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1 Dorai, K.; Hall, A.; Dijkman, J. 2015. Strategic study of good practice in AR4D [Agricultural Research for Development] partnership. Rome, Italy: CGIAR Independent Science and Partnership Council (ISPC). 111p.
Agricultural research for development ; Good practices ; Strategy planning ; International organizations ; CGIAR ; Research programmes ; Multi-stakeholder processes ; Innovation platforms ; Agricultural innovation systems ; Partnerships ; Frameworks ; Policies ; Sustainable Development Goals ; Monitoring and evaluation
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https://ispc.cgiar.org/sites/default/files/ISPC_StrategicStudy_Partnerships.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H049065.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H049065.pdf
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2 Reddy, V. R.; Rout, S. K.; Shalsi, Sarah; Pavelic, Paul; Ross, A. 2020. Managing underground transfer of floods for irrigation: a case study from the Ramganga Basin, India. Journal of Hydrology, 583:124518. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2019.124518]
Flood irrigation ; Groundwater management ; Groundwater recharge ; Aquifers ; River basins ; Drought ; Water institutions ; Corporate culture ; Capacity building ; Cost benefit analysis ; Sustainability ; Monitoring and evaluation ; Villages ; Communities ; Households ; Socioeconomic environment ; Case studies / India / Uttar Pradesh / Rampur / Ganges Basin / Ramganga Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H049537)
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Protecting flood prone locations through floodwater recharge of the depleted aquifers and using it for protecting dry season irrigated agriculture is the rationale for a form of intervention termed as ‘underground transfer of floods for irrigation’ (UTFI). This helps reduce the intensity of seasonal floods by tapping and storing excess floodwater in aquifers for productive agricultural use. This paper presents a case study of managing the recharge interventions in the context of the Ramganga basin, India. Using a case study approach, this study determines the socio-economic and institutional context of the study area, proposes three potential routes to institutionalize UTFI, and provides insights for scaling up the interventions in the Ganges and other river basins that face seasonal floods and dry season water shortages.
Managing the interventions involves community participation in regular operations and maintenance tasks. Given the limited scale of the pilot UTFI intervention implemented to date, and the socio-economic and institutional context of the case study region, the benefits are not conspicuous, though the piloting helped in identifying potential ways forward for the long-term management of the pilot site, and for scaling up the interventions. Initially pilot site management was handled by the project team working closely with the community leaders and villagers. As the intervention was demonstrated to perform effectively, management was handed over to the district authorities after providing appropriate training to the government personnel to manage the system and liaise with the local community to ensure the site is operated and managed appropriately. The district administration is willing to support UTFI by pooling money from different sources and routing them through the sub-district administration. While this is working in the short term, the paper outlines a programmatic longer term approach for wider replication.
Managing the interventions involves community participation in regular operations and maintenance tasks. Given the limited scale of the pilot UTFI intervention implemented to date, and the socio-economic and institutional context of the case study region, the benefits are not conspicuous, though the piloting helped in identifying potential ways forward for the long-term management of the pilot site, and for scaling up the interventions. Initially pilot site management was handled by the project team working closely with the community leaders and villagers. As the intervention was demonstrated to perform effectively, management was handed over to the district authorities after providing appropriate training to the government personnel to manage the system and liaise with the local community to ensure the site is operated and managed appropriately. The district administration is willing to support UTFI by pooling money from different sources and routing them through the sub-district administration. While this is working in the short term, the paper outlines a programmatic longer term approach for wider replication.
