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03/02/2011 ILRI Campus, ETHIOPIA Water and Agriculture Share FairDate: Thursday 3rd February 2011Location: Large Auditorium, ILRI Campus, Addis Ababa, ETHIOPIAOrganised by: International Water Management Institute, supported by Peter Ballantyne, ILRI KMIS and facilitated by Nadia Manning-Thomas, CGIAR ICT-KM ProgramAgri-Water Mini Share Fair:Project presentations (10)Note: All information and images in the following presentations are all from the projects that participated in the Agri-WaterShare Fair. Credit should be given to those projects.

Funder: Bill and Melinda Gates FoundationLead organisation: IWMIKey partners: FAO, SEI, IFPRI, IDE, CH2MHillBudget: 7.3 millionDuration: 3 yearsi. Project Title: AWM Solutions project 4/02/2011 ILRI Campus, ETHIOPIA Water and Agriculture Share Fair

1. Map your project’s geographical focusGhana, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Tanzania & ZambiaIndia: Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal4/02/2011 ILRI Campus, ETHIOPIA Water and Agriculture Share FairCountry & intervention focus:* Small reservoirs* On-farm water harvesting structures* Individual motorpumps* Electrification* Treadle pumps

2. What is your project trying to achieveIdentify promising Ag Water Management solutionsResearch them through case studies Map suitability and model possible impacts (+/-) of outscalingWrite compelling business cases for uptake by relevant actors Longterm impact: Increase in investments in agricultural water management for smallholders (f/m)Better quality investments increasing likelihood of successful uptake by smallholders (f/m)4/02/2011 ILRI Campus, ETHIOPIA Water and Agriculture Share Fair

3. What approach(es) is your project using?How is your project trying to achieve its objectives?Developing evidence based business models.What is the project doing?Dialogue process with stakeholdersDialogue with the donorCase studies (surveys, secondary data)Suitability domains (GIS modeling)Impact modeling (SWAT – DREAM)What tools/vehicles is it using?Active Steering Committee & AmbassadorsDialogue�ݺ�ߣ decks4/02/2011 ILRI Campus, ETHIOPIA Water and Agriculture Share Fair

4. Who is the project working with and for?Stakeholders: BMGF and other donors, Government agencies involved in AWM (ministries of agriculture, water or irrigation departments), NGOsTarget groups: donors, investorsUltimate beneficiaries: smallholder farmers (f/m)4/02/2011 ILRI Campus, ETHIOPIA Water and Agriculture Share Fair

5. Your project’s Unique Selling Points Provide TWO (2) things that your project is good atEvidence based (!) solutions and business modelsDialogue with key stakeholders throughout the projectTell us ONE (1) thing that your project is struggling with or is a challenge for your projectConverting a set of complex information captured in researchy language into a simple slick message appealing to demanding donors and high level policy makers 4/02/2011 ILRI Campus, ETHIOPIA Water and Agriculture Share Fair

Funder: IFADLead organisation: IWMIKey partners: IFAD & other donors, local partners / universitiesBudget: 1.2 millionDuration: 3 yearsii. Project Title: AWM in Challenging contexts4/02/2011 ILRI Campus, ETHIOPIA Water and Agriculture Share Fair

1. Map your project’s geographical focusNepal: Western regionSri Lanka: East Ghana: NorthBurkina: SouthEthiopia4/02/2011 ILRI Campus, ETHIOPIA Water and Agriculture Share Fair

2. What is your project trying to achieveProvide guidance for implementing AWM in challenging contexts (post war, weak institutions, recent decentralization) Longterm impact: Successful investments in AWM that are adapted to the institutional context and that benefit smallholder farmers4/02/2011 ILRI Campus, ETHIOPIA Water and Agriculture Share Fair

3. What approach(es) is your project using?How is your project trying to achieve its objectives? INSTITUTIONAL ANALYSIS: CASE STUDIES & NATIONAL CONTEXTAnalyze the institutional context in which AWM interventions take placeAnalyze AWM interventions and factors leading to their success or the lack thereofDoes the institutional context fit the project design, implementation and management? Given the challenging institutional context how can AWM implementation be improvedWhat is the project doing?Research & dialogueWhat tools/vehicles is it using?Contextual analysis & case studies4/02/2011 ILRI Campus, ETHIOPIA Water and Agriculture Share Fair+-+localmacro-

