Presentation by Dr. Andrew Noble on WLE at the WLE Science Meeting in Amman, Jordan, December 9-10 Introduces the overall framework for WLE

1. CGIAR Research Program on Water,
Land and Ecosystems
An Overview for Science Focal Meeting
Amman, December 2013

2. Contents
• Over-view of WLE –
Goals, Objectives
• Emerging WLE
Program Areas of
Work
• How we are
organized
• Examples of
innovation & how
WLE intends to work

3. The challenges facing our global food
production systems

4. Water Land and Ecosystem Vision:
A world in which agriculture thrives within
vibrant ecosystems, where communities
have higher incomes, improved food
security and the ability to continuously
improve their lives

5. Goal: Sustainable intensification of agricultural development
WLE IDO: Productivity
CGIAR System
Level Outcomes
1. Reduce rural
poverty
2. Increase food
security
3. Improve nutrition
and human health
4. Sustainable
management of
natural resources
Improved land, water and energy productivity in rainfed
and irrigated agro-ecosystem
WLE IDO: Equity
Increased resilience of communities through enhanced
ecosystem services in agricultural landscapes.
WLE IDO: Income
Increased and more equitable income from agricultural
and natural resources management and ecosystem
services in rural and peri-urban areas
WLE IDO: Risk Management
Increased ability of low income communities to adapt to
environmental and economic variability, demographic
shifts, shocks and long term changes
WLE IDO: Gender
Women and marginalized groups have decision making
power over and increased benefits derived from
agriculture and natural resources.

6. WLE Portfolio 2013/2014
Activities Mapped into
SRPs and Activity
Clusters
• 160 Activities
mapped into SRPs
• ESS Related Scoping
Activities
• Gender related
activities
Focal Region
Activities
• 2013 CPWF Related
Activities ending in
2013/2014
• Regional
Representation
• Design of focal
region programs
WLE Innovation
Fund
• Moving promising
activities to scale
• Centrality of
partners
• Gender and ESS play
central role

7. Where WLE is moving toward
SRP Led
Global Pathways
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Examples
Resource Recovery
& Reuse
Land Degradation
Water, Food &
Energy Nexus
Small Scale
Irrigation in SSA
Salinity
Cross-Cutting
Initiatives
• Environmental flows
• Mapping ESS and
resilience into Focal
Regions
• Gender across
program
• Information
decision-making
Focal
Regions
West
Africa
South
Asia
Latin
America
Central
Asia
SE Asia
East
Africa
Southern
Africa
Middle
East

8. WLE Uptake Framework: CGIAR/ISPC
Impact Pathways/Theories of Change
System
Level
Outcomes
WLE
research
outcomes
WLE
Intermediate
Development
Outcomes
WLE
research
outputs

9. WLE uptake strategy: significant focus
on the research client
WLE
research
outcomes
Opportunity
identification
Levers and
incentives
Partner
engagement
System
Level
Outcomes
WLE
research
outputs
Client analysis
Decision
analysis
WLE
Intermediate
Development
Outcomes

10. In each focal region, WLE is identifying the “opportunity
space” for research to support client decision making
Risk analysis: major decisions
affecting agro-ecosystems that support
large numbers of people
Opportunity analysis: research needed to
provide alternatives that improve ecosystem
services for human development
WLE
opportunity
space
Client analysis: decision
makers demand research
Niche analysis: limited research
available
WLE
integrated
portfolio of
research is
designed to
capitalize on
this
opportunity

11. Example of client focus: WLE resource recovery
and reuse
Issue: Urban areas are growing and consuming more resources. How do we recover nutrients
and water at scale? Technical knowledge is available, but few projects go to scale. WLE seeks to
change this by analyzing business models and returns on investment.
Clear client focus: the private sector, public private partnerships, and business schools
 The research portfolio is designed for the client: analyze successes and test promising
business models for replication at scale
 Multi-disciplinary research team includes economists, business developers, and
environmental scientists
Faecal sludge
Nutrients for
agricultural production

12. Supporting research client decision making through
decision analysis
WLE
research
outcomes
Opportunity
identification
Levers and
incentives
Partner
engagement
System
Level
Outcomes
WLE
research
outputs
Client analysis
Decision
analysis
WLE
Intermediate
Development
Outcomes

13. Example: the decision analysis process
Northeast Kenya: Tap the Merti aquifer to pump water > 100 km to town of Waiir?
Identify risks and uncertainties in
decision of interest
Engage decision makers
Compute value of additional
information (uncertain variables
with high information value =
priorities for measurement)
Applied Information Economics D.
Hubbard, “How to Measure Anything”, 2010
Make probabilistic
cost/benefit impacts on
different stakeholder groups
of likely outcomes of decision
Probabilistic outcomes
(benefits/negative impacts) for
different stakeholder groups

14. Focused partner engagement, levers and incentives
WLE
research
outcomes
Opportunity
identification
Levers and
incentives
Partner
engagement
System
Level
Outcomes
WLE
research
outputs
Decision
analysis
Client
analysis
WLE
Intermediate
Development
Outcomes

15. CPWF/Andes: uptake incentives through benefit sharing
Canete River Basin, Peru
Upper basin: subsistence agriculture, extensive degrading
Middle basin: hydropower company
Lower basin: urban and tourism
Farmers receive
training and capital to :
- Rehabilitate
wetlands
- Forest conservation
- Improve farming
practices
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16. WLE Steering
Committee
Lead Center
Board
How we are
organized
Lead Center DG
Program
Director
Focal Regions
West
Africa
South
Asia
Latin
America
Central
Asia
Mekong
GMS
Management Committee
GPI
SRP
Leaders
GPI
Lead
ESS/R
Lead
ME&L
East
Africa
Program
Management
Comms/KM
Research
Coord.
Southern
Africa
Middle
East
WLE Operations Team
Resource Persons
Science Focal
Points

17. Partnership for Outcomes
6–
DELIVER RESEARCH OUTCOMES – impact multiplies through partners
GLOBAL
Global initiatives informed and inspired by
research, support national and landscape investments
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New investments made by IFAD, GIZ, GEF
Public and private
Policy, Regulation, Incentives support adoption
0 – 6 years
9 years
3 – 6 years
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Strategies adopted that are
site specific, gender & equity
sensitive
Potential beneficiaries
FAO, GSP, UNCCD,
ELD, GEF, UNEP, U
NDP
NATIONAL
REGIONAL
National Agriculture
and NRM policy CAADP,
IFAD, GIZ, SDC
LANDSCAPE
Communities, civil
society, NGO’s,
national extension,
ARI’s, IFAD, SDC
10’s of thousands of thousands Millions
100’s

18. Capacity Building
• Embedded into Impact
Pathways
• Beyond PhDs and
training
• Mentoring and Young
Professionals
• Putting national
partners in the lead

19. Challenges for Us to Address
• Vision for where we
are going
• Complexity and
adaptation: We cannot
solve complex
problems with simple
solutions
• Integration and
working together
• Change management

20. Thank you
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