3 Nguyen-Khoa, S.; McCartney, Matthew; Funge-Smith, S.; Smith, L.; Senaratna Sellamuttu, Sonali; Dubois, M. 2020. Increasing the benefits and sustainability of irrigation through the integration of fisheries: a guide for water planners, managers and engineers. Rome, Italy: FAO; Penang, Malaysia: WorldFish; Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 92p. [doi: https://doi.org/10.4060/cb2025en]
Fishery production ; Sustainability ; Irrigation systems ; Integrated management ; Water resources ; Water management ; Guidelines ; Irrigation management ; Aquatic ecosystems ; Habitats ; Aquaculture ; Irrigated farming ; Infrastructure ; Livelihoods ; Food security ; Nutrition security ; Socioeconomic environment ; Monitoring and evaluation ; Environmental Impact Assessment ; Trends ; Sustainable Development Goals ; Community management ; Participatory approaches ; Water governance ; Institutions ; Stakeholders ; Conflicts ; Rural areas ; Water reservoirs ; Rivers ; Floodplains / Africa / Asia
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H050111)
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There is increasing recognition of the need to bring about changes across the full spectrum of agricultural practices to ensure that, in future, food production systems are more diverse, sustainable and resilient. In this context, the objectives of irrigation need to be much more ambitious, shifting away from simply maximizing crop yields to maximizing net benefits across a range of uses of irrigation water, including ecosystems and nature-based solutions. One important way to achieve this is by better integrating fisheries into the planning, design, construction, operation and management of irrigation systems. Irrigation – a major contributor to the Green Revolution – has significantly improved agricultural production worldwide, with consequent benefits for food security, livelihoods and poverty alleviation. Today, irrigated agriculture represents about 21 percent of cultivated land, but contributes approximately 40% of the total global crop production. Many governments continue to invest in irrigation as a cornerstone of food security and rural development. Investments in irrigation often represent a pragmatic form of adaptation to changing climatic conditions. This guide focuses on how to sustainably optimize and broaden the range of benefits from irrigation development - not only economic but also social and environmental benefits. It emphasizes the opportunities that fisheries could provide to increase food production and economic returns, enhance livelihoods and public health outcomes, and maintain key ecosystem services. The guide considers possible trade-offs between irrigation and fisheries, and provides recommendations on how these could be minimized.
4 Baoqing, F.; Jing, C.; Qianming, W.; Zhenzhong, H. 2020. Application of a monitoring and evaluation method in irrigation water efficiency. Irrigation and Drainage, 69(S2):161-170. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/ird.2520]
Irrigation water ; Water use efficiency ; Monitoring and evaluation ; Water conservation ; Water resources ; Infrastructure ; Irrigation methods ; Social development ; Economic development / China
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H050096)
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Water-saving irrigation is of high priority in China for alleviation of the water resource supply–demand contradiction. Consequently, the objectives of irrigation water efficiency (IWE) are specified in policies at the macro scale such as national economic and social development programmes and national evaluation systems of water resources management. To scientifically evaluate IWE and water-saving irrigation efficiency and to overcome the limitations of traditional IWE evaluation methods (e.g. numerous steps and not very practical), this study presents a normative and easy-to-use measurement and analysis method for IWE, specifically, head and end measurement. An IWE monitoring network, comprising more than 3700 irrigation districts on national and regional scales, was developed to dynamically monitor the variation in IWE of sample irrigation districts of different sizes and types from 2008 to 2018. The monitoring results provide technical support and scientific evidence for the formulation of water conservation policies and management at the macro scale of the water conservation sector.
5 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). 2013. OECD compendium of agri-environmental indicators. Paris, France: OECD Publishing. 181p. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1787/9789264186217-en.]
Agricultural production ; Environmental factors ; Indicators ; OECD countries ; Water resources ; Water use ; Water extraction ; Water quality ; Greenhouse gas emissions ; Ammonia ; Acidification ; Eutrophication ; Soil erosion ; Wind erosion ; Water erosion ; Climate change ; Land cover ; Land use ; Farmland ; Organic agriculture ; Pesticides ; Irrigation water ; Nutrients ; Nitrates ; Nitrogen ; Phosphorus ; On-farm consumption ; Energy consumption ; Biofuels ; Methyl bromide ; Ozone depletion ; Transgenic plants ; Biodiversity ; Birds ; Economic aspects ; Markets ; Trends ; Policies ; Monitoring and evaluation
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H050073)
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6 Leiter, T. 2021. Do governments track the implementation of national climate change adaptation plans? An evidence-based global stocktake of monitoring and evaluation systems. Environmental Science and Policy, 125:179-188. (Online first) [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2021.08.017]
Climate change adaptation ; Monitoring and evaluation ; Government ; National planning ; Agreements ; Policies ; Developing countries
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H050685)
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1462901121002379/pdfft?md5=d3f0297f3757409c40d0ba08a13bd77a&pid=1-s2.0-S1462901121002379-main.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H050685.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H050685.pdf
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Although over 70 countries adopted a national climate change adaptation plan (NAP), little is known about the extent to which these plans are implemented. NAP monitoring and evaluation (M&E) systems can play an important role in tracking implementation but have rarely been studied. Based on a systematic review including outreach to country representatives and international organizations, a comprehensive inventory of NAP M&E systems is compiled documenting government practices from over 60 countries. In contrast to previous studies, this stocktake does not rely on stated intentions of M&E but requires evidence such as monitoring and evaluation reports. The extent of NAP M&E involvement globally and countries’ respective status are determined and compared to a baseline from the 2017 Adaptation Gap Report of the United Nations Environment Programme. Results show a 40% increase in the number of countries that are developing or using NAP M&E systems and almost a doubling of published NAP evaluations. However, over 60% of countries that adopted a NAP do not systematically assess its implementation, leaving a critical gap in understanding the impacts of NAPs. These findings support calls for greater attention to the quality of adaptation planning and for assessing its implementation and effectiveness.
