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 and monitoring progress. The goal of the program is to increase the productivity of water used for agriculture, leaving more water for other users and the environment - getting more crop per drop, in order to decrease malnourishment and rural poverty, improve people's health and maintain environmental sustainability. The CP Water and Food is managed by an 18-member consortium, composed of 5 Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR)/Future Harvest Centers (5 Themes), 6 National Agricultural Research and Extension Systems (NARES) institutions, 4 Advanced Research Institutes (ARIs) and 3 international NGOs.
5 CG Centers (Themes) lead thematic groups, ensure that the key research topics are being addressed in all locations. The Themes will serve as the focal point for synthesizing results from the various countries and regions, and bring out generic conclusions from the overall research program. The Benchmark Basins provide a geographical focus and the river basin is where the water problems and issues converge, especially in the developing world and this is where the CP will carry out its research
NARES lead benchmark basin work, giving a close link to regional and locally defined priorities, to help drive implementation of research ideas which, working with partner NGOs, drive impact. ARIs ensure a strong link for this research to the global change research agenda.
Thematic Groups
Theme 1: Crop Water Productivity Improvement (IRRI)
Theme 2: Multiple Use of Upper Catchments (CIAT)
Theme 3: Aquatic Ecosystems and Fisheries (ICLARM)
Theme 4: Integrated Basin Water Management Systems (IWMI)
Theme 5: The Global and National Food and Water System (IFPRI)
Beachmark Basins and Associated Basins
Asia: Yellow River, Mekong, Indus-Gangetic
Africa: Limpopo, Nile Basin, Volta (Associated Basin)
Central West Africa and North Asia: Karkheh, Iran
Latin America: San Francisco, Brazil Andean Basin (Associated Basin)
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