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| Challenge program |
The CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food (CP Water
and Food) is an ambitious comprehensive research and capacity
building program that will significantly increase the
productivity of water used for agriculture
(www.waterforfood.org).
The program will create research
-based knowledge and methods for growing more food with less
water, and develop a transparent framework for setting targets
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| Granted Projects in
the Yellow River Basin |
3 CPWF granted projects in the Yellow
Rive Basin are as below: Project 12-Yellow River Rainfed
Consevation agriculture, Project 16-Aerobic Rice System
and Project 42-Groundwater Governance in IGB & YRB (STAR).
Project 12 is contracted with budget of 1,480,057$ and
with Larry Harrington from CIMMYT of Mexico being the
project leader.
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| Introduction of Yellow River |
The Yellow River is the second longest river in China, and it is the vital water source of north and northwest of China. Originating from the northern foot of the Bayankela Mountain in Qinghai Province, it runs through 9 provinces and autonomous regions and flows into the Bohai Sea in Shandong Province. It is 5,464 km long with a basin area of 752,000 km2. The annual mean runoff volume in years is about 58 billion m3.
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