7 Singh, C.; Iyer, S.; New, M. G.; Few, R.; Kuchimanchi, B.; Segnon, A. C.; Morchain, D. 2021. Interrogating ‘effectiveness’ in climate change adaptation: 11 guiding principles for adaptation research and practice. Climate and Development, 16p. (Online first) [doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/17565529.2021.1964937]
Climate change adaptation ; Monitoring and evaluation ; Transformation ; Decision making ; Policies ; Agreements ; Governance ; Vulnerability ; Resilience ; Livelihoods ; Sustainability ; Ecosystem services ; Semiarid zones / India / Namibia / Kenya
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H050688)
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/17565529.2021.1964937
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H050688.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H050688.pdf
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The Paris Agreement articulates a global goal on adaptation, which aims to ensure an ‘adequate adaptation response’ to the ‘global temperature goal’, and requires countries to report progress through periodic global stocktakes. However, there remain conceptual and methodological challenges in defining an adaptation goal and mixed evidence on what effective adaptation looks like and how it can be enabled. In this review, we demonstrate how different normative views on adaptation outcomes, arising from different epistemological and disciplinary entry points, can lead to very different interpretations of adaptation effectiveness. We argue that how effectiveness is framed will significantly impact adaptation implementation and outcomes. This, furthermore, represents a way of exercising influence in adaptation decision-making. Eleven principles of effective adaptation are distilled as a way to pluralize guidance in international processes such as the Global Stocktake as well as national and sub-national exercises on tracking and monitoring adaptation.
8 Kurian, M.; Kojima, Y. 2021. Boundary science: re-imagining water-energy-food interactions in the context of a data light approach to monitoring the environment- development nexus. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. 158p.
Water resources ; Energy ; Food security ; Nexus ; Monitoring and evaluation ; Environmental management ; Governance ; Environmental policies ; Decision making ; Institutions ; Non-governmental organizations ; Sustainable Development Goals ; Goal 6 Clean water and sanitation ; Wastewater management ; Water reuse ; Water supply ; Resilience ; Natural resources ; Soil erosion ; Open access ; Modelling ; Citizen science ; Social networks ; Public services
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy SF Record No: H050768)
9 Julio, N.; Figueroa, R.; Oliva, R. D. P. 2021. Water resources and governance approaches: insights for achieving water security. Water, 13(21):3063. (Special issue: Water Security and Governance in Catchments) [doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/w13213063]
Water resources ; Water governance ; Water security ; Water management ; Integrated management ; River basin management ; Water policies ; Decision making ; Stakeholders ; Institutions ; Monitoring and evaluation ; Ecosystem services
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H050827)
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Integrated river basin management (IRBM) has been proposed as a means to achieve water security (WS), maximizing economic and social well-being in an equitable manner and maintaining ecosystem sustainability. IRBM is regulated by a governance process that benefits the participation of different actors and institutions; however, it has been difficult to reach a consensus on what good governance means and which governance perspective is better for achieving it. In this paper, we explore the concept of “good water governance” through the analysis of different governance approaches: experimental (EG), corporate (CG), polycentric (PG), metagovernance (MG) and adaptive (AG) governances. We used the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) water governance dimensions (effectiveness, efficiency and trust and engagement) as a “good enough water governance” that regards water governance as a process rather than an end in itself. Results indicate that each of the five governance theories presents challenges and opportunities to achieve a good governance process that can be operationalized through IRBM, and we found that these approaches can be adequately integrated if they are combined to overcome the challenges that their exclusive application implies. Our analysis suggests that a combination of AG and MG encompasses the OECD water governance dimensions, in terms of understanding “good enough water governance” as a process and a means to perform IRBM. In order to advance towards WS, the integration of different governance approaches must consider the context-specific nature of the river basin, in relation to its ecologic responses and socioeconomic characteristics.
