CPWF Project 17 Title Managing Risk, Mitigating Drought & Improving Water Productivity in the Limpopo Basin Goal To contribute to improved rural livelihoods of poor smallholder farmers through the development of an IWRM framework for increased productive use of green and blue water flows and risk management for drought and dry-spell mitigation at all scales in the Limpopo basin.

Project 17 Objectives 1. Developing adoption and adaptation of water management practices among smallholder farmers that reduce risk, and which, together with integrated farm systems management (addressing particularly soil fertility and crop management) improve farm/household income and water productivity. 2. Development of appropriate catchment management strategies based on IWRM principles that incorporate sustainable use of green and blue water resources, which enables poor rural people to reduce risk of food deficits due to water scarcity, and to manage water for improved livelihoods.

Project 17 Objectives 3. Develop institutional models for water governance that aim at strengthening policies for water productivity and risk mitigation at catchment and basin scale. 4. Human capacity building among farmers, extension officers, water managers and researchers at local universities in the Limpopo Basin and in Southern Africa.

Final Workshop Objectives Share and discuss research results and problems from the final year of the project Share and discuss synthesis research results Collaborate on synthesis research Plan for the completion of synthesis research Map out completing the project and the way forward Consider the possibilities of Phase 2 of the Challenge Program