water security, such as climate change, growing urbanisation, food production, resource related conflict and other challenges as they emerge.”

32. Harmonise national IWRM and WE plans with agriculture and food security strategies

33. Ensure that such plans are congruent with CCA strategiesand are well integrated into national development planning processes

35. Promote relevant policy messages from the CAand support implementation of follow-up activities (CGIAR Research Program 5)

37. Scale up the use of methodologies for increasing water productivity in irrigated and rain-fed agriculture, through local level partnerships

38. Use local level pilot projects to ensure that national, regional and international efforts towards food security areinformed by local realities

40. In Africa, work with CAADP to promote financing of integrated land and water management within the CAADP Compacts

41. Work with ILC to support governments in assessing FDIin major land and water resources and infrastructure projects

42. Identify, prepareand sharewith financial partners (incl. development banks), fundable projects for integrated land and water management