IWMI West AfricaNEWSLETTER

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01January2016

Inside this issueIWMI celebrates 30th anniversary with a series of events in Ghana 1

New projects 2

Publications 4

Major events 7

Community engagements 7

2015 in review

IWMI celebrates 30th anniversary with a series of events in Ghana

LetitiaE.Obeng,retiredDirector,CSIR-WRI,Ghana,andHon.OpongFosu,MinisterofStateatthePresidency,cuttingtheribbontoofficiallydeclaretheopeningofthenewIWMIofficeinGhana.

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This newsletter highlights new projects and major stories from IWMI West Africa in 2015.

Opening of the new IWMI office for West Africa and the Africa region

The new International Water Management Institute (IWMI) office for West Africaand the Africa region was officiallyopened by Hon. Opong Fosu, Ministerof State at the Presidency, on April 29,2015. The ribbon-cutting ceremony wascarried out in the presence of LetitiaE. Obeng, retired Director, Council for

ScientificandIndustrialResearch-WaterResearch Institute (CSIR-WRI), Ghana.JeremyBird,DirectorGeneral,IWMI,andDonald Blackmore, Chair, IWMI Boardof Governors, highlighted that the newoffice represented IWMI’s commitmentto the region, and to the developmentagenda and goals of Ghana and, morebroadly,WestAfrica.Theevent includedaculturaldisplayfollowedbyatourofthe newbuilding.

High-level panel discussion

A high-level policy dialogue was alsoheldtomarktheofficialopeningofthenew IWMI office in Accra, Ghana. Thetheme of the dialogue was ‘Managing

water and agroecosystems for food security and economic development in the Volta Basin’.Thedialogueprovidedan opportunity for the IWMI Board ofGovernors to discuss the region’s keywaterandlandmanagementchallenges

withthemainstakeholdersintheregion(nationalgovernment,andcountryandregional representatives of international development organizations in Ghana).

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Creating and capturing value: Supporting enterprises for urban liquid and solid waste recycling for food, energy and a clean environment (CapVal)

TheCreatingandcapturingvalue(CapVal)project,fundedbyGhanaWASHWindow–SustainableWaterFund(GWW-FDW),wasstartedin2015. Partners (includingJekora Ventures Ltd., Volta GhanaInvestment Co. Ltd., Training, Researchand Networking for Development[TREND], World Agroforesty Centre[ICRAF], Resource Centres on UrbanAgriculture and Food Security [RUAF]Foundation, and Kumasi MetropolitanAssembly) are collaboratively working

towards implementing the followingsolutions:

1. A co-composting facility thatwill annually transform 5,000 m3 of fecal sludge and 300 tons oforganicsolidwasteinto200tonsofsafe(pelletized)compost(Fortifer).

2. A 1,000 tons/year briquette plantatAffienya.

3. An African catfish aquacultureproduction business at theChirapatre wastewater treatment plantinKumasi.

These solutions have a high potential toincentivize local sanitation planning andmanagementinGhana.

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Young Researcher Award ceremony

Twenty postgraduate students who arecurrently involved in IWMI’s researchprojects were invited for a specialanniversary event, and seven of thembriefly presented their work andcontribution to the Institute’s researchfor development in Ghana and WestAfrica. Timothy O. Williams, Director,Africa, IWMI, welcomed the participantsand provided an overview of IWMI overthelast30years.ThiswasfollowedbyanoverviewofIWMI’sresearchandstrategyinWestAfricabyOlufunkeCofie,Head,IWMIWest Africa Office. Contributions werealsomade by three former postgraduate

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students–MemunaMattah(university lecturer), HaroldEsseku (private sector) andPhilipAmoah(IWMI)–whohave collaborated withIWMI in the past andweresupported by the Instituteon research conducted aspart of their postgraduatestudies. Coverage of the event was broadcast bythe TV3 network in Ghanaand the Ghana NewsAgency (http://www.ghananewsagency.org /s o c i a l / r e co gn i s e - t h e -abilities-and-capabilities-of-researchers-institute--93336).

New projects

Building climate-smart farming systems through integrated water storage and crop-livestock interventions

This project, supported by the CGIARResearch Program on Climate Change,Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS),aims to improve the climate resilience of farmersinnorthernBurkinaFasoandMalithroughthefollowing:

• Improving water availability forcrops, livestock and humansthroughouttheyear.

• Stabilizing cash flows from cropsandlivestockovertime.

Crop-waterlivestocksystem(source:TimEllisandMarloesMul[IWMI]).

