Synthesis 2005: Changing the way we manage water for food, livelihoods, health and the environment

Harrington, L.W., Gichuki, F., Bouman, B., Johnson, N., Ringler, C., Suganan, V. 2006. Synthesis 2005: Changing the way we manage water for food, livelihoods, health and the environment. Colombo, Sri Lanka: CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food.

As befits a CGIAR Challenge Program , the CPWF has welcomed a wide range of stake holders and partners in accord with their ability to achieve program goals. Decision on research investments (project selection) have been based on a competitive grants in which proposal quality was evaluated by an interdependent external panel. The usual weakness of a competitive grants approach - lack of coherence in research agenda has been address by Basin Focal Projects and synthesis research.