Project Title: CGIAR-NBI Synergies

IWMI Theme: Basin Water Management - understanding water productivity

Project Description		NBI Synergy Workshop 9 - 10 FEBRUARY 2007, ENTEBE,UGANDA
Project Duration
Geographical Focus
Partners
Donors
For more information contact: Yasir A. Mohamed
International Water Management Institute, P.O. Box 5689, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Project Duration: 

2006-2007

Geographical Focus: 

Nile Basin countries: Burundi, DR Congo, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, the Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda

This project deals with stakeholders’ consultation process to identify gaps in knowledge and opportunities for research and capacity building that would directly support the NBI programs.

The objective is to create a long-term partnership of key players in knowledge generation and management for developing and managing land and water resources in the Nile, namely, the NBI, the CGIAR and ASARECA, in order to ensure that policies, investments and basin management strategies are informed by the best available scientific knowledge

Partners 

Initial Project Partners

• Nile Basin Initiative (NBI),
• Eastern Nile Technical Regional Office (ENTRO), and Nile Equatorial Lakes Subsidiary Action Program (NELSAP)
• Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and central Africa (ASARECA)- Soil and Water Management Network (SWMNet)
• International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
• International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)
• World Agro Forestry Center (ICRAF)
• Challenge Program on Water and Food (CPWF)
• World Fish

Donors

The project is funded by IDRC and IWMI