Challenge Program on Water and Food (CPWF)

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19/11/2014

Glorious Past, uncertain Future: What’s in store for polders in Bangladesh? http://goo.gl/0Yx8Ce

08/09/2014

Have you heard? The Challenge Program on Water and Food's synthesis book, based on twelve years of research conducted around the world, has been published! Learn more and get a discount code: http://waterandfood.org/cpwf-book/

A new book synthesizing the CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food’s (CPWF) twelve years of research and learning is now available. Water Scarcity, Livelihoods and Food Security: Research and Innovation for Development draws on the Program’s experiences conducting over 120 projects in...

03/09/2014

What are wicked problems and why are they wicked? Research for development confronts wicked problems at every corner.
The Challenge Program on Water and Food shares recommendations on how to use R4D to trigger innovation and social change: bit.ly/Z5zcSL

What are “wicked problems”, why are they wicked and what does it take to do something about them?These are central issues in our new book, “Water Scarcity, Livelihoods and Food Security: Research and Innovation for Development”

06/05/2014

Former CPWF Director identifies 6 socio-ecological traps that poor communities may be stuck in. How can we use resilience thinking to break free from these traps? CPWF shares lessons: bit.ly/1fJKlzK


Don't forget to like the CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems page to stay up to date on research!

In 2009, CPWF redefined its objective “to increase the resilience of social and ecological systems through better water management for food production.” Why did it matter at that time, and why does it still matter today for water, food and ecosystems?

24/04/2014

The CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food is about to come to an end, and therefore this page will become inactive. To stay up to date on research, please "like" the CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems page!

23/04/2014

Did you read CPWF Director Alain Vidal’s post on our digital pin board? Say your own thank yous and see-you-laters on http://ow.ly/vYIwx

22/04/2014

CPWF is about to turn out the lights. Read the last edition of our newsletter, which highlights lessons, results, stories, and more.

Many CPWF activities and initiatives will be continued under the CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems--please "like" this program's page to continue to follow our efforts to produce new knowledge for solving the world’s pressing water and food problems.

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20/04/2014

After ten years of research for development, CPWF is about to turn out the lights - say your thank yous and see-you-laters on http://tinyurl.com/n8l4rkl

The CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food defined research for development as 'an engagement process for understanding and addressing...

18/04/2014

The CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food presents ten years of research-for-development results and lessons via new online learning portal: http://waterandfood.org

Research for development program focusing on improving water management for food security and poverty reduction in six river basins: Andes, Ganges,...

17/04/2014

The CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food is wrapping up ten years of research. What did we learn? Quick fixes don’t work; research for development can. http://youtu.be/UgKeb5Ri3Dg

The livelihoods of 1.5 billion people who live in ten of the world's largest river basins are threatened by local water shortages and inequitable...