4. Who is the project working with and for?Stakeholders: IFAD (CPM, project implementation level) and other donors & organizations working in AWM implementation, similar research projectsTarget groups: donors, investorsUltimate beneficiaries: smallholder farmers (f/m)4/02/2011 ILRI Campus, ETHIOPIA Water and Agriculture Share Fair

5. Your project’s Unique Selling Points Provide TWO (2) things that your project is good atFocus on institutional context across scales: from local to nationalObjective solid evidence from the fieldTell us ONE (1) thing that your project is struggling with or is a challenge for your projectCreative and effective outreach4/02/2011 ILRI Campus, ETHIOPIA Water and Agriculture Share Fair

Funder: GTZ/BMZLead organisation: IWMIKey partners:Ghana: ISSER, WRI Ethiopia: EEA, AMU,Germany: PIK, ZEF Budget: 1.2 million eurosDuration: 2008-2011iii. Rethinking water storage for adaptation to climate change in sub-Saharan Africa 4/02/2011 ILRI Campus, ETHIOPIA Water and Agriculture Share Fair

1. Geographical focus4/02/2011 ILRI Campus, ETHIOPIA Water and Agriculture Share FairVolta basin watershedsVea (Yaragagna) – Saata – GolingaBlue Nile basin watershedsKoga – Gumara – Indris

2. Objective 4/02/2011 ILRI Campus, ETHIOPIA Water and Agriculture Share FairKey Research QuestionHow can climate change be built into the planning and management of water storage? Achievement Contribution to planning storage options that ensure optimal adaptation to CC-induced impacts on water availability in SSA

3. ApproachSite level analysesUnderstanding storage at the local (economic, socio-political aspects)Anthropology students

Econometric analyses Basin scale analysesEvaluation of climate change impacts on storage at basin scaleDynamic Downscaling

Water Resource Modeling (WEAP) Evaluation framework/metrics to assist in planning and management of storageGuidelines“how” (i.e. method) to build CC into decision-making processes for storageWater and Agriculture Share Fair4/02/2011 ILRI Campus, ETHIOPIA

4. Working with and for? 4/02/2011 ILRI Campus, ETHIOPIA Water and Agriculture Share FairTargeted at institutions that evaluate, design and implement water resource development projects and investment programs International development agencies

State bodies (Ministry of Water Resources in Ethiopia, VBA Ghana)

Public and private funding agencies (NGOs etc)Beneficiaries farmers and others that depend on water storage to support their livelihoods

5. Unique Selling Points 4/02/2011 ILRI Campus, ETHIOPIA Water and Agriculture Share FairGood at: Climate, Hydrological and Water Resource Modeling

Anthropological research Struggling with: Outreach – linking to relevant government personnel and others http://africastorage-cc.iwmi.org/

iv. Nile, Volta and Limpopo Basin Development ChallengesFunder: Challenge Program Water and FoodLead organisation: MulitpleKey partners: ManyBudget: 4 – 7 M per basin.Duration:2010 - 20134/02/2011 ILRI Campus, ETHIOPIA Water and Agriculture Share Fair

1. Map your project’s geographical focusBlue Nile Basin – Ethiopian HighlandsVolta Basin – Northern Ghana and Burkina FasoLimpopo Basin – Mozambique, Southern Zimbabwe, Limpopo province, South Africa4/02/2011 ILRI Campus, ETHIOPIA Water and Agriculture Share Fair

1. Geographical focus: Nile basin, Ethiopia4/02/2011 ILRI Campus, ETHIOPIA Water and Agriculture Share Fair

2. What is your project trying to achieve4/02/2011 ILRI Campus, ETHIOPIA Water and Agriculture Share FairImproved management of rainwater in landscapes to benefit people

3. What approach(es) is your project using?Innovation platform(s) for knowledge sharing and policy influence;

Livelihood, hydrology/water productivity and ecosystem indexing and modeling for impact evaluation/prediction at various scales

Strong partnership; range of partners across scales, larger network and linkages

Interdisciplinary research; team work and institutions

Capacity building; mentoring, facilitating

Innovation for action, communication, adaptive management 4/02/2011 ILRI Campus, ETHIOPIA Water and Agriculture Share Fair

