Food crisis response: Produce more food with less water

Watch some of our projects as they contribute to increasing the productivity of agriculture in river basins across the developing world.

 

CPWF Films: Living Labs

Learn about our the impacts of our research in the CPWF Living Labs DVD series; you can also order your own copy. View the series here, under 'Living Labs': www.youtube.com/TVEAPfilms

For CPWF Researchers

Revised July 2008 CPWF publication guidelines are now available. Find out how you  publish your CPWF work, especially if you are now writing your Project Report.

New BFP Publications

The latest working papers from the Basin Focal Projects can be found here.

Changing the way we manage water for food, livelihoods and the environment.

The CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food (CPWF) is an international, multi-institutional research initiative with a strong emphasis on north-south and south-south partnerships. Its goal is to increase the productivity of water used for agriculture, leaving more water for other users and the environment. More…

ANNOUNCEMENTS More Announcements

02. Dec 2008
Launch of Medium Term Plan 2009-2001
This Medium Term Plan is written as the CPWF transitions from the first five years of operation to...
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Category: General Announcements27. Nov 2008
CPWF Position Announcements - and a farewell
After five-and-a-half memorable years leading CPWF, Jonathan Woolley decides to hand over the reins...
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Category: Job & Training Opportunities15. Nov 2008
Rare Opportunity: Program Director
A rare opportunity to lead an innovative program of science-for-development
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Category: Workshops & Conferences05. Nov 2008
www.ifwf2.org
For all the information you need as a delegate at the 2nd International Forum on Water and Food
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Category: Workshops & Conferences05. Nov 2008
Special keynote presenters at IFWF2
The Ugandan Minister for Water and the Representative for Uganda in the African Union Parliament to...
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CGIAR CHALLENGE PROGRAMS

These time-bound, independently-governed programs of high-impact research require partnerships among a wide range of institutions in order to deliver its products. Learn more about the programs.

Second International Forum on Water and Food: IFWF2

Over 240 agricultural researchers, development professionals and policy experts gathered in Addis Ababa to discuss and debate wise water management strategies, innovative technologies and effective institutional arrangements at multiple scales during the CPWF's very successful IFWF2.

Keep your eye on the Forum's special web portal www.ifwf2.org over the next month in order to capture all of IFWF2's innovative outputs

WATER & FOOD: CPWF's Bimonthly Newsletter

Gender, Institutions and Participation (GIP)

The CPWF seeks to fully integrate social and gender issues into its research. A panel of social research experts (the GIP panel) has been established to provide advice on how to develop more relevant and engaged science.  Read about GIP activities...