• Establishing areliable value chain for crops andlivestock.

Furthermore, theproject is testing the‘climate smartness’of various water storage and crop-livestock interventionsin relation to foodsecurity, and climatechange mitigationand adaptation. It willalso identify barriersand constraints that prevent farmersfrom actually taking up and using these potential solutions. The project isbeing implemented jointly by IWMI,

International Livestock Research Institute(ILRI), Institut de l’environnement et derecherchesagricoles(INERA),BurkinaFaso,andInstitutd’EconomieRurale(IER),Mali.

Giving ‘latecomers’ a head start: Reorienting irrigation investments in the White Volta Basin to improve ecosystem services and the livelihoods of women and youth

This project is a collaboration betweenIWMI and the Ghana IrrigationDevelopmentAuthority(GIDA),Universityfor Development Studies (UDS) and theDepartment of Women in AgricultureDevelopment (WIAD) of the Ministry of

FoodandAgriculture (MoFA).Theaimofthis project is to evaluate the impacts of selected irrigation systems in the WhiteVolta Basin, in northern Ghana, at threescales (small, medium and large). First,the study examines the contribution ofeach irrigation system to enhanced rurallivelihoods, and gender and generationalequity; and how ecosystem servicesunderpin this development and areaffected by it. Second, a comparativeanalysis of systems at the three scales is to be undertaken to assess and

explain relative differences in theircontributions to livelihoods, equity andhealthyecosystems.Finally,basedonthiscomparison, theprojectwill examine thepotentialforup-andout-scalingirrigationinvestments that provide women andyouthwitha‘headstart’,andthechangesinpolicyandskillsneededtoprovidethemwithpositiveincentivesforthesustainablemanagement of ecosystems and theirservices. This project is funded by theCGIAR Research ProgramonWater, LandandEcosystems(WLE).

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Supporting investment decisions in water and land management across the rural-urban continuum in the Volta-Niger focal region (Invest in Water)

The IWMI West Africa Office hosted a two-dayinception workshop for the project entitled‘Supporting investment decisions in water and land management across the rural-urban continuum in the Volta-Niger focal region’onMarch12-13,2015,in Accra, Ghana. The objective of the project is toassesstheeconomicandenvironmental/ecosystemeffects of selected agricultural watermanagement(AWM)aswellasresourcerecoveryandreuse(RRR)solutions, and provide recommendations on whatAWM and RRR solutions to use and where. Theprojectalsoaimstoprovideindicationsofbusiness-focused feasibility, and identifying successfulstrategies for expanding the use and benefits ofthesesolutions.This isoneofsixresearchprojectsundertheVolta-NigerFocalRegionofWLE.ItisledbyIWMIinpartnershipwithWIAD,KwameNkrumah

University of Science and Technology (KNUST), West African ScienceServiceCenteronClimateChangeandAdaptedLandUse(WASCAL)andiDE BurkinaFaso.

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Managing Bagré water infrastructure for equity and ecosystems

IWMI, in collaboration with Centre decoopération internationale en rechercheagronomique pour le développement(CIRAD), Institut de recherche pourle développement (IRD), LaboratoireCitoyennetés (LC) and Bagrépole, launchedanewprojectthataimstoprovidepractical

answers on how to manage large water infrastructure for social and environmentalbenefits.Theproject,fundedbyWLEandledbyCIRAD,willrecommendoptionstomanageirrigation investmentprocesses, so that thepositiveimpactsoflargewaterinfrastructureonequityandtheenvironmentareenhancedand their negative externalities becomelimited (project website: https://wle.cgiar.org/project/v11-managing-bagr%C3%A9-equity-and-environment).

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Flood-recession agriculture for food security in northern Ghana

This project is a collaboration betweenthe International Food Policy ResearchInstitute (IFPRI) and IWMI, with fundingfrom the United States Agency forInternational Development (USAID) –Feed the Future initiative. The mainobjective of the project is to explorethe opportunities for improving theproductivityofflood-recessionagriculture(FRA),anditscontributiontofoodsecurityand local livelihoods in northern Ghana.In 2015, the project team reviewed thecurrent stateof knowledgeaboutFRA in

Ghanaandidentifiedtheknowledgegaps;undertook mapping and hydrologicalcharacterization of flood-prone areas inthe Upper East and UpperWest regionsofGhana;andcarriedoutanassessmentof the socioeconomic challenges andopportunities for improving FRA. Theproject also established agronomic fieldtrials to evaluate different rice varietiesfor flood tolerance under floodplainecology.Theprojectisbeingimplementedin collaboration with CSIR-SavannaAgricultural Research Institute (SARI),Savannah Accelerated DevelopmentAuthority (SADA), MoFA, CSIR-WRI andWienco(Ghana)Limited. RiceexperimentinPwalugu,UpperEastGhana.

