The cgiar research program on water, land and ecosystems (wle)

The CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE)Led by IWMI

Water Land and Ecosystem Vision:A world in which agriculture thrives within vibrant ecosystems, where communities have higher incomes, improved food security and the ability to continuously improve their lives

4. Variability management

3. Addressing degradation

1. Eastern Gangetic Plains2. Business

models

Through targeted impact pathways in four priority focal regions and at the global level

Photo: Tom Van Cakenberghe/IWMI

WLE Strategic Research Portfolio: Information Systems

Provides an umbrella for WLE research by:• Systematically supporting

prioritization of intervention decisions that are most likely to reduce risks and improve lives and productivity

• Designing and implementing measurement and information systems to assess and monitor agro-ecosystem health and build stakeholder capacity in their deployment

Provides solutions to:• Reduce land degradation

in rainfed landscapes• Sustain productive

landscapes by increasing biodiversity

• Reduce risk and tackle productivity / environment challenges in farming landscapes

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WLE Strategic Research Portfolio: Rainfed Farming Systems

Provides solutions to bring nutrients back into production systems through:• Business opportunities for resource

recovery and reuse• Safe wastewater and excreta reuse• Efficient water and land

management in peri-urban areas• Addressing safety concerns where

polluted water is used for irrigation

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WLE Strategic Research Portfolio: Resource Recovery and Reuse

Jointly with rainfed and RRR portfolios:• Identify economically viable

management opportunities to increase land and (blue) water productivity for increased incomes and food security

• Analyze pillars for an enabling environment to promote smallholder irrigation

• Evaluate private, public, and PPP models to sustain irrigation infrastructure

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WLE Strategic Research Portfolio: Irrigated Farming Systems

Integrates future scenarios of water needs of key sector and the environment to improve water security through:• Managing water resources’

variability and re-thinking storage in basins

• Resource allocation and benefit sharing

• Water and energy for food• Water data and accounting in

basins

WLE Strategic Research Portfolio: Basins

Equity in gender, poverty, and institutions integrated into all WLE SRPs to support:• More equitable access

to water, land and ecosystems services

• Improved decision making and enabling environment (institutional, policy, capacity) for change

• Investable options for women

WLE Cross-Cutting Theme: Gender, Poverty and Institutions

Applies a systems perspective to:• Develop ecosystem

service-based management options

• Develop and refine a methodology for measuring ecosystem service status and delivery

WLE Cross-Cutting Theme: Ecosystem Services and Resilience

How can you engage?• Defining the development challenges for the four focal

regions - Indus/Ganges is one of the four.• An anticipated $7 million will be available for investments

in the four focal regions in 2014 to be programmed.• Gender and innovation funds for 2014 $1 million and $2

million respectively.• This will be an open call with strict criteria that will be

funded for at least 2 years (2014 – 2015).• There is on going discussion on creating a specific

partnership fund for 2014.

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