1) Benefit sharing mechanisms (BSMs) are important for equitable water management between different users and sectors. The CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food's experience in 10 river basins provides lessons on BSMs. 2) In the Mekong River Basin, balancing hydropower and fisheries through BSMs like improved irrigation techniques can generate win-win outcomes for energy production and food security. 3) In the Volta River Basin, research found that losses from small reservoirs are smaller than assumed, so developing more small reservoirs could significantly benefit smallholders with minimal water impacts.

1. Why Benefit Sharing Mechanisms matter
A review of CPWF 10-year experience
Alain Vidal, Director (a.vidal@cgiar.org)
CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food
11. Sept. 2013

2. Niger
Water, food and poverty analyzed in 10 basins
1.5 billion people
50% of the poorest < 1€/j
www.waterandfood.org
www.slideshare.net/cpwf

3. A few lessons learnt on CPWF 10 large
river basins
There is enough water to meet
our needs, it’s how we manage it!
Dialogues should promote
Equitable sharing of benefits
Institutional water management
avoiding fragmentation among actors
Better feedback mechanisms will help link policy
aspirations and local realities
Local dialogues more likely to see BSMs emerging
Can also inspire national and transboundary policies

4. From sharing the resource
to sharing the benefits
Turton (2008) in Southern Africa
suggested several shifts
From sharing resources (win-lose) to
sharing benefits (win-win)
From sovereignty to subsidiarity
From national security (top-down) to human safety (bottom-
up)
Requires a « basket of options » to generate benefits

5. Sustainable fisheries and hydropower
in the Mekong river basin

6. The Mekong water – fish – energy
nexus and benefits
Massive hydropower potential
Fisheries provide 50-80% of
animal protein to 60 mio.
people and 50% of rural
income
Fisheries and food security
threatened by the
discontinuities due to large
hydropower dams
MRC, 2010

7. Changes in practice sharing the benefits
between fisheries and energy production
Water management techniques and practices
improving the benefits of riparian communities
Artificial wetlands (THPC, Laos)
Rice-fish systems (THPC, Laos)
Cassava (Yali Falls, Vietnam)

8. Sharing the benefits from
the Volta Basin

10. A major income source for Ghana
Akosombo Dam on
the Volta (Ghana)
How does small reservoirs’ development upstream
(Burkina Faso, Ghana) threaten energy production?

11. A marginal trade-off opening
opportunities for small holders
CPWF research shows that evaporative losses from
small reservoirs are not excessive
Less than 50% of previously been
assumed
In a savanna setting losses from open
water in small reservoirs even smaller
than those from cropped areas of a similar size
4 times more small reservoirs would
Can add significant wealth to small holders
Result in less than 1% of additional water consumption

12. Why are we having this meeting?
IFAD CPWF Mainstreaming Innovations Grant
Tonya Schuetz, Grant and Knowledge Sharing Manager
and (t.schuetz@cgiar.org )
CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food

13. Mainstreaming Innovations Grant
Overall Goal & Objectives
To improve food security and livelihoods of poor rural
communities
Validated CPWF innovations and adoption processes
scaled up to reach more communities based on having
developed appropriate policy, institutional and
technical spaces
Key national / regional planning agencies and
development partners and IFAD use CPWF innovations
and processes in their planning and operations

14. 2 years
Identified Strategies
~1 mio. $
Repackage & disseminate materials to identified audience
Organize stakeholder sharing events
Contribution to/ participation in strategic events
Targeted support upon special request
Specific follow-up funding to quick wins (RiU projects IWMI, CRP5/ WLE)
Marketing a particular innovation in organized workshops (e.g. ComMod – IFAD)

15. Multi-resource
package
Phase 2 Key
products and
messages
Key
messages
posters/
smart cards
Outcome
stories
Sourcebook
(articles)
Briefing
notes
Meta-
synthesis
book
Institutional
histories

16. CPWF Theory of Change Approach,
example of the IFAD Grant
IMPACT
Re-/Packaged
Materials Used by:
Outcome Stories
Main change
agents
Key messages -
Smart card/
posters
IFAD Country
Program Managers
Know about CPWF work &
people most relevant to
their work
Engage and interact
with our networks
Sourcebook
(articles)
IFAD in-country
project staff
Interested towards our
work and social capital
and partnership networks
Adapt and
contextualize what is
useful for their work
Briefing/ insight
notes
Metasynthesis
Institutional
Histories
Any other
materials
Knowledge, attitude and
skills changes
Changes in behaviour
and practice
Project Activities
Improved food
security and
livelihoods of poor
rural communities
OUTCOMESOUTPUTS
Other partner
development &
implementation
professionals
Have the skills to pick the
suitable findings/
technologies

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