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Targeting agricultural innovation and ecosystem service management in the northern Volta Basin

IWMI in collaboration with BioversityInternational,WashingtonStateUniversity,University of Minnesota, Natural CapitalProject, International Center for TropicalAgriculture (CIAT), ICRAF, StockholmResilience Centre, SNV World, King’s

CollegeLondon,UDSandCIRADlauncheda new project that aims to improve the capacities of nongovernmentalorganization (NGO) and extensionworkersintheVoltaRiverBasintoidentifyand implement irrigated and rainfedtechnologies that increase adaptabilityand transformability of local livelihoodsand close yield, nutrition and ecosystemservicegaps.Theproject, fundedbyWLE

andledbyBioversityInternational,involvesthe co-development of benefit-sharingmechanisms with stakeholders, and alsotrainings, professional developmentand the introduction of targeting tools(https://wle.cgiar.org/project/targeting-agricultural-innovation-and-ecosystem-s e r v i c e -m a n a g emen t - n o r t h e r n - volta-basin).

Innovation Lab for Small-scale Irrigation

The Feed the Future Innovation Labfor Small-scale Irrigation (ILSSI) projectheld an inception workshop on April10, 2015, in Tamale, Ghana, to agreeon the irrigation interventions to beimplemented in Ghana and to kick-startbase surveys and field activities. Theprojectisidentifyingpromisingsmall-scale

Publications

Journal articlesWater management for sustainable agricultural intensification and smallholder resilience in sub-Saharan Africa

ThisspecialissueoftheWaterResourcesandRuralDevelopmentjournal(volume6)discussesarangeofwatermanagementpracticesinthreeAfricanriverbasinsthatwerepartoftheCGIARChallengeProgramonWaterandFood(CPWF)researchonbasindevelopmentchallengesfrom2009to2013.Itpresentsanoverviewoftheresultsofstudiesconductedonagriculturalwatermanagementinsub-SaharanAfrica,andprovidesrecommendationsforbetterplanningandimplementationofinterventionstobenefitsmallholderfarmers.

Cofie,O.;Amede,T.2015.Watermanagementforsustainableagriculturalintensificationandsmallholderresilienceinsub-SaharanAfrica.Water Resources and Rural Development6:3-11.

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212608215000194

Integrated cost-effectiveness analysis of agri-environmental measures for water quality

Thispaperpresentsanapplicationofanintegratedmethodologicalapproachforidentifyingcost-effectivecombinationsofagri-environmentalmeasurestoachievewaterqualitytargets.Themethodologicalapproachinvolveslinkinghydro-chemicalmodellingwitheconomiccostsofmitigationmeasures.TheutilityoftheapproachwasexploredfortheRiverDeecatchmentinNortheastScotland,examiningthecost-effectivenessofmitigationmeasuresfornitrogen(N)andphosphorus(P)pollutants.

Balana,B.B.;Jackson-Blake,L.;Martin-Ortega,J.;Dunn,S.2015.Integratedcost-effectivenessanalysisofagri-environmentalmeasuresforwaterquality.Journal of Environmental Management 161:163-172.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26172106

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ParticipantsattheFeedtheFutureInnovationLabforSmall-scaleIrrigation(ILSSI)inceptionworkshopinTamale,Ghana,onApril10,2015.

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irrigation technologies and practices thathave thepotential to improve agriculturalproductivity, reduce farmer risks, improvenutritional quality and diversity, reducepoverty and empower women farmers.TheprojectisbeingimplementedinGhana,Ethiopia and Tanzania under the overallleadershipofTexasA&MUniversity(http://ilssi.tamu.edu/).OtherpartnersintheteaminGhana include IWMI,UDS, CSIR-AnimalResearchInstitute(ARI)andILRI.

Microbial hazards in irrigation water: Standards, norms, and testing to manage use of water in fresh produce primary production

Thisstudywasundertakentoreviewthestatusof,andprovidesuggestionsfor,considerationbydifferentstakeholdersonwaterandsanitation,anditsimpactonfoodsafetyandpublichealth.Datagapshavebeenidentifiedwithregardtobaselinestudiesofmicrobialpathogensinwatersourcesinmanyregions,theneedforagreementonmethodsandmicrobialparameterstobeusedinassessingwaterquality,thefateofpathogensinwater,andtheirtransferandpersistenceonirrigated/processedproduce.

