investing in equitable and sustainable solutions for a post-2015 world
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Presentation by Alain Vidal (CGIAR Consortium) and Nicoline de Haan (WLE) at Stockholm World Water Week 2014.TRANSCRIPT
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Alain Vidal (CGIAR Consortium) & Nicoline de Haan (CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems- WLE)
Stockholm World Water Week, September 4, 2014
Investing in equitable and sustainable solutions for a post-2015 world
The SDGs:
Goal 1. End poverty in all its forms everywhere Goal 2. End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition,
and promote sustainable agriculture Goal 5. Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls Goal 6. Ensure availability and sustainable management of water
and sanitation for all Goal 7. Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and
modern energy for all Goal 10. Reduce inequality within and among countries
What do we know about poverty?
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What do we know about poverty?
Links with • Food security and agriculture but not in a linear way
What we have learned through the Challenge Program on Water and Food (CPWF)• Multi-dimensional aspect of poverty - power dynamics and
political systems that systematically undermine the ability of the poor to maintain their entitlements, and their rights to access (Leach & Mears)
Food security and access
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Food security vs. productivity in Ghana and Burkina Faso
Source: World Bank, FAO
Farmers and technology
Markets and policies
Better livelihoods
Water and energy - common pool resource- mediated by institutions or
by technology- finite and deteriorating- demand for energy in
agriculture is increasing
Improved production through high yielding variety and management
Improve commodity markets/value chains and develop better policies
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Access
What do we mean by the missing middle?
Access to the missing middle
Access• Why is access important?• Why is it relevant?
Areas to consider:• Change needed in societal structures• Ensuring productivity and equity • Answering who is investing?• From control to service (van Koppen) • Finite and deteriorating - ecosystems
Entry points
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Entry points for action on access
Meaningful participation• Participatory irrigation management and rolling up responsibility• 30% women in WUA• Needs from the users• Thriving institutions
Addressing structural constraints• Land tenure• Access to credit • Capacity development
Entry points for action on access
Build institutions that are able to deal with trade-offs• Accept the presence of multiple uses of water and energy• Think in terms of the nexus: water – food – energy• Not win-win – quality of process becomes important• Meaningful participation • Local solutions - provisional
Indicators?
In development – ideas:
Already working on:• Access to resources• Meaningful decision making
Productivity or water use efficiency is not adequate
Capacity to manage common pool resources at individual and institutional levels
Nexus connectivity indicator? e.g. the variation between the weights decision-makers would put on water, food and energy in investment and management decisions
The role of information
UNITING AGRICULTURE AND NATURE FOR POVERTY REDUCTION
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