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Item Advancing sustainable and resilient agriculture in Eastern Nepal's middle hills(Video, 2025-02-10) International Water Management InstituteIn Nepal’s middle hills, small landholdings and persistent challenges—such as limited irrigation, transportation, and market access—have long constrained commercial farming and mono-cropping. However, mixed farming systems are proving to be a resilient and sustainable solution for these communities. Through the CGIAR Initiative on Mixed Farming Systems (MFS), IWMI, in collaboration with research and implementation partners, is driving sustainable agricultural intensification in pilot areas. This initiative is helping farmers diversify risks, optimize labour, and enhance productivity—all while safeguarding the environment. Key interventions include promoting efficient water management through micro-irrigation, multiple water use systems, and rainwater harvesting. Additionally, the initiative has strengthened entrepreneurship skills among female and smallholder farmers while fostering stronger networks and collaboration across diverse farming groups. These efforts are making agriculture in Nepal’s hills more sustainable, efficient, and inclusive. With promising results, the initiative holds significant potential for scaling across the region.Item Mixed farming systems initiative enhances productivity and resilience in Nepal’s hill agriculture(Video, 2025-01-30) International Water Management InstituteIn Nepal’s middle hills, small landholdings and challenges like limited irrigation, transportation, and market access have long hindered commercial farming and mono-cropping. However, mixed farming remains a resilient and sustainable solution for these communities. Through the CGIAR Initiative on Mixed Farming Systems (MFS), IWMI, in collaboration with International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) and research and implementation partners, has been working to intensify sustainable agriculture in pilot areas. As a result, farmers are now diversifying risks, optimizing labour, and increasing productivity—all while preserving the environment. The initiative has also introduced socio-technical innovations tailored for women and elderly farmers, strengthened entrepreneurship skills among female and smallholder farmers, and fostered stronger networks among diverse farming groups. These interventions have made farming in Nepal’s hills more sustainable, efficient, and inclusive, and with promising results, have demonstrated potential to scale.Item Using rapid game design in Zambia(Video, 2024-05-14) International Water Management InstituteIn the context of the Lower Kafue Basin, RGD offers a novel and engaging approach to multistakeholder dialogue by harnessing the power of gamification of complex issues. The game designing process unravels waterscape and landscape issues through interactive stakeholder experiences that encourage inclusive collaboration, problem-solving and empathy while breaking down sectoral barriers and fostering understanding between stakeholders about common concerns.Item Sustainable aquaculture in northern Ghana(Video, 2024-08-05) International Water Management InstituteExplore the first successful tilapia harvest in Ghana's Nansoni community under the CGIAR Aquatic Foods initiative. See how local youths boost their incomes and plan for future cycles through sustainable aquaculture.Item Working together for more equitable water sharing solutions(Video, 2024-12-12) International Water Management Institute; WorldFishA new video from the CGIAR Initiatives on Asian Mega-Deltas and Aquatic Foods documents work to support Cambodia to delegate the management of water, land, agriculture, fisheries, and the environment to the district level. WorldFish and the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) - working closely with Cambodia’s Inland Fisheries Research and Development Institute (IFReDI) – piloted the establishment of a District Technical Working Group to facilitate the integrated management of water resources of Beung Sneh Lake, Prey Veng Province, in Cambodia’s Tonle Sap floodplain and Mekong delta. The work is a departure from the strongly sectoral approach to natural resources management in the country and represents a fundamental policy shift that can enable natural resources planning to better reflect the shared nature of water and land resources across multiple food production systems.Item CGIAR’s AWARE platform: promoting early warning of and effective response to climate hazards(Video, 2025-01-07) Amarnath, GirirajAs the climate crises worsens, extreme weather events are becoming increasingly more frequent and variable. This exacerbates the risks facing people in climate-vulnerable low- and middle-income countries. The Early Warning, Early Action, Early Finance (AWARE) platform, developed by the CGIAR Research Initiative on Climate Resilience (ClimBeR) helps countries overcome such challenges and protect communities ahead of impending climate-related hazards, rather than afterwards. The platform is based on the principle of ‘early warning to early action and early finance,’ which emphasizes the importance of anticipatory action measures to mitigate the impacts of hazards and reduce human and economic losses.Item Unlocking community resilience in the face of climate uncertainties.