Uyttendaele,M.;Jaykus,L.-A.;Amoah,P.;Chiodini,A.;Cunliffe,D.;Jacxsens,L.;Holvoet,K.;Korsten,L.;Lau,M.;McClure,P.;Medema,G.;Sampers,I.;Jasti,P.R.2015.Microbialhazardsinirrigationwater:standards,norms,andtestingtomanageuseofwaterinfreshproduceprimaryproduction.Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety14(4):336-356.

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1541-4337.12133/full

A transdisciplinary approach to the economic analysis of the European Water Framework Directive

Theaimsofthispaperwereto:(1)developasetofstepsforimplementingthistransdisciplinaryapproach,and(2)criticallyreflectonthechallengesofintegratingdifferentstrandsofknowledgetothespecificcontextoftheeconomicsoftheEuropeanWaterFrameworkDirective(WFD).ResultsareusedtohelpsettheresearchagendaformorepracticalspecificationofeconomicallysoundandsociallyacceptablewaystodelivertheWFD.

Martin-Ortega,J.;Perni,A.;Jackson-Blake,L.;Balana,B.B.;Mckee,A.;Dunn,S.;Helliwell,R.;Psaltopoulos,D.;Skuras,D.;Cooksley,S.;Slee,B.2015.AtransdisciplinaryapproachtotheeconomicanalysisoftheEuropeanWaterFrameworkDirective.Ecological Economics116:34-45.

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0921800915001548

Conference proceedingsCan current land and water governance systems promote sustainable and equitable large-scale agricultural investments in sub-Saharan Africa?

Basedonfield-levelresearchconductedinGhanaandMali,whichcoveredsixlarge-scaleagriculturalinvestments,thispaperanalyzesthecurrentlandandwatergovernancesystemsinthesetwocountriesthroughthelensoflandandwateracquisitionandinitialoutcomes.Ithighlightsmissedopportunitiesforsustainableandequitablelarge-scaleagriculturallandinvestments,duetoun-coordinatedgovernancesystemsandfailuretorigorouslyapplydetailedrulesandregulationsthatarealreadyinplace.Itofferssuggestionsforrevampinglandandwatergovernancetopromotelarge-scaleinvestmentsthatwillleadtoequitabledistributionofbenefitsandsustainablemanagementofnaturalresources.

Williams,T.O.;Sidibe,Y.2015.Cancurrentlandandwatergovernancesystemspromotesustainableandequitablelarge-scaleagriculturalinvestmentsinsub-SaharanAfrica?In:Global Water Partnership (GWP); International Land Coalition (ILC); International Water Management Institute (IWMI). Proceedings of the Joint GWP-ILC-IWMI Workshop on Responding to the Global Food Security Challenge through Coordinated Land and Water Governance, Pretoria, South Africa, June 15-16, 2015.Stockholm,Sweden:GlobalWaterPartnership(GWP);Rome,Italy:InternationalLandCoalition(ILC);Pretoria,SouthAfrica:InternationalWaterManagementInstitute(IWMI).9p.

Trade-offs or synergies? Assessment of ecosystem services in multi-use small reservoirs in Burkina Faso

Thepresentationexplorestheexistenceoftrade-offsand/orsynergiesinmulti-purpose,smallreservoirs.Cropyield,waterqualityandhumanhealthimpactswereidentifiedasthethreekeyindicatorstorepresenttheeconomic,environmentalandsocialaspects,respectively,ofsmallreservoirs.Trade-offswereassessedqualitativelyusingacommunity-basedapproachandquantitativelyusingtrade-offcurves.Anecdotaldataindicatethatsmallreservoirsexhibittrade-offsbetweencropyieldandwaterqualityontheonehand,andcommunityhealth(especiallyincidenceofmalaria)andyieldontheother.

Balana,B.B.;Mul,M.;Cofie,O.;Barron,J.2015.Trade-offs or synergies? Assessment of ecosystem services in multi-use small reservoirs in Burkina Faso.ApresentationattheInternationalTropiLakes2015Conference,September23-29,2015,BahirDar,Ethiopia.

https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/6952960/file/6952961.pdf

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http://www.gwp.org/Global/About%20GWP/Publications/Proceedings%20papers%20Pretoria%20June%202015/3_Tim_WIlliams_final.pdf

Consumer preference and willingness to pay for fish farmed in treated wastewater in Ghana

Thepaperutilizedadichotomous-choicecontingentvaluationmethodologytoestimatethewillingnesstopayforfreshtilapiaandsmokedcatfishfarmedintreatedwastewater,andanalyzefactorsthataffectconsumerchoice.Consumersinthesurveyrankedprice,sizeandqualityoffishmeasuredbytasteandfreshnessasbeingthemostimportantproductattributesinfluencingtheirdecisionpriortopurchasingfish.