10 Douthwaite, B.; Child, K. 2021. How agricultural research for development achieves developmental outcomes: learning lessons to inform One CGIAR science and technology policy research. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE). 27p. (WLE Legacy Series 2) [doi: https://doi.org/10.5337/2022.201]
Agricultural research for development ; CGIAR ; Research programmes ; Impact assessment ; Monitoring and evaluation ; Agricultural innovation ; Technology ; Policy innovation ; Agronomy ; Capacity development ; Advisory services ; Soil quality ; Cassava ; Seed certification ; Fertilizers ; Phytosanitary measures ; Solar energy ; Irrigation systems ; Electricity supplies ; Donors ; Funding ; State intervention ; Farmers ; Databases ; Models ; Case studies / Ethiopia / India / United Republic of Tanzania
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H050909)
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At the end of 2021, CGIAR Research Programs (CRPs) will be replaced by Initiatives housed within One CGIAR. This new modality is intended to achieve higher levels of impact at a faster rate and at reduced cost compared to the CRPs. As One CGIAR begins, there is a unique opportunity to reflect on what has worked in different contexts. In this paper, we provide findings that relate to One CGIAR’s overarching view of how it will achieve positive and measurable impacts, and for agricultural research for development (AR4D) more generally. Specifically, we draw from three related CRP evaluations to identify how different types of AR4D approaches have contributed to successful outcomes. In the final section of the paper, we present our conclusions and provide a list of recommendations for the science and technology policy of One CGIAR and possibly other integrated research for development programs.
11 Johnson, N. 2021. Measuring the impact of integrated systems research: promising approaches and why CGIAR needs to care. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE). 21p. [doi: https://doi.org/10.5337/2022.203]
Agricultural research for development ; Integrated systems ; Systems research ; Impact assessment ; CGIAR ; Research programmes ; Monitoring and evaluation ; Natural resources management ; Investment ; Funding ; Organizational learning ; Food systems ; Land use ; Water systems ; Remote sensing
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H050911)
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Measuring the impact of integrated systems research has been a challenge to CGIAR since it expanded into natural resource management research in the early 1990s. Despite repeated efforts, it has yet to be adequately addressed. Meanwhile, the demand for evidence of impact on development outcomes has only increased, as have calls for greater methodological rigor. At the same time, there is greater recognition of the complex, systemic nature of many problems facing society today and the need for new approaches to designing, implementing and evaluating research. In an attempt to provide pragmatic guidance to One CGIAR and others on how to address these issues in the design of research for development programs that involve integrated systems research (ISR), CGIAR held a virtual workshop on Measuring the Impact of Integrated Systems Research on September 27–30, 2021. Participants took stock of recent experiences and reviewed existing and new tools and approaches with the potential to overcome conceptual, empirical and institutional challenges that obstruct ISR. In terms of methods for assessing the impact of ISR, the workshop highlighted recent advances in the use of geospatial data and called for more significant investment in both the quantity and quality of qualitative methods. Integrating monitoring, evaluation, learning and impact assessment (MELIA) into the research programs will require greater capacity on the part of managers, researchers and MELIA specialists to use theory of change effectively and efficiently for multiple purposes. It is also becoming increasingly clear that some of the challenges in conducting ISR in CGIAR are not technical but have to do with structures, processes and internal tensions within CGIAR itself about the kind of outcomes it seeks and the way it organizes and implements research. While calling for research that contributes to sustainability and systems transformation, CGIAR has in different ways failed to adequately support, and to learn from, the kinds of integrated systems approaches that will likely underpin success. Workshop participants proposed tackling this head-on through changing CGIAR systems, processes and incentive structures, and engaging directly with funders on how impact is understood and measured.