(Video, 2025-01-07) Mascarenhas, MartinaBuilding resilience at the community level requires an integrated approach – one that brings together Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction strategies. This approach is now more urgent than ever as we see the ever-increasing rise of climate hazards and disasters. We need to implement locally led climate action at multiple levels and by leveraging multiple stakeholders. The CGIAR Research Initiative on Climate Resilience (ClimBeR’s) LocAlly led Climate adapTation ChampION (ACTION) Grant Program is a good example of this. ClimBeR is catalyzing community-led climate adaptation in Monze’s Hanzila community, through a community-led solar-powered borehole activity. This is just one example of how an integrated approach can build resilient communities in the face of climate uncertainties.Item Seed treatment for pole bean cultivation(Video, 2024-12-05) International Water Management InstituteThis is a video tutorial for farmers on chemical seed treatment for pole bean cultivation and guides on the importance of seed treatment in general. The video was produced by the International Water Management Institute in partnership with the Department of Agriculture, Sri Lanka and the World Vegetable Center under the CGIAR Initiative on Fruit and Vegetables for Sustainable Healthy Diets.Item The Water & Conflict Podcast, with CGIAR - Episode 3(Video, 2024-11-01) International Water Management InstituteIn this last episode, hosts Christine Akume David and Bunmi Afolabi invited IWMI’s Adebayo Oke, Regional Researcher for agricultural water solutions, Rahab Jasini, Adamawa State Teacher, and John T. Gadzama, Adamawa State Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) Leader back into the studio. To conclude the CGIAR #FCMInitiaitve and WFP Photovoice project, Oke, Jasini and Gadzama discuss the path to water security in Adamawa State. Specifically, the episode asks what needs to be done to advance resilience in these communities and support vulnerable people?Item The Water & Conflict Podcast, with CGIAR - Episode 2(Video, 2024-11-01) International Water Management InstituteHosts Christine Akume David and Bunmi Afolabi chat with photovoice participants Rahab Jasini, teacher in Adamawa State, and John T. Gadzama, an Adamawa State #IDP Leader, about the water challenges faced by their communities and the impact of the photovoice project.Item The Water & Conflict Podcast, with CGIAR - Episode 1(Video, 2024-11-01) International Water Management InstituteBrought to you by IWMI and Dinovate, join your hosts Christine Akume David and Bunmi Afolabi for episode one as they chat to IWMI’s Adebayo Oke, Regional researcher for agricultural water solutions, and Dinovate’s Oluseyi Abdulmalik, Strategic Communiations Lead.Item ඵලදායී කෘෂිකාර්මික පිළිවෙත් හරහා සෞඛ්යාරක්ෂිතව සහ තිරසාරව එළවළු වගා කරන්නේ කෙසේද? (In Sinhalese)(Video, 2024-03-12) International Water Management InstituteHow to grow vegetables, safely and sustainably, through effective agricultural practices in Sri Lanka? This instructional video demonstrates how soil preparation, fertilizer application, seed planting and integrated pest management has successfully helped farmers increase their crop yield, reduce cultivation costs, and harvest safe vegetables. Over 75 farmers from Boralanda, Welimada and Damahana, Balangoda in Sri Lanka have learned about these agricultural practices to provide safe, diverse and abundant vegetables to consumers year-round. This is part of a collaboration between the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) and the Department of Agriculture of Sri Lanka to improve agricultural practices among Sri Lankan farmers. IWMI researchers worked with field coordinators and farmers through the CGIAR initiative on “Fruit and Vegetables for Sustainable and Healthy Diets” (FRESH).Item Stakeholder engagement to co-design inclusive Landscape Management Plan(Video, 2024-05-28) Tilahun, Seifu; Atampugre, Gerald; Tall,MaimounaExplore the crucial role of stakeholder engagement in the co-deign of inclusive landscape management plan for a landscape of competing land uses of agroforestry, agriculture and mining in Ahafo Ano Southwest District of Ghana. This video delves into the collaborative efforts of IWMI and its partners, featuring insights from key stakeholders and real-life examples of successful CGIAR TAFS-WCA initiative. Learn how effective communication and partnership strategies are driving positive change and fostering resilient AgriFood system in Ghana.Item Empowering local citizens to monitor their environment(Video, 2024-05-28) Tilahun, Seifu A.; Atampugre, Gerald; Tall, MaimounaDiscover how the Citizens Science Initiative empowers local communities from Ahafo Ano Southwest District of Ghana to become active participants in water management and sustainability. This video highlights innovative approaches and success stories from the initiative, showcasing how citizen engagement is transforming in an inclusive landscape management plan. Join us on this journey of collaboration, education, and impact.Item Conference highlights: Investing in farmer-led irrigation development in Sub-Saharan Africa: farmer-led irrigation in sub-Sahara Africa(Video, 2023-05-11) Minh, Thai Thi; Ofosu, Abena; Cofie, Olufunke O.; Owusu-Amofah, S. B.; Schmitter, Petra S.Item Transformative adaptation: unlocking the power of local governance(Video, 2023-12-07) Amarnath, Giriraj; Mascarenhas, MartinaItem How to segment the demand for the scalable innovation bundle: demand segmentation.(Video, 2023-03-27) Minh, Thai Thi; Ofosu, Abena; Naab, Desire DicksonItem How to develop scalable innovation bundles: scalable innovation bundles(Blog Post, 2023-03-28) Minh, Thai Thi; Ofosu, Abena; Naab, Desire DicksonItem How to assess client creditworthiness: client credit assessment(Video, 2023-04-21) Thai, Thi Minh; Melaku, Dagmawi; Ofosu, AbenaItem How to assess scaling partnership performance and impact: scaling partnership assessment(Video, 2023-12-07) Minh, Thai Thi.; Ofosu, Abena.