CPWF Ganges

Basin Development Challenge

Increasing the Resilience of Agricultural and Aquaculture Systems in the Coastal Areas of the Ganges Delta
20 March 2012

CPWF past, present and future

Born as a global program of the CGIAR seeking to find better ways of doing research for development Harvest Plus, Generation, CPWF and Sub-Saharan Africa CPWF Phase 1 (2003 to 2008) 71 projects in 9 basins CPWF Phase II (2009 to 2014) Research to tackle Basin Development Challenges (BDCs) 28 projects in 6 basins CPWF Phase III Integration into the CRPs Opportunity to influence a global R4D agenda
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CPWF Basins in phases 1 and 2

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Six basin development challenges

Andes Benefit-sharing mechanisms Mekong Dams and livelihoods Nile Rainwater management in Ethiopia Volta Small reservoirs, rainwater and livelihoods Limpopo Small reservoirs, rainwater and livelihoods Ganges Flooding and salinity in coastal areas
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GOAL OF THE GBDC

Reducing poverty, improving resilience, through improved water governance and management and intensified and diversified agricultural and aquaculture systems in brackish water of the coastal Ganges.

Ganges- Basin Development Challenge

Why the Ganges Basin? Bangladesh and India rank first and second in terms of climate change risk. Poverty, Agricultural Dependence are the basis of South Asian Risk. The areas of Bangladesh and India most at risk are the costalsaline zones of Ganges Basin.

Lessons learned in our coastal saline areas have application in almost every coastal community around the world.

What the Ganges BDC Hopes to Achieve?

What we really hope to achieve?
Five research programs G1-5 who will: Provide Science based answers to agriculture and water issues of the region. Seek to support GOB and GOI and other investments now being made in a range agriculture programs. Support government policy makers and civil society with the information they need in the areas of water governance and the potential impacts of climate change.

Draft CPWF Core Messages (2012-14)

Key Message 1:
Wise use of our water resources for strengthening (rural) livelihoods and ecosystem services requires simultaneously using it more productively and sharing water and its benefits more equitably.

Draft CPWF Core Messages (2012-14)

Key Message 2:
Higher water productivity and greater social equity can be obtained only through a radical in change of policies and institutional arrangements in both developed and developing nations.

Draft CPWF Core Messages (2012-14)

Key Message 3:
The CPWF R4D strategy identified and promotes the policy, institutional and technological innovations required in developing countries for people to increase water productivity and ecosystem services in an equitable and sustainable manner.

Coastal Polders in Bangladesh

5 Integrated Research Projects

1. IRRI: Resource profiles, Extrapolation domains, Land use plans 2. IRRI: Resilience, intensifying and diversifying Agriculture and Aquaculture systems. 3. IWMI: Polder governance and community-based management 4. IWM: Modeling external drivers of change for water resources of the coastal zone. 5. WorldFish: Coordination and change enabling project.

Expected Outcomes
1 Develop, evaluate, and adapt new and improved cropping and aquaculture systems (G2)

Use of suitability domain maps as a decisions support tools (G1)

Better polder governance through reduced conflict between fishermen and farmers (G3)

Expected Outcomes
4 Understanding of the key external drivers of change in water resources- (G4)

Establish a policy framework for scaling up/out of technologies to enable changes in HH of Ganges coastal zone(G5 + other Gs)

G4: Modeling External Drivers of Change for Water Resources of the Coastal Zone
Assess changes in external hydrology at the basin level and within selected polders. Model scenarios for climate change including salinity intrusion, water availability, drainage congestions and risk of inundation due to storm surges. Simulate baseline and changed conditions in 2020, 2030 and 2050 at the basin level and for selected polders

G4 Research Questions
What are the key drivers of change in the hydrology and performance of the system? What are the effects of anticipated changes on flooding, submergence, salinity intrusion and water availability in different polders in coastal zones? What are the implications for adaptation strategies for different anticipated scenarios?
..and policies

G4 Research Questions - Policy

What are the implications for policy change and its application to cope with anticipated changes? What strategies can be put in place to influence policy makers and stakeholders to adapt to anticipated changes?

Outputs
Project G4 will provide information on anticipated changes in boundary conditions in terms of water quantity and quality to other GBDC projects The project will provide information on the changes in water quality and quantity to other GBDC projects.

Ultimate Outcome

Better information on which to inform planning and policy decisions for politicians and policymakers.

Thank You
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