12 Jacob, J.; Valois, P.; Tessier, M. 2022. Development and validation of an index to measure progress in adaptation to climate change at the municipal level. Ecological Indicators, 135:108537. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2022.108537]
Climate change adaptation ; Urban planning ; Monitoring and evaluation ; Indicators ; Flooding ; Vulnerability ; Resilience ; Risk ; Stakeholders ; Government / Canada / Quebec
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H050935)
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1470160X22000085/pdfft?md5=e98f3a55b5f1aa32bbd99fbd40494240&pid=1-s2.0-S1470160X22000085-main.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H050935.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H050935.pdf
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Background: Given the important role that municipalities must play in adapting to climate change, it is more than ever essential to measure their progress in this area. However, measuring municipalities’ adaptation progress presents its share of difficulties especially when it comes to comparing (on similar dimensions and over time) the situation of different municipal entities and to linking adaptation impacts to local actions. Longitudinal studies with recurring indicators could capture changes occurring over time, but the development of such indicators requires great emphasis on methodological and psychometric aspects, such as measurement validity. Therefore, this study aimed to develop and validate an index of adaptation to heatwaves and flooding at the level of municipal urbanists and urban planners.
Methods: A sample of 139 officers working in urbanism and urban planning for municipal entities in the province of Quebec (Canada) completed an online questionnaire. Developed based on a literature review and consultation of representatives from the municipal sector, the questionnaire measured whether the respondent’s municipal entity did or did not adopt the behaviors that are recommended in the scientific and gray literature to adapt to heatwaves and flooding.
Results: Results of the various metrological analyses (indicator reliability analysis, first order confirmatory factor analysis, concurrent validity analysis, and nomological validity assessment analysis) confirmed the validity of the index developed to measure progress in climate change adaptation at the municipal level. The first dimension of the index corresponds to preliminary measures that inform and prepare stakeholders for action (i.e., groundwork adaptation initiatives), whereas the second refers to measures that aim to concretely reduce vulnerability to climate change, to improve the adaptive capacity or the resilience of human and natural systems (i.e., adaptation actions).
Conclusion: The results of a series of psychometric analyses showed that the index has good validity and could properly measure the adoption of actions to prepare for adaptation as well as adaptation actions per se. Municipal and government officials can therefore consider using it to monitor and evaluate adaptation efforts at the municipal level.
Methods: A sample of 139 officers working in urbanism and urban planning for municipal entities in the province of Quebec (Canada) completed an online questionnaire. Developed based on a literature review and consultation of representatives from the municipal sector, the questionnaire measured whether the respondent’s municipal entity did or did not adopt the behaviors that are recommended in the scientific and gray literature to adapt to heatwaves and flooding.
Results: Results of the various metrological analyses (indicator reliability analysis, first order confirmatory factor analysis, concurrent validity analysis, and nomological validity assessment analysis) confirmed the validity of the index developed to measure progress in climate change adaptation at the municipal level. The first dimension of the index corresponds to preliminary measures that inform and prepare stakeholders for action (i.e., groundwork adaptation initiatives), whereas the second refers to measures that aim to concretely reduce vulnerability to climate change, to improve the adaptive capacity or the resilience of human and natural systems (i.e., adaptation actions).
Conclusion: The results of a series of psychometric analyses showed that the index has good validity and could properly measure the adoption of actions to prepare for adaptation as well as adaptation actions per se. Municipal and government officials can therefore consider using it to monitor and evaluate adaptation efforts at the municipal level.
13 Kushitor, S. B.; Drimie, S.; Davids, R.; Delport, C.; Hawkes, C.; Mabhaudhi, T.; Ngidi, M.; Slotow, R.; Pereira, L. M. 2022. The complex challenge of governing food systems: the case of South African food policy. Food Security, 14p. (Online first) [doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12571-022-01258-z]
Food systems ; Food policies ; Governance ; Food security ; Nutrition security ; Sustainable Development Goals ; Monitoring and evaluation ; Coordination ; Stakeholders ; Government departments ; Environmental factors ; Social protection ; Health ; Land reform ; Education ; Economic development ; Rural development ; Agricultural production / South Africa
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H050973)
https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s12571-022-01258-z.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H050973.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H050973.pdf
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International experience reveals that food policy development often occurs in silos and offers few tangible mechanisms to address the interlinked, systemic issues underpinning food and nutrition insecurity. This paper investigated what South African government policies cover in terms of different aspects of the food system, who is responsible for them, and how coordinated they are. Policy objectives were categorized into seven policy domains relevant to food systems: agriculture, environment, social protection, health, land, education, economic development, and rural development. Of the ninety-one policies reviewed from 1947–2017, six were identified as being "overarching" with goals across all the domains. About half of the policies focused on agriculture and the environment, reflecting an emphasis on agricultural production. Policies were formulated and implemented in silos. As a result, learning from implementation, and adjusting to improve impact has been limited. Particularly important is that coordination during implementation, across these complex domains, has been partial. In order to achieve its stated food and nutrition outcomes, including Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 2, South Africa needs to translate its policies into tangible, practical plans and processes guided by effective coordination and alignment. Key recommendations are practically to align policies to a higher-level "food goal", establish better coordination mechanisms, consolidate an effective monitoring and evaluation approach to address data gaps and encourage learning for adaptive implementation. Actively engaging the existing commitments to the SDGs would draw stated international commitments together to meet the constitutional commitment to food rights into an overarching food and nutrition security law.