4. Who is the project working with and for?4/02/2011 ILRI Campus, ETHIOPIA Water and Agriculture Share Fair

5. Unique Selling Points 2 things that your project is good atClosely working with the national and regional partners to spur widespread innovation, policy influence and institutional strengthening and reform in combination with rainwater management interventions;Cross-basin learning, knowledge sharing and continual communication for adaptive management 1 thing that your project is struggling withSustaining functional partnership, beyond financial incentives 4/02/2011 ILRI Campus, ETHIOPIA Water and Agriculture Share Fair

Funder: IFADLead organisation: IWMIKey partners: IFAD projects, Challenging Contexts, AWM SolutionsBudget: $1.5mDuration: June 2010 – December 2013v. Improved Management of Agricultural Water in Eastern and Southern Africa: IMAWESA 4/02/2011 ILRI Campus, ETHIOPIA Water and Agriculture Share Fair

1. Map your project’s geographical focus21 countries in East and Southern AfricaFocus countriesEthiopiaTanzaniaKenyaRwandaMozambiqueMalawi4/02/2011 ILRI Campus, ETHIOPIA Water and Agriculture Share Fair

2. What is your project trying to achieveproviding knowledge, technical support and capacity building support to enabling decision makers and implementers to make informed choices on AWM.Get pro-poor and gender-equitable AWM into policies, practices, institutions and investments.Poor rural women and men will make better use of natural resources through improved AWM technologies for improved livelihoods. Policies and implementers would be responsive to the needs of extremely poor farmers. Poor farmers are supported to take up AWM solutions. 4/02/2011 ILRI Campus, ETHIOPIA Water and Agriculture Share Fair

3. What approach(es) is your project using?Networking – work and through partners to shares knowledge from previous and on-going research.Currently - identifying the needs of its partners and collaborators to support capacity building and learning. A key tool - establishing learning alliances across countries for knowledge sharing and learning. Begin with focus countries.4/02/2011 ILRI Campus, ETHIOPIA Water and Agriculture Share Fair

4. Who is the project working with and for?Stakeholders:Policy makers and implementers of IFAD-supported projects and programs. Implementers of AWM projects supported by governments and development partners, NGOs, CBOs.Private and public investors in AWM.Local community leaders.Researchers.Target groups: extreme poor rural women and men.Beneficiaries: All programs and projects in ESA with an AWM component, particularly those that target the extreme poor. 4/02/2011 ILRI Campus, ETHIOPIA Water and Agriculture Share Fair

5. Your project’s Unique Selling Points Strengths: Capacity building in AWM and in knowledge sharing skills, and knowledge sharing platform.Challenge: Operationalizing a strong learning alliance to generate and share knowledge in a way that responds to our target group needs, is participatory and inclusive and increases the use of research outputs.4/02/2011 ILRI Campus, ETHIOPIA Water and Agriculture Share Fair

Funder: IFADLead organisation: IWMI (admin) / WaterWatch (technical) Key partners: IWMI / WaterWatch / Basfood / DLV-PlantBudget: 1.8 million $ Duration: 30 monthsvi. Project Title: Smart ICT Information and Advice for Farming in Africa4/02/2011 ILRI Campus, ETHIOPIA Water and Agriculture Share Fair

1. Map your project’s geographical focusEgypt (delta – traditional; desert – modern)Sudan (Gash spate irrigation)Ethiopia (Rift Valley; Gambella)Mali 4/02/2011 ILRI Campus, ETHIOPIA Water and Agriculture Share Fair

2. What is your project trying to achieveAwareness of ICT opportunities in agriculture, including weather and water managementWhich type of data being considered most usefulWhich type of media being considered most usefulWHAT TO BE ACHIEVED ?People using cell phones to enhance agricultural production, crop water productivity (livelihoods and environment)4/02/2011 ILRI Campus, ETHIOPIA Water and Agriculture Share Fair

3. What approach(es) is your project using?user needs assessments , demonstration projects, participatory development, iterative progressProvide weekly (if needed daily) data on weather, crops, river flow and soil moisture to range of stakeholdersSatellite measurements, web-based services, text messages, pictures on smart phones4/02/2011 ILRI Campus, ETHIOPIA Water and Agriculture Share Fair

4. Who is the project working with and for?Stakeholders: National Agricultural Research Centers, local agricultural extension officers, Target groups: farmers, farmer cooperatives, out growers, WUA, irrigation districts, basin plannersBeneficiaries: - Farmers (small holder, out growers, commercial)- government (planning and monitoring)- Companies (cell phone industry, data communication providers, fertilizers)4/02/2011 ILRI Campus, ETHIOPIA Water and Agriculture Share Fair

