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website and document are based on the collective wisdom
and experience of the International Water Management
Institute (IWMI) and a number of partners, and based
on projects carried out around the world, particularly
in Asia and Africa. Partners involved in the source
of information for and development of the document
include:
The Ramsar Convention,
SEI, SIWI, PAWEES, ICID, IUCN, INWEPF, Comprehensive
Assessment of Water in Agriculture, and the Challenge
Program on Water and Food.
This document and information for the website were
prepared by Frank Rijsberman and Nadia Manning of
IWMI, with inputs and assistance provided by Sanjini
de Silva,Debbie Bossio,David Molden, Sanjiv de Silva,
Sharni Jayawardena, Charlotte de Fraiture,Sharmani
Gunawardena, Dawn Rodriguez, Sumith Fernando,Matthew
McCartney, Dave Trouba, Mutsa Masiyandima,Max Finlayson,
Lisa Schipper,Meredith Giordano,Doug Merrey, Peter
Lee, Johan Rockström, Jan Lundquist, Mr Gopalakrishnan,
Rebecca Tharme,Nancy Johnson, Anders Berntell and
many others.
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Many of the recommendations for action
in this document and website are influenced
by the emerging results from the Comprehensive
Assessment of Water in Agriculture (CA).The
CA is a major program of research and
assessment, sponsored by the CGIAR, FAO,
Ramsar Convention and Convention on Biological
Diversity that involved some 500 of the
world’s key scientists as either
authors or reviewers to answer the question
“how much water will we really need
for food and rural livelihoods by 2025?”.
The results of the Comprehensive Assessment
of Water Management in Agriculture are
due to be released in August 2006.
More results can be found on www.iwmi.org/assessment
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The CA recommendations are priorities
for the CGIAR Challenge Program on Water
and Food (CPWF).The CPWF is a program
of research and capacity building that
aims to demonstrate how water productivity
can be increased at the basin level so
that the needs for food and livelihoods
can be fulfilled without increasing the
diversion of blue water to agriculture.
It focuses on 9 benchmark basins in Asia,
Africa and Latin-America.
For more information see www.waterandfood.org
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An
important source for this document and
website are the emerging conclusions from
the “Investment in Agricultural
Water for Poverty Reduction and Economic
Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa” collaborative
program of ADB, FAO, IFAD, IWMI and World
Bank.
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This
work is supported through important collaborations
between partners.Of special mention is
the support and collaboration of GEF:
"IWMI and partners are all actively
moving forward on this agenda.The GEF
Secretariat is collaborating with the
partners to provide finance for country-driven
projects that address these needs as part
of its strategic priorities in support
of WSSD targets in the GEF International
Waters Focal Area" (Al Duda, GEF).
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Contacts |
For correspondence or questions please
address:
Frank Rijsberman ( f.rijsberman@cgiar.org)
For more information see www.iwmi.org
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Banner photos by:Dave Trouba (SIWI),
Sanjini de Silva (IWMI) and IWMI.
Credits for other photographs and graphics:
Frank Rijsberman, IWMI
Sanjini de Silva, IWMI
Dave Trouba, SIWI
Dominique Perera, IWMI
Matthew McCartney, IWMI
Mutsa Masiyandima, IWMI
IWMI
Source: IWMI
Source: Comprehensive Assessment
Source: Johan Rockstrom
Source: SIWI based on several sources
Source: Comprehensive Assessment (CA)
Source: MUS project
Source: World Bank
Source: Africa Investment Study, IWMI
and partners
Source: IWMI, Pro Poor Study
Design, layout and production of document
by: Nadia Manning and EMAGEWISE
Design and production of website by: Nadia
Manning, Pasindu Atukorale and Hasindu
Atukorale
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