14 Walawalkar, T. P.; Hermans, L. M.; Evers, J. 2022. Evaluating behavioural changes for climate adaptation planning. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 20p. (Online first) [doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/09640568.2022.2028610]
Climate change adaptation ; Planning ; Behavioural changes ; Watershed management ; Monitoring and evaluation ; Frameworks ; Water use ; Case studies ; Models / India / Maharashtra
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H050980)
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/09640568.2022.2028610
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H050980.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H050980.pdf
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Most climate adaptation plans expect stakeholders to change their behavior as part of building resilience. Given its long-term and complex nature, monitoring and evaluation is a key requisite for climate adaptation planning. So far, behavioral aspects have received only limited attention in the evaluation approaches for climate adaptation planning. This article proposes a theory-based evaluation approach based on the theory of planned behavior, for the evaluation of climate adaptation. A local climate adaptation programme for watershed development in rural India provides an illustrative case for this approach. For this case, the approach helped to uncover important factors that influence behavioral intentions, which were different for different groups in the farming community. Additionally, it helped to put behavioral change in a longer-term perspective. The illustrative case also suggests certain improvements for evaluations based on the theory of planned behavior.
15 Ahmed, A.; Akanbang, B. A. A.; Poku-Boansi, M.; Derbile, E. K. 2022. Policy coherence between climate change adaptation and urban policies in Ghana: implications for adaptation planning in African cities. International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development, 14(1):77-90. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/19463138.2022.2066106]
Climate change adaptation ; Urban development ; Policy coherence ; Planning ; Strategies ; Towns ; Governance ; Monitoring and evaluation ; Land use ; Disaster risk reduction ; Resilience ; Infrastructure / Africa / Ghana
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H051202)
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/19463138.2022.2066106
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H051202.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H051202.pdf
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African urban areas and cities are primarily seen as vulnerable to climate change. Apparent attempts to get required policies have led to the widespread proliferation of overlapping and duplications of policies. Using a policy coherence framework, this study aims to synthesise the coherency of climate adaptation and urban policies in Ghana. The study used content analysis of existing policy documents to understand if specific variables are explicit, implicit or not mentioned in four urban and climate change policies in Ghana. It was found that there is a minimal degree of coherence only in the adaptation measures, but there is a general lack of coherence in the motivation and implementation. This can be attributed to radically different current institutional arrangements for urban planning and climate change, inconsistent use of data and terminologies, and lack of embracement of innovations in urban planning in African cities. The findings suggest that attention must be given to integrated collaborative adaptation planning to address these impediments in urban planning context of African cities.
16 Minh, Thai Thi. 2022. Monitoring, evaluation, learning and impact assessment and scaling preparedness and action (MELIA&SPA): a process-based framework. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Initiative on Rethinking Food Markets. 13p.