5. Your project’s Unique Selling Points GOOD:Provide local and specific assistance, quasi real time

Transparency on resources managementCHALLENGE:- Not all beneficiaries having access to water and fertilizers4/02/2011 ILRI Campus, ETHIOPIA Water and Agriculture Share Fair

Funder: IFAD/UNESCO-IHE/ WB/ othersConvenors: UNESCO-IHE/ MetaMetaCountry networks: Yemen (WEC), Pakistan (SPO, PARC), Sudan (MoWR), Ethiopia (OWRB, HU)Budget: 1.6 M USD (next 4 years)Duration: started in 2005, for a long timevii. Spate Irrigation Network4/02/2011 ILRI Campus, ETHIOPIA Water and Agriculture Share Fair

1.Geographical focus of SpNThe well-known spate areas (Pakistan, Iran, North Africa, Horn, Yemen)The unknown spate areas (Afghanistan, Central Asia, Latin America) – exploringAll flood based farming areas 4/02/2011 ILRI Campus, ETHIOPIA Water and Agriculture Share Fair

2. What isthe Spate Irrigation Networktrying to achieveBetter practice, better livelihoods in the spate areas‘Spate irrigation for poverty alleviation and rural growth’4/02/2011 ILRI Campus, ETHIOPIA Water and Agriculture Share Fair

3. What approach(es) isthe Spate Irrigation Network using?What is the Network doing?Develop and expand the networkInnovations from country to countryCapacity buildingSupport to IFAD projectsApproach>>Engagement - drawing on practioners and network membersExplictly working on linking with farmersOutputs> there is much low hanging fruitUsing local languages4/02/2011 ILRI Campus, ETHIOPIA Water and Agriculture Share Fair

4. Who is the Network working with and for?Practioners, members = 450and focus:Program developers working in the spate areasPolicy holders (policy notes) Develop direct links with farmers/ WUAsUniversities (mainstreaming in education) MSc students (small documentation grants4/02/2011 ILRI Campus, ETHIOPIA Water and Agriculture Share Fair

5.SpN’sUnique Selling Points USPNetwork – not organization of project – has long term perspectiveOpen source sharingFocus on practicals and do-ablesChallengeAvoiding that investment programs remain business as usual4/02/2011 ILRI Campus, ETHIOPIA Water and Agriculture Share Fair

viii. Project Title: TheWaterChannel www.thewaterchannel.tvFunder: UNESCO-IHE/IFAD/Cap-Net/UNESCO-IHPLead organisation: MetaMeta & NymphaeaKey partners: UNESCO-IHE/IFAD/Cap-Net / UNESCO-IHPBudget: (2011) 150,000 euroDuration: launched in 20094/02/2011 ILRI Campus, ETHIOPIA Water and Agriculture Share Fair

1. Our geographical focusVisitors from www.thewaterchannel.tv are from all over the world!185 countries (top 20 of the 1st year)4/02/2011 ILRI Campus, ETHIOPIA Water and Agriculture Share Fair

2. TheWaterChannel wants to achieve..TheWaterChannel wants to be the main outlet for stimulating debate. Not only within the water sector, but also outside! TheWaterChannel wants to achieve this by providing fast learning, be an open source for practical and inspiring learning, bring water on many unexpected agenda’s and trigger discussions. The emphasis is on making information available that is low threshold, that inspires and informs to actBe part of a wave moving towards better water management!4/02/2011 ILRI Campus, ETHIOPIA Water and Agriculture Share Fair

3. Our approachesOnline and offline promotion campaignsUse social media (facebook, twitter, linkedin)Link with educational programsGeneral content management > expanding video database4/02/2011 ILRI Campus, ETHIOPIA Water and Agriculture Share Fair

4. TheWaterChannel works with and for…Together with our core team (UNESCO-IHE, Cap-Net, IFAD) and several other organizations TheWaterChannel addresses a large audience; students, specialists – everyone who wants to make a change!Providing open source approach everyone can contributeSpecial targeted projects (Laboratory tests, DVD package, water management in Ethiopia, water harvesting videos)4/02/2011 ILRI Campus, ETHIOPIA Water and Agriculture Share Fair

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