Presentation on CPWF global and on TWG communities of practices made at the Volta BDC project leaders' meeting held in Ouagadougou on 28-29 March 2011

1. The CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and FoodWhere it is, where it is going, why it is different Alain VIDAL, CPWF Director

2. 2 Re-greening the Uganda “Cattle Corridor” Community corralling of cattle for 2 weeks permits pasture establishment Local organizations invest in up-scaling of pasture regeneration Termites destroy any attempt to reseed degraded pasture

5. Ensure they can cope with short-term and long-term changes3

7. Mobilize triggers for change between alternate resilient states 5 Manure applied through night corralling provides a preferred diet for the termites S Wet Season: Dry matter 4.5 T/ha 9 species / m² S Water depletion, grazing pressure, loss of soil organic matter Wet Season: Dry matter 0 T/ha 0 species / m²

8. CPWF aims to increase the resilience of social and ecological systems through better water management for food production Through its broad partnerships, it conducts research that leads to impact on the poor and to policy change 6

9. CPWF Phase 2(2009-2014)Focusing on achievable impacts in 6 river basins

10. Focusing the CPWF strategy Focusing on science content found most promising and with development impact within the 15 year CPWF time frame, and contributing to emerging CGIAR CRPs (CRP5 Land, Water & Ecosystems) Addressing 1-2 development challenges in specific parts of each basin 1 basin development program = USD 5-6 million investment into 4-5 linked projects 8

11. Six basin development challenges Andes – Benefit-sharing mechanisms Mekong – Dams and livelihoods Nile – Rainwater management in Ethiopia Volta – Small reservoirs, rainwater and livelihoods Limpopo – Small reservoirs, rainwater and livelihoods Ganges – Floods and salt in the Delta 9

12. Operationalizing Phase 2 - BDCs Proposals approved Start May 2011 Operational Operational Operational Operational 2 1

13. Operationalizing Phase 2 - Program

15. adaptive management

16. capacity development

17. gender and interdisciplinary integration

18. accountabilityLinking researchtoimpactthrough compelling basin development challenges and ‘outcome pathways’ Seeking insightacross projects and basins

19. In other words… Projects contribute to achieving the BDC - hence should adhere to core principles Basin focus but mechanisms in place to ensure cross basin learning - TWGs Our whole Program Team in place to make integrated process work Ability to scale up, replicate, influence and contribute to policy change 13

20. Topic Working GroupsThe example of resilience

21. What are Topic Working Groups? Communities of practice that address specific, well-defined issues of water and food in several CPWF basins Aims Facilitate cross-basin learning through various interactive ways, including virtual communication Help build capacity of basin teams through sharing of experiences and mentoring Facilitate cross-basin research Produce topic-specific syntheses and other generic outputs

22. Status of TWGs TWG on Multiple Use Systems - stand-by JP Met in Feb 2010 - Lead: Vacant TWG on Resilience – operational Alain Launched in March 2011 - Lead: Line Gordon and Elin Enfors, SEI/SRC TWG on Global Drivers Amanda To be launched soon - Lead: Simon Cook, former BFP coordinator TWG on Learning to Innovate (Basin Leaders) Funke Launched during BLs workshop, Vientiane, Jan 2011 - Lead: Boru Douthwaite, Innovation and Impact Director Other TWGs under discussion Spatial Analysis Modeling Research to Policy (Africa) Benefit-sharing Mechanisms Rainwater Management

23. Resilience ? Ability to maintain functioning despite stress, shocks or disturbance Reflects ability of system to self-organize; build capacity for learning and adaptation 17

24. Resilience Analysis: looking at our BDCs with a “resilience lens” Describing the system Structure – scales, boundaries, governance/institutions Values/importance - goods and services, threats and shocks Historical profile – events and responses System dynamics Specified resilience Resilience of specific parts Thresholds, feedbacks Slow and fast drivers General resilience – system coping capacity Adaptive cycles Options for intervention

25. Restoring ecosystem services in the Andes 19 Conservation agriculture and paramo restoration supported by revolving fund Annual net income: 2,183/ha Farmers‘ insufficient gain and risk aversion: only 11% converted Revolving fund credit: +180 farmers /year Potato cropping, grazing pressure, degradation of paramo S Annual net income: US$ 1,870/ha

26. Volta possible questions for the Resilience TWG What is the resilience ‘status’ of the Volta social-ecological system (SES)? Can resilience framing help us find ‘leveraging points’ in systems ex-ante? if so, how? If only find ex-post; can we collect information that can build generic knowledge of ‘leveraging points’? how do we do that? What scale is more relevant (basin, catchment, agroecozones, country, community, household?) especially for the CPWF basin goals and boundary partners? How can we improve and measure livelihood resilience?

27. Thank you a.vidal@cgiar.org www.waterandfood.org www.slideshare.net/cpwf