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The project will orient, align and integrate the four research for development projects (V1 -V4) that have been designed to respond to the basin development challenge in order to contribute to poverty reduction and improved livelihood resilience in the basin.

Representatives of three of the five VBDC projects met for the following specific objectives: - Review emerging messages from the projects and the audience category that could use the messages - Review emerging outcomes from the projects; - Identify other ‘quick wins’ that we need to focus on, ...

The farmers in the Volta river basin, some of the poorest in the world, generally rely on rain-fed agriculture. However, insufficient or irregular rainfall frequently puts farmers at risk of losing their crops. In addition, climate change is making already variable rainfall less reliable. The ris...

As a program designed for bridging research to development outcome, the CPWF considers regular reflection, learning and adaptive management as crucial elements in the implementation of the basin programs. Reflection implies that the project teams and key stakeholders take stock of what is going o...

High-quality scientific research, grounded in regular engagement with stakeholders, will improve the uptake of research results and lead to outcomes.

Successful integrated water resources management depends on interactions between multiple actors at different scales, which is often beyond everyday considerations. The companion modeling-approach is a good framework to highlight interactions between actors and allows for a collective decision-ma...

Innovation platforms provide spaces for a wide range of stakeholders to exchange knowledge, learn, and develop joint initiatives to solve agricultural development challenges. Successful innovation can only happen when stakeholders have a sustained interest in working together to acquire new knowl...

With mixed crop-livestock systems projected to remain the main providers of food (animal and plant) in the coming decades, opportunities exist for smallholders to participate and benefit from emerging crop and livestock markets in the Volta Basin. Given the economic, social and environmental vuln...

Replicating successful agricultural water management interventions in new locations requires consideration of economic, biophysical, institutional, and cultural data. The TAGMI tool offers one way to consider such factors, when targeting agricultural water management interventions.

Trade-offs between agricultural intensification and the health status of aquatic ecosystems have to be thoroughly considered in order to ensure the sustainability of these socio-eco-agro-ecosystems.