Gebrezgabher,S.A.;Amewu,S.;Amoah,P.2015.Consumer preference and willingness to pay for fish farmed in treated wastewater in Ghana.In:Selectedpaperpreparedforpresentation atthe2015AAEAandWAEAJointAnnualMeeting,July26-28,2015,SanFrancisco,California.

http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/handle/200415

Books and book chaptersBusiness models and economic approaches for recovering energy from wastewater and fecal sludge

Thischapterpresentsanoverviewofsuccessfulandemergingbusinesscasesforrecoveringenergyandotherusefulproductsfromwastewaterandfecalsludgeinlow-andmiddle-incomecountries.Thebusinesscasesareanalyzedfortheirbusinessconceptsandopportunities,andchallengesforscalingupandscalingout.Keypolicyimplicationsandconclusionsforsupportingthebusinessmodelapproachinthedevelopingworldarediscussed.

Gebrezgabher,S.;Rao,K.;Hanjra,M.A.;Hernandez-Sancho,F.2015.Businessmodelsand economicapproachesforrecoveringenergyfromwastewaterandfecalsludge.In: Wastewater: Economic asset in an urbanizing world,eds.,Drechsel,P.;Qadir,M.;Wichelns,D. Dordrecht,Netherlands:Springer.Pp.217-245.

http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-94-017-9545-6_12#page-1

Climate change, pro-poor schemes and water inequality: Strengths and weaknesses of Kauti Irrigation Water Users’ Association, Kenya

ThisstudyevaluatedthestrengthsandweaknessesofGreenWaterSaving(GWS)schemesimplementedintheMuooniCatchmentofKenya.ItfocusesontheresultsofthePolitical,Economic,Social,Technological,LegalandEcological(PESTLE),andStrengths,Weaknesses,OpportunitiesandThreats(SWOT)analysesofKautiIrrigationWaterUsers’Association(KautiIWUA)andpresentsfindingsbasedontheresponsesof101farmers,20keyinformantsandaFocusGroupDiscussion(FGD).

Luwesi,C.N.;Kinuthia,W.;Mutiso,M.N.;Akombo,R.A.;Doke,D.A.;Ruhakana,A.2015.Climatechange,pro-poorschemesandwaterinequality:StrengthsandweaknessesofKautiIrrigationWaterUsers’Association,Kenya.In:Agricultural water institutions in East Africa,ed.,Atakilte,B.Uppsala,Sweden:TheNordicAfricaInstitute.Pp.43-60.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/283894091

Working papersOverview of the scientific, political and financial landscapes of Climate-Smart Agriculture in West Africa: Sector of water resources

Variousagriculturalwatermanagement(AWM)solutionshavebeenproventoimproveagriculturalproductivityandcansignificantlyreducetheproblemsposedbyvariabilityinrainfall,runoffandrecharge.However,thesesolutionshavenotbeenscaleduppartlyduetolackofpolicyandinstitutionalsupport,andpartlyduetoincompleteknowledgeoflarge-scaleimpacts(includinggreenhousegas[GHG]reductionasadaptationco-benefits).Decisionsoninvestmentsinwaterresources,atvariouslevels,shouldconcentrateoneasingthefactorslimitingadoption,andenhancingsystemproductivitywhilemaintainingecosystemservices.

Mul,M.L.;Williams,T.O.;Cofie,O.2015.Overviewofthescientific,politicalandfinancial landscapesofClimate-SmartAgricultureinWestAfrica:Sectorofwaterresources.In: Overview of the scientific, political and financial landscape of climate-smart agriculture in West Africa,eds.,Zougmoré,R.;SyTraoré,A.;Mbodj,Y.Copenhagen,Denmark:CGIAR ResearchProgramonClimateChange,AgricultureandFoodSecurity(CCAFS).Pp.47-59. (CGIARResearchProgramonClimateChange,AgricultureandFoodSecurity(CCAFS)Working Paper118)(AlsoinFrench).

https://cgspace.cgiar.org/rest/bitstreams/56232/retrieve

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Water Resources Assessment of the Volta River Basin

