CPWF Outcome Stories
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The CPWF Outcome Stories document changes in knowledge, attitudes and practices that have emerged through CPWF-funded research. Outcomes occur when research outputs foster engagement processes that result in changes in practice or changes in behavior. These stories capture outcomes at a specific point in time; outcomes may have evolved since the completion of these projects.
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Item Facilitating Collective and Inclusive Decision Making on Integrated Water Resources Management in Burkina Faso(Brief, 2014-03) CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and FoodIn Burkina Faso, more than two-thirds of the population relies on rain-fed agriculture for food and income. However, scarce and insufficient water or irregular rainfall frequently puts farmers at risk of losing their crops. Climate change is making already variable rainfall less reliable. Yet all kinds of water users—farmers, fishers, livestock herders, domestic users, city dwellers, emerging industries–and ecosystems depend on access to water of the right quality, in the right quantity, and at the right time. During the CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food’s second phase of research in the Volta River basin (2010-2013), one research project worked directly with a local water committee in one of the seven sub- basins of the Bougouriba watershed in the southwestern part of the country. By facilitating exchanges between the committee and all its stakeholders, the research team helped the committee to assume its role in integrated water resources management implementation.Item Piloting Benefit-Sharing Mechanisms and Influencing National Policy in Peru(Brief, 2014-03-12) CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and FoodWater Use in the Cañete River Basin People who live in a healthy watershed benefit from its steady supply of water in many different ways, using it for households, agriculture, and industry. In many cases, however, the benefits derived from water are inequitably distributed among water users. Mechanisms that redistribute the benefits are known as benefit- sharing mechanisms and are most likely to be successful in places where water supply from ecosystems upstream is combined with a high demand for water downstream. This is the case in the Cañete River basin in Peru, where farmers, rural households, hydropower companies, industry, and the population of Cañete town rely on the ecosystem upstream to supply them with water.Item From Reactive to Proactive Attitudes toward Hydropower Dams in the Mekong Region(Brief, 2014-03-12) CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and FoodIn the Mekong region, increasing power demand and growing interest to capitalize on the region’s inherent hydropower potential have led to a surge in hydropower development. In 2010, more than 3,200 MW of hydropower capacity, about a tenth of the region’s total potential, had been installed on the Mekong River’s tributaries.1 Many more dams are either planned or currently under construction. While the development of hydropower is expected to have irreversible impacts on both communities and the environment, dam developers and governments often fail to consider and inform about the full costs and benefits of hydropower. As a result, communities, local government agencies, and other stakeholders remain uncertain about what to expect from planned hydropower dams.Item Supporting Livelihoods with New Varieties of Cassava for the Yali Reservoir(Brief, 2014-03) CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and FoodThis CPWF Outcome Story details efforts to improve livelihoods for dam-affected communities in Viet Nam through the introduction of a new variety of short-duration cassava.Item Gender Mainstreaming Through Farmer Participation Leads to Improved Livelihoods in Salt-Affected Areas(Brief, 2013) CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and FoodItem Paying for Environmental Services in an Andean Watershed: Encouraging Outcomes from Conservation Agriculture(Brief, 2013) CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and FoodItem Enhancing Food Security in the Upper Catchments of Northern Laos(Brief, 2013) CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and FoodItem Opportunity in Adversity: Collective Fish Culture in the Seasonal Floodplains of Bangladesh(Brief, 2013) CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and FoodItem Learning to Share Water in the Highlands of Bhutan Using the Companion Modeling Approach(Brief, 2013) CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and FoodItem Corralling: A Solution for Improving Livestock Productivity in Pasture Lands Affected by Termites(Brief, 2013) CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and FoodItem Abandoning Slash and Burn for Slash and Mulch in Central America’s Drought-Prone Hillsides(Brief, 2013) CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and FoodItem Improving Food Security and Livelihoods at the Interface between Fresh and Saline Water in Bac Lieu, Vietnam(Brief, 2013) CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and FoodItem Addressing Public Health Issues in Urban Vegetable Farming in Ghana(Brief, 2013) CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and FoodItem Safeguarding Livelihoods in the GaMampa Wetlands in the Limpopo River Basin(Brief, 2013) CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and FoodItem Vast Saline Lands Reclaimed by Simple Technologies in Coastal and Inland Asia(Brief, 2013) CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and FoodItem Maximizing Rainwater and Nutrient Use in the Volta Basin(Brief, 2013) CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and FoodItem Enhancing Water Productivity and Improving Livelihoods Through Drip Irrigation and Better Market Integration in Cambodia(Brief, 2013) CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food