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Eastham, JudyKirby, M.Mainuddin, M.Eastham, JudyThomas, M.[Water use accounts in CPWF basins: Simple water use accounting of the Ganges Basin]Water use accounts in CPWF basins: Simple water use accounting of the Ganges Basin

Rice, a staple food for over 70% of Asians, is also the single biggest user of water, requiring 2-3 times more input (irrigation plus rain) water per unit of grain produced than crops such as wheat and maize. With growing populations, increased urbanisation and environmental degradation, the supp...


Templeton, D.Bayot, R.[Aerobic Rice - responding to water scarcity, An impact assessment of the ‘STAR in Asia’ project]Aerobic Rice - responding to water scarcity, An impact assessment of the ‘STAR in Asia’ project

A central challenge for effective watershed management is improving the welfare of residents who live in upper catchments while providing adequate environmental goods and services to people and areas downstream. A CPWF project, Sustaining Collective Action Linking Economic and Ecological Scales i...


Córdoba, Diana M.White, D.[Citizen participation in managing water: Do Conversatorios generate collective action?]Citizen participation in managing water: Do Conversatorios generate collective action?

León, C. deDouthwaite, BoruÁlvarez, S.[Most significant change stories from the Challenge Program on Water and Food (CPWF)]Most significant change stories from the Challenge Program on Water and Food (CPWF)
Autor: McDonald, B.

The Bac Lieu Province in the Mekong Delta is part of the Cà Mau Peninsula and is an important foodgrowing area in Viet Nam. It has a population of 830,000 with approximately 116,000 farming families living on small parcels of land producing a range of commodities for food security and the export ...


McDonald, B.[Managing water and land at the interface between fresh and saline environments]Managing water and land at the interface between fresh and saline environments
Autor: Mayne, J.

The Challenge Program on Water and Food (CPWF) funds research-for-development projects for 3-5 year periods with the aim of “increasing the productivity of water for food and livelihoods, in a manner that is environmentally sustainable and socially acceptable”. Impact evaluations of CPWF’s projec...


Mayne, J.[Strengthening CPWF project evaluations: Assessing research-for-development impact]Strengthening CPWF project evaluations: Assessing research-for-development impact

This working paper reviews the experiences of the Challenge Program on Water and Food (CPWF) with 14 “small grants for impact” that were contracted in early 2006 and operated for periods of 12 to 18 months. For a total investment of under US$1 million – less than the equivalent of a typical 3-5 y...


Woolley, Jonathan N.[Review of the CPWF small grants initiative]Review of the CPWF small grants initiative

Funding agencies, research programs, and organizations involved in the implementation of research need to know the potential worldwide impact and applicability of their efforts and investments. The extrapolation domain analysis method (EDA) was developed to produce information about the location,...


Rubiano, J.Soto, V.[Geographical extrapolation domain analysis: scaling up watershed management research projects, a toolkit to guide implementation]Geographical extrapolation domain analysis: scaling up watershed management research projects, a toolkit to guide implementation

We present a method for the calculation of individuals’ willingness to participate (IWP) and an institutional environment index (IEI). A description of the approach, data and procedures is presented using as a case study of data for municipalities in Bolivia. We use these procedures as examples o...


Rubiano, J.García, J.[Improving knowledge for targeting interventions: willingness of individuals to participate and calculation of environment indices]Improving knowledge for targeting interventions: willingness of individuals to participate and calculation of environment indices

This paper applies the principles of water-use accounts, developed in the first of the series, to the Indus River basin in South Asia. The Indus Basin covers 3 countries, rises in the Tibetan plateau in the vicinity of Lake Mansarovar in China. Irrigated agriculture in the Basin is extensive with...


Eastham, JudyKirby, M.Mainuddin, M.Thomas, M.[Water-use accounts in CPWF basins: Simple water-use accounting of the Indus Basin]Water-use accounts in CPWF basins: Simple water-use accounting of the Indus Basin

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