Global initiatives - Partnerships for change

Global Dialogue on Water, Food and Environment

IWMI is a founding member and a catalyst behind the creation of the Dialogue on Water, Food and Environment - a new international initiative to bring together the agricultural and environmental communities.

The aim of the Dialogue is to work towards a knowledge-based consensus between these communities on the present and future needs of water for food production, livelihoods, health and nature in developing countries.

The Dialogue is a policy-level initiative whose objective is to provide knowledge to policymakers to help them make informed decisions that allow national and household food security, and equitable water use in agriculture and nature.

Comprehensive Assessment of Water in Agriculture

IWMI is leading one of the Dialogue's Knowledge Base components which feeds new knowledge into policy discussions. This is the Comprehensive Assessment of Water in Agriculture: Costs, Benefits and Future Directions, which focuses on water use, agriculture and environmental/ecosystem management.

This assessment will look at the global situation of water management for agriculture since 1950 to the present. It will also conduct studies in a number of ecosystems where there is likely to be competition between the need to expand food production and maintain local wetlands and other natural systems.

SIMA: Finding the links between agriculture and malaria

IWMI is leading the CGIAR Systemwide Initiative on Malaria and Agriculture (SIMA). This research initiative will bring together the agricultural research community, malaria programs, NGOs and governments in Africa, to study water and land use practices across a range of crops and ecosystems. By better understanding this situation SIMA research will propose new ways to reduce malaria in high-risk areas.

Global Dialogue on Water, Food and Environment

Comprehensive Assessment

Systemwide Initiative on Malaria and Agriculture (SIMA)