1. CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems An Overview for Science Focal Meeting Amman, December 2013

2. Contents Over-view of WLE – Goals, Objectives Emerging WLE Program Areas of Work How we are organized Examples of innovation & how WLE intends to work

3. The challenges facing our global food production systems

4. Water Land and Ecosystem Vision: A world in which agriculture thrives within vibrant ecosystems, where communities have higher incomes, improved food security and the ability to continuously improve their lives

5. CGIAR System Level Outcomes 1.Reduce rural poverty 2.Increase food security 3.Improve nutrition and human health 4.Sustainable management of natural resources WLE IDO: Income Increased and more equitable income from agricultural and natural resources management and ecosystem services in rural and peri-urban areas WLE IDO: Productivity Improved land, water and energy productivity in rainfed and irrigated agro-ecosystem WLE IDO: Risk Management Increased ability of low income communities to adapt to environmental and economic variability, demographic shifts, shocks and long term changes WLE IDO: Gender Women and marginalized groups have decision making power over and increased benefits derived from agriculture and natural resources. WLE IDO: Equity Increased resilience of communities through enhanced ecosystem services in agricultural landscapes. Goal: Sustainable intensification of agricultural development

6. WLE Portfolio 2013/2014 Activities Mapped into SRPs and Activity Clusters WLE Innovation Fund Focal Region Activities 2013 CPWF Related Activities ending in 2013/2014 Regional Representation Design of focal region programs 160 Activities mapped into SRPs ESS Related Scoping Activities Gender related activities Moving promising activities to scale Centrality of partners Gender and ESS play central role

7. Where WLE is moving toward SRP Led Global Pathways SRP Led Global Pathways Examples Resource Recovery & Reuse Land Degradation Water, Food & Energy Nexus Small Scale Irrigation in SSA Salinity Focal Regions Focal Regions West Africa East Africa SE Asia South Asia Latin America Southern Africa Central Asia Middle East Cross-Cutting Initiatives Environmental flows Mapping ESS and resilience into Focal Regions Gender across program Information decision-making

8. WLE research outputs WLE research outcomes WLE Intermediate Development Outcomes WLE Uptake Framework: CGIAR/ISPC Impact Pathways/Theories of Change System Level Outcomes

9. WLE research outputs WLE research outcomes WLE Intermediate Development Outcomes Opportunity identification Client analysis Decision analysis Partner engagement Levers and incentives WLE uptake strategy: significant focus on the research client System Level Outcomes

10. Risk analysis: major decisions affecting agro-ecosystems that support large numbers of people Opportunity analysis: research needed to provide alternatives that improve ecosystem services for human development Client analysis: decision makers demand research Niche analysis: limited research available WLE opportunity space In each focal region, WLE is identifying the “opportunity space” for research to support client decision making WLE integrated portfolio of research is designed to capitalize on this opportunity

11. Example of client focus: WLE resource recovery and reuse Issue: Urban areas are growing and consuming more resources. How do we recover nutrients and water at scale? Technical knowledge is available, but few projects go to scale. WLE seeks to change this by analyzing business models and returns on investment. Clear client focus: the private sector, public private partnerships, and business schools  The research portfolio is designed for the client: analyze successes and test promising business models for replication at scale  Multi-disciplinary research team includes economists, business developers, and environmental scientists Faecal sludge Nutrients for agricultural production

12. WLE research outputs WLE research outcomes WLE Intermediate Development Outcomes Opportunity identification Client analysis Decision analysis Partner engagement Levers and incentives Supporting research client decision making through decision analysis System Level Outcomes

13. Example: the decision analysis process Northeast Kenya: Tap the Merti aquifer to pump water > 100 km to town of Waiir? Identify risks and uncertainties in decision of interest Engage decision makers Make probabilistic cost/benefit impacts on different stakeholder groups of likely outcomes of decision Compute value of additional information (uncertain variables with high information value = priorities for measurement) Probabilistic outcomes (benefits/negative impacts) for different stakeholder groups Applied Information Economics D. Hubbard, “How to Measure Anything”, 2010

14. WLE research outputs WLE research outcomes WLE Intermediate Development Outcomes Opportunity identification Client analysis Decision analysis Partner engagement Levers and incentives Focused partner engagement, levers and incentives System Level Outcomes

15. Farmers receive training and capital to : -Rehabilitate wetlands -Forest conservation -Improve farming practices CPWF/Andes: uptake incentives through benefit sharing $ Canete River Basin, Peru Upper basin: subsistence agriculture, extensive degrading Middle basin: hydropower company Lower basin: urban and tourism

16. How we are organized WLE Operations Team Resource Persons Lead Center Board Lead Center DG WLE Steering Committee Program Director SRP Leaders ESS/R Lead GPI Lead Management Committee GPI Program Management Comms/KM ME&L West Africa East Africa Mekong GMS South Asia Focal Regions Latin America Southern Africa Central Asia Middle East Science Focal Points Research Coord.

17. Partnership for Outcomes LANDSCAPE NATIONAL REGIONAL GLOBAL DELIVER RESEARCH OUTCOMES – impact multiplies through partners Potential beneficiaries 10s of thousands 0 – 6 years 3 – 6 years 6 – 9 years Global initiatives informed and inspired by research, support national and landscape investments New investments made by IFAD, GIZ, GEF Public and private Policy, Regulation, Incentives support adoption New investments made by IFAD, GIZ, GEF Public and private Policy, Regulation, Incentives support adoption Strategies adopted that are site specific, gender & equity sensitive FAO, GSP, UNCCD, ELD, GEF, UNEP, UNDP National Agriculture and NRM policy CAADP, IFAD, GIZ, SDC Communities, civil society, NGO’s, national extension, ARI’s, IFAD, SDC 100’s of thousands Millions

18. Capacity Building Embedded into Impact Pathways Beyond PhDs and training Mentoring and Young Professionals Putting national partners in the lead

19. Challenges for Us to Address Vision for where we are going Complexity and adaptation: We cannot solve complex problems with simple solutions Integration and working together Change management

20. Visit the website at: WLE.cgiar.org Thank you