The document is about the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) and their mission to improve land and water resource management for food security, livelihoods, and the environment. IWMI partners with global, national, and regional organizations to shape the global water agenda through research and activities that help create new knowledge and provide evidence to inform policy recommendations. IWMI has offices in several African countries and is part of the CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems, which focuses on issues like agwater management, resource recovery and reuse, river basins, and information systems.

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Water for a food-secure world
• A Vision: Water for food-secure world
• Our Mission: To improve the
management of land and water resources
for food, livelihoods and the environment
• Our Role: IWMI is a partner with global,
national and regional organizations
shaping the global water agenda. IWMI’s
research and field activities help create
new knowledge and provide the evidence
scientists and water management experts
need to make sound policy
recommendations to local, national and
international decision-makers.
International Water Management Institute

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Water for a food-secure world
Ouagadougou
Accra
Cairo
Addis Ababa
Pretoria
Regional Office
Sub-Regional Office
Satellite Office
Representative Office
Location of IWMI Offices in Africa

3. CGIAR Research
Program on
Water, Land and
Ecosystems
Photo:PrueLoney/IWMI

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Water for a food-secure world
• Agwater management solutions: unlocking the potential for
smallholder agriculture
• Resource Recovery and Reuse: Supporting African
agriculture through nutrient recycling and wealth creation
• CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems
(WLE): an introduction
Water for Food Security, Wealth and a Resilient Environment

5. CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems
Cross-cutting
themes:
Gender,
poverty and
institutions
&
Ecosystem
services and
resilience
Irrigation
SRP
Rain-fed
SRP
Resource
recovery
and reuse
River
Basins
Information
Systems
Agwater management
solutions
Nutrient cycling,
Sanitation and
Business models

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Water for a food-secure world
• Presentations
• Issues for discussion (breakout groups)
• Report back to plenary session on main recommendations
Session’s format