Limpopo Basin Focal Project

Limpopo River Basin Focal Project

Limpopo BasinFocal Project

LBFP Research Team

Limpopo River Basin Focal Project

Basin Focal Projects (BFPs)

Identifying the major issues Establishing the links between issues Exploring options for change Producing guidelines for future research

Limpopo River Basin Focal Project

Work Packages

WP1Poverty Analysis WP2Water Availability WP3Water Productivity WP4Institutional Arrangements WP5Options for Intervention WP6Knowledge Management

Limpopo River Basin Focal Project

Limpopo River Basin Focal Project

Where is the water?

Limpopo River Basin Focal Project

When is the water available?Water Availability over Time

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Limpopo River Basin Focal Project

Water Productivity

Limpopo River Basin Focal Project

Institutions All riparian countries have policies aimed at supporting

small-scale farmers to increase their productivity and profits, yet effectiveness of implementation varies considerably;

Limited inter-ministerial and departmental collaboration for promoting agricultural water management limits cross-cutting integrated policies to support agricultural water management, hinder best arrangements;

LIMCOM’s emergence as an effective RBO significantly enhances the capacity of the basin countries to implement major benefit-sharing programs

Limpopo River Basin Focal Project

Water, agriculture, livelihoods & poverty

MABOTE

CHIGUBO

CHICUALACUALA

PANDA

FUNHALOURO

MABALANE

GUIJÁ

MASSINGA

CHIBUTO

MASSANGENA

MASSINGIR

BILENE

MANJACAZECHÓKWE

XAI-XAI

CIDADE DE XAI-XAI

Poverty level (%)50 - 5960 - 6970 - 7980 - 8990 - 95

200 0 200 Kilometers

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Mozambique - Poverty level

MABOTE

CHIGUBO

CHICUALACUALA

PANDA

FUNHALOURO

MABALANE

GUIJÁ

MASSINGA

CHIBUTO

MASSANGENA

MASSINGIR

BILENE

MANJACAZECHÓKWE

XAI-XAI

CIDADE DE XAI-XAI

200 0 200 Kilometers

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EW

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Mozambique Drought

Drought

1 - 9.99

10 - 19.99

20 - 29.99

30 - 39.99

40 - 55

LEGEND

Limpopo River Basin Focal Project

Strategic Interventions

Limpopo River Basin Focal Project

Output Management

Which stakeholders need which information, when, and in what format?

How is that linked to what we are producing.

Limpopo River Basin Focal Project

Major Issues

-Vulnerability of smallholder farmers to water shortages (increased risk of food insecurity)

-Where water productivity is low and can be increased, it should be a priority (depends upon diagnosis)

-Underdeveloped institutional frameworks for nr management at different levels (targeting)

Limpopo River Basin Focal Project

Thank you

Limpopo River Basin Focal Project