Monitoring and evaluation ; Learning ; Impact assessment ; Scaling up ; Frameworks ; Stakeholders ; Markets ; Value chains ; Innovation scaling
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H051650)
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Focusing on bundling innovations to co-develop scalable bundles, the Rethinking Food Markets and VCs for Inclusion and Sustainability Initiative develops and applies its monitoring, evaluation, learning and impact assessment, and scaling preparedness and action (MELIA&SPA) framework from a process-based perspective. This MELIA&SPA framework aims to co-developing the scaling preparedness to enhance the scalability of the bundle, and to build market actors’ and relevant stakeholders’ ability to adopt innovation bundles and accelerate the scaling while responding effectively to changes and trade-offs coming. To achieve these, the MELIA (monitoring, evaluation, learning, and impact assessment) emphasizes ensuring the initiative’s impacts on malnutrition reduction, food safety, income and job, small producers’ livelihood, social and gender inclusion, GHG emissions, climate adaptation, and sustainable land and water resources. The SPA (scaling preparedness and actions) enhances the scalability and accelerate the scale of the innovation bundles developed by the Work packages (WPs). The SPA contains exploring intervention and scaling context and options for the piloted innovation bundles, co-designing the piloted innovation bundles with and for the value chain actors, and codeveloping the scaling preparedness and strategies to build the ability for market actors and relevant stakeholders to adopt and accelerate the investment in scalable innovation bundles.
17 Stoler, J.; Guzman, D. B.; Adams, E. A. 2023. Measuring transformative WASH: a new paradigm for evaluating water, sanitation, and hygiene interventions. WIREs WATER, e1674. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/wat2.1674]
Water, sanitation and hygiene ; Gender ; Mental health ; Monitoring and evaluation ; Participatory research ; Sustainable Development Goals ; Goal 6 Clean water and sanitation ; Indicators ; Microbiological analysis ; Water quality ; Households ; Water insecurity ; Water security
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H051945)
https://wires.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/wat2.1674
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H051945.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H051945.pdf
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Progress toward achieving Sustainable Development Goal 6, clean water and sanitation for all, is behind schedule and faces substantial financial challenges. Rigorous water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) interventions have underperformed, casting doubt on their efficacy and potentially undermining confidence in WASH funding and investments. But these interventions have leaned on a narrow set of WASH indicators—linear growth and diarrhea—that reflect a 20th-century prioritization of microbiological water quality as the most important measurement of WASH intervention success. Even when water is microbiologically safe, hundreds of millions of people face harassment, assault, injury, poisoning, anxiety, exhaustion, depression, social exclusion, discrimination, subjugation, hunger, debt, or work, school, or family care absenteeism when retrieving or consuming household water. Measures of WASH intervention success should incorporate these impacts to reinforce the WASH value proposition. We present a way forward for implementing a monitoring and evaluation paradigm shift that can help achieve transformative WASH.
18 Lamba, A.; Sugden, F.; Aderghal, M.; Fengbo, C.; Pagogna, R.; Masotti, M.; Dessalegn, Mengistu; Murzakulova, A.; Kharel, A.; Amzil, L.; Stirba, V.; Kuznetsova, I.; Vittuari, M.; Jian, C.; Crivellaro, F.; Naruchaikusol, S.; Lucasenco, E.; Mogilevskii, R.; Mollinga, P.; Phalkey, N.; Bhattarai, S. 2023. Migration governance and agrarian and rural development: comparative lessons from China, Ethiopia, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Morocco, Nepal and Thailand [Policy Brief of the Migration Governance and Agricultural and Rural Change (AGRUMIG) Project]. London, UK: SOAS University of London. 12p. (AGRUMIG Policy Brief Series 25)
Migration ; Governance ; Migrant labour ; Agrarian structure ; Rural development ; Policies ; Employment ; Training ; Impact assessment ; Monitoring and evaluation ; Financing ; Political aspects ; Communities / China / Ethiopia / Kyrgyzstan / Republic of Moldova / Morocco / Nepal / Thailand
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H052005)
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The purpose of this policy brief is to draw together key comparative lessons on different types of migration governance interventions in the AGRUMIG project research regions and examine how they support positive feedback loops between migration and agrarian and rural development. This exploration offers stories of success and omission. Moving beyond the elusive triple-win situation on the benefits of migration for destination and origin countries, migrants themselves and the highly politicized domain of the migration-development nexus, our point of departure is that there are vital prospects for augmenting the positive impacts of migration for societies globally. This brief focuses on how migration governance interventions are potentially useful in maximizing the gains between migration and agrarian development in the sending communities in China, Ethiopia, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Morocco, Nepal and Thailand.
19 International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 2023. Water accounting in practice: from basin to field-level applications and training. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 2p.