Bothnaturalandbuiltinfrastructureprovidebenefits.Somebenefits,suchashydropower,areonlyprovidedbybuiltinfrastructure,butthereareothers,suchaswatertreatmentandfloodcontrol,thatcanbeprovidedbybothnaturalandbuiltinfrastructure.Inaddition,naturalinfrastructuresupportstheperformanceofbuiltinfrastructure,throughtheprovisionofwaterofacertainquantityandquality.DegradationofnaturalinfrastructureisakeyconcernintheVoltaRiverBasinandmayaffecttheperformanceofdownstreamdams.Ontheotherhand,naturalinfrastructuremaybeaffectedbythedevelopmentandmanagementofbuiltinfrastructure,asobserveddownstreamoftheAkosomboDam.

Mul,M.;Obuobie,E.;Appoh,R.;Kankam-Yeboah,K.;Bekoe-Obeng,E.;Amisigo,B.;Logah,F.Y.; Ghansah,B.;McCartney,M.2015.Water resources assessment of the Volta River Basin.Colombo, SriLanka:InternationalWaterManagementInstitute(IWMI).78p.(IWMIWorkingPaper166).

http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/Publications/Working_Papers/working/wor166.pdf

Major eventsInternational Conference on Faecal Sludge Management (FSM3) in Hanoi, VietnamOlufunkeCofieand JosianeNikiema togetherwitha fewothercolleaguesattended the3rd InternationalFaecalSludgeManagement(FSM3)ConferenceonJanuary17-24,2015,inHanoi,Vietnam.Olufunkepresentedon‘Converting faecal sludge to fertilizer pellets: The case of Fortifer’.Shewasalsoapanelistintheclosingsession.

High-level forum of climate-smart agricultural stakeholders in West AfricaOnbehalfofIWMI,MarloesMulparticipatedatthiseventinBamako,Mali,andpresentedapaperonthe‘Overview of the scientific, political and financial landscapes of Climate-Smart Agriculture in West Africa: Sector of water resources’whichisavailableinEnglishandFrench.Thesetofpresentationssetthestageforthe4-dayforum,withtheaimofadoptingthe‘EconomicCommunityofWestAfricanStates(ECOWAS)/ComprehensiveAfricaAgricultureDevelopmentProgramme(CAADP)interventionframework’andlaunchingthe‘WestAfricaClimate-SmartAgriculture(CSA)Alliance’.

Community engagementsFortifer demonstration in Klagon (Tema Metropolitan Assembly, Ghana)

IWMIhasbeeninvolvedindemonstrationactivitiesforpromotingtheuseofFortifer inagriculturewithfarmersfromtheResourceUsersAssociationwhoareengagedin farmingactivitiesattheRamsarsiteinKlagon,GreaterAccra.Theseactivitieswere conductedincollaborationwiththeDepartmentofAgricultureoftheTemaMetropolitan Assembly,ForestryCommission(WildlifeDivision)andJekoraVenturesLtd.

Participatory mapping of ecosystem services in Pwalugu, Aribu and Bisigu communities (northern Ghana)

BetweentheperiodfromMay24to30,2015,ateamcomprisingMarloesMuland NaanaAmonoo(IWMI),LaetitiaPettinottiandLucyEmerton(BasqueCentre forClimateChange[BC3]),andEmmanuelBekoe-ObengandSylviaImbeah(CSIR-WRI) conductedecosystemservicesmappingactivitiesfortheWaterInfrastructureSolutions fromEcosystemServicesUnderpinningClimateResilientPoliciesandProgrammes (WISE-UPtoClimate)projectinthreecommunities-Pwalugu,AribuandBisiguinthe UpperEastandNorthernregionofGhana.Theobjectivesoftheexerciseweretoidentify themainecosystemsandassociatedservices,theirlinkagetotheriverflowregime,and howclimatechangeandconstructionofthePwaluguDammayaffecttheseecosystems.

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Catchment instrumentation in Pwalugu and Zanlerigu (Upper East region of Ghana) IWMIandpartnershaveinstalledhydrologicalandmeteorologicalequipmentatPwalugu

andZanleriguintheUpperEastregionofGhanafortheWISE-UPtoClimateproject, whichisbeingimplementedintheWhiteVoltaBasin(www.iucn.org/water_wiseup) andtheILSSIproject(http://ilssi.tamu.edu/).Datagatheredfromtheinstrumentswillbe usedforcatchmentcharacterization.

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TheweatherstationinstalledinZanlerigu,UpperEastGhana,onJune18,2015.

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