ifwf3

=CPWF 3rd International Forum on Water and Food, 14-17 November 2011= =NBDC Planning=

Link to Forum web site

Results and materials

 * Nile Basin group review of lessons learnt and follow-up
 * NBDC news items and stories

=Original proposals and abstracts=

1. **Opening-day basin success stories (5 mins each, inspirational and motivational) **


 * OK ** - Farmer innovations to improve the productivity of rainwater management systems
 * OK ** - National platform formation in the Nile Basin: a window of opportunity
 * OK ** - Fighting poverty through innovations in small scale irrigation and resource sharing: the case of Mada-jalala resettled community in the Blue Nile Basin of Ethiopia

**2. TWG sessions **


 * OK ** - Emerging cross-basin challenges in terms of spatial analysis and modeling (charlotte/an/catherine/Lisa)
 * OK ** - Rainwater management systems to enhance food security, resilience and adaptation to climate change (tilahun/bharat/debbie)
 * OK ** - Ecosystem services and socio-ecological resilience of a landscape: case study from three catchments in the Blue Nile basin of Ethiopia (mulugeta)
 * OK ** - Participatory video as a means of capturing community perspectives on rainwater management (alan/katherine/beth)
 * OK ** - Linking Applied Research to Investment Programs Increases Returns to Investment (doug and tadele)
 * OK ** - Improved management of land and water requires approaches that encourage and support local innovation (doug and tadele)
 * OK ** - Principles and practices to integrate livestock into rainwater management: an example from mixed crop livestock systems in the Blue Nile Basin (Ethiopia) - amare
 * OK **- Principles and practices to integrate livestock into rainwater management an example from mixed crop livestock systems in the Blue Nile Basin (Ethiopia) - Teklu
 * OK ** - Anticipating Economic, Social, and Environmental Impacts of Rainwater Management Strategies using a Multicriteria Optimization Model: The Case of Abay in the Blue Nile Basin - Kinde
 * OK **- Improved Management of Vertisols can Impact local Agricultural Water Productivity and Downstream Water Flow: An example from the Abbay Basin, Ethiopia - Teklu
 * OK ** - Monitoring and Modeling: supporting decisions for livelihood improvement in the Blue Nile basin of Ethiopian Highlands (Birhanu)
 * OK ** - Assessing the impacts of existing and planned water storage development in the Ethiopian Highlands under current and projected future climate - matthew


 * 3. Basin messages sessions (led by two basins together in order to drive discussions beyond basin scope) **


 * OK ** - Local innovation platforms: how do they play out in different basins and what are the key research questions? (kees/alan/andre/eva/volta)
 * OK ** - Matching rainwater management practices: What are the 'best bets' and how do we match/combine them?. (catherine/an/peter/?)