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Livelihood type-specific behaviours regarding household choices in land use and management practices

Reports & Research
November, 2016
Central Asia, Uzbekistan
land use
households
This report focuses on the analysis of livelihood type-specific behaviors regarding household
choices in land use and management practices. This is a contribution to the overarching
framework of “Integrated Systems Analysis and Modeling in Aral Sea Region” activity within
Dryland System CRP. The report is based on further analysis of baseline data collected within
“Innovation Platform” activity, surveyed and reported in 2015 (Rudenko 2015). Preliminary
analysis of household survey data including description of the study area and the content of
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Improving gender equity in irrigation: application of a tool to promote learning and performance in Malawi and Uzbekistan

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2017
Malawi, Uzbekistan
Land & Gender
farmers
natural resources management
water management
assessment
women
This paper provides a brief synthesis of research conducted on gender in irrigation, and the tools and frameworks used in the past to promote improvement for women in on-farm agricultural water management. It then presents results from the pilot of the Gender in Irrigation Learning and Improvement Tool (GILIT) in locations in Malawi and Uzbekistan in 2015.
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Scaling up index insurance for smallholder farmers: Recent evidence and insights

Reports & Research
January, 2015
Rwanda, Ethiopia, India, Kenya, Mongolia, Senegal, Tanzania, Western Africa, Africa, Asia, Central Asia, Eastern Africa, Southern Asia
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
agriculture
rangelands
This report explores evidence and insights from five case studies that have made significant recent progress in addressing the challenge of insuring poor smallholder farmers and pastoralists in the developing world. In India, national index insurance programmes have reached over 30 million farmers through a mandatory link with agricultural credit and strong government support. In East Africa (Kenya, Rwanda and Tanzania), the Agriculture and Climate Risk Enterprise (ACRE) has recently scaled to reach nearly 200,000 farmers, bundling index insurance with agricultural credit and farm inputs.
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Poster on uniting agriculture and nature for poverty reduction

December, 2013
South-Eastern Asia, Western Africa, Western Asia, Asia, Middle Africa, Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Central Asia, Eastern Asia, Eastern Africa, Southern Asia
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Pictures from the Field- Central Asia

Multimedia
December, 2014
Central Asia
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
land
rangelands
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Most significant change stories from the Challenge Program on Water and Food (CPWF)

Reports & Research
December, 2009
Central America, South America, Northern Africa, Southern Asia, South-Eastern Asia, Southern Africa, Western Africa, Africa, Asia, Middle Africa, Central Asia, Eastern Africa
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
rangelands
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Mainstreaming Gender in Dryland Systems in Central Asia

December, 2014
Central Asia
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
land
rangelands
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Fruit trees for sweet futures in Central Asia

October, 2015
Central Asia
land management
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CPWF Annual Report 2009

Reports & Research
December, 2010
Eritrea, Peru, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Burkina Faso, China, Colombia, Ecuador, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Honduras, India, Iran, Kenya, Laos, Mali, Mozambique, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, South Africa, Sudan, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Vietnam, Zimbabwe, Western Africa, Southern Asia, South-Eastern Asia, Middle Africa, Central Asia, Eastern Africa, Central America, South America, Western Asia, Northern Africa, Southern Africa
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
water management
rangelands
The CPWF was designed to be different. Developed in response to a call for change in a previous round of Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) system

reform, the CPWF was intended to foster cross-CGIAR cooperation and find ways to bring in new partners. Over time the CPWF has successfully broadened the CGIAR’s sources of

innovative research on water and food. Through its broad partnerships, the program conducts research that leads to positive impact on the poor and to policy change. The CPWF does this by
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CPWF Annual Report 2005

Reports & Research
June, 2006
Bangladesh, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Chad, Chile, China, Ghana, Honduras, India, Iran, Kenya, Laos, Mali, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, South Africa, Sudan, Vietnam, Zimbabwe, Colombia, Ecuador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Middle Africa, Central Asia, Eastern Africa, Central America, South America, Western Asia, Northern Africa, Southern Asia, South-Eastern Asia, Southern Africa, Western Africa
water management
At this point – just under half way (two years and six months) in the implementation of the first CPWF phase (and three years and eight months since inception began) governance and management processes are running smoothly, it is in reasonable financial health and technical processes – such as issuing new calls and obtaining reviews by our Expert Panel on Scientific Quality – are familiar, although they must be adjusted to each specific instance.