Water accounting ; Water productivity ; Investment ; Irrigation schemes ; Water use ; Socioeconomic aspects ; Monitoring and evaluation ; Training / India / West Bengal
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H052150)
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20 Dolinska, A.; Hassenforder, E.; Loboguerrero, A. M.; Sultan, B.; Bossuet, J.; Cottenceau, J.; Bonatti, M.; Hellin, J.; Mekki, I.; Drogoul, A.; Vadez, V. 2023. Co-production opportunities seized and missed in decision-support frameworks for climate-change adaptation in agriculture – how do we practice the “best practice”?. Agricultural Systems, 212:103775. (Online first) [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2023.103775]
Climate change adaptation ; Agriculture ; Decision support systems ; Decision making ; Frameworks ; Stakeholders ; Farming systems ; Smallholders ; Sustainability ; Political aspects ; Indigenous Peoples' knowledge ; Agroforestry ; Monitoring and evaluation
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H052349)
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0308521X23001804/pdfft?md5=7d5da35dad4721e84834aadd50c7c2fa&pid=1-s2.0-S0308521X23001804-main.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H052349.pdf
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CONTEXT: To contribute to building sustainable and effective climate change adaptation solutions avoiding usability gap, it is largely recommended to engage in the process of co-production, integrating expertise and knowledge from various academic and non-academic actors.
OBJECTIVE: We want to learn if and how co-production, believed to effectively link knowledge and decision-making, and thus suggested as the best practice in building decision-support frameworks, is really applied in the frameworks that are being implemented on the ground.
METHODS: A literature review allowed us to identify integrated decision-support frameworks for climate-change adaptation in agriculture developed and used over the period of the last 10 years and involving non-academic stakeholders. To analyse them, we chose as an assessment tool the four co-production principles proposed by Norström and colleagues: context-based, pluralistic, goal-oriented and interactive.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS: The useful entry points for incorporating co-production in the design of decision-support that we found in the reviewed frameworks include among the others adequate participants selection strategy, building on existing interaction spaces, developing a theory of change with the participants, and involving participants in the design of different elements of the method. The architectures of the analyzed frameworks contained more elements that responded to pluralistic and interactive principles than to context-based and goal oriented principles, we have also identified gaps in the design, such as taking into account the personal characteristics of researchers that could strengthen a framework's implementation and its impact, or attempts at bridging different levels of decision making, to cover the triad of science, policy and practice. A detailed look at the decision-frameworks that are actually being applied allows for a critical reflection whether and how we as researchers use what we preach as an effective way of responding to sustainability challenges in agriculture. Co-production principles turn out to be a useful tool for analysis and we suggest they can be used as a check-list when designing decision-support frameworks for climate-change adaptation.
SIGNIFICANCE: This papers offers useful examples of how to shift the research-led processes of decision-support towards more co-production with non-academic actors, to increase chances of bridging the gaps between science, policy and practice.
OBJECTIVE: We want to learn if and how co-production, believed to effectively link knowledge and decision-making, and thus suggested as the best practice in building decision-support frameworks, is really applied in the frameworks that are being implemented on the ground.
METHODS: A literature review allowed us to identify integrated decision-support frameworks for climate-change adaptation in agriculture developed and used over the period of the last 10 years and involving non-academic stakeholders. To analyse them, we chose as an assessment tool the four co-production principles proposed by Norström and colleagues: context-based, pluralistic, goal-oriented and interactive.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS: The useful entry points for incorporating co-production in the design of decision-support that we found in the reviewed frameworks include among the others adequate participants selection strategy, building on existing interaction spaces, developing a theory of change with the participants, and involving participants in the design of different elements of the method. The architectures of the analyzed frameworks contained more elements that responded to pluralistic and interactive principles than to context-based and goal oriented principles, we have also identified gaps in the design, such as taking into account the personal characteristics of researchers that could strengthen a framework's implementation and its impact, or attempts at bridging different levels of decision making, to cover the triad of science, policy and practice. A detailed look at the decision-frameworks that are actually being applied allows for a critical reflection whether and how we as researchers use what we preach as an effective way of responding to sustainability challenges in agriculture. Co-production principles turn out to be a useful tool for analysis and we suggest they can be used as a check-list when designing decision-support frameworks for climate-change adaptation.
SIGNIFICANCE: This papers offers useful examples of how to shift the research-led processes of decision-support towards more co-production with non-academic actors, to increase chances of bridging the gaps between science, policy and practice.
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