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1 Lewin, T.; Harvey, B.; Page, S. (Eds.) 2012. New roles for communication in development? IDS Bulletin, 43(5):132p.
Communication technology ; Development ; Research ; Scientists ; Capacity building ; Climate change ; Gender ; Women ; Policy ; Agricultural sector ; Knowledge sharing ; Radio ; Information and communication technologies (ICTs) ; Private sector / Africa South of Sahara / Africa / Egypt / Bangladesh
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 302.072 G000 LEW Record No: H045491)
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2 Daron, J.; Soares, M. B.; Janes, T.; Colledge, F.; Srinivasan, G.; Agarwal, A.; Hewitt, C.; Richardson, K.; Nepal, Santosh; Shrestha, M. S.; Rasul, G.; Suckall, N.; Harrison, B.; Oakes, R. L.; Corbelli, D. 2022. Advancing climate services in South Asia. Climate Services, 26:100295. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cliser.2022.100295]
Climate services ; Partnerships ; Knowledge sharing ; Capacity development ; Climate change ; Risk reduction ; Weather forecasting ; Resilience ; Collaboration ; Development programmes ; Institutional development ; Stakeholders ; Decision making ; Investment ; Sustainability ; Socioeconomic aspects ; Coastal climate ; Sea level ; Hydropower / South Asia / Afghanistan / Bangladesh / Nepal / Pakistan
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H051038)
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405880722000139/pdfft?md5=31e69906f8e577f7ab197b3caec5eea2&pid=1-s2.0-S2405880722000139-main.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H051038.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H051038.pdf
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Many communities in South Asia are highly exposed and vulnerable to weather and climate hazards, and climate services play an important role in managing present and future climate risks. Here we take stock of ongoing climate service activities under the Asia Regional Resilience to a Changing Climate (ARRCC) Met Office Partnership programme. ARRCC aims to strengthen climate resilience in South Asia through co-producing weather and climate services, building institutional capacities, and enhancing coordination across the region and in focal countries: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Pakistan. We identify what is working well and challenges that remain in the provision and uptake of climate services, focusing on examples of applying seasonal forecasts, sea-level rise projections, and extreme rainfall information for hydropower decisions. We demonstrate the value of building equitable and sustainable partnerships, enhancing knowledge sharing, strengthening evaluation, and approaches that combine model information within a decision-centred framework. Based on experiences in ARRCC, we find that climate information alone is often insufficient to meet decision-maker needs, and discuss the role for new climate impact services that integrate climate information with knowledge and tools on climate impacts and vulnerabilities.
3 Feliciano, D.; Recha, J.; Ambaw, G.; MacSween, K.; Solomon, D.; Wollenberg, E. 2022. Assessment of agricultural emissions, climate change mitigation and adaptation practices in Ethiopia. Climate Policy, 22(4):427-444. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/14693062.2022.2028597]
Climate change mitigation ; Climate change adaptation ; Greenhouse gas emissions ; Agricultural practices ; Assessment ; Land use ; Land management ; Food security ; Agroforestry ; Livestock production ; Crop yield ; Organic fertilizers ; Carbon sequestration ; Stakeholders ; Knowledge sharing ; Developing countries ; Livelihood diversification / Ethiopia / Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples’ Region (SNNPR) / Kembata Tembaro / Doyogena / Tula Catchment
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H051450)
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/14693062.2022.2028597
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H051450.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H051450.pdf
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The agricultural sector is a major contributor to greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) in Ethiopia, as it is the basis of the economy and the primary source of employment. This study investigated the implementation of mitigation and adaptation practices in smallholder farms in Ethiopia, estimated GHG emissions associated with mitigation practices, and identified potential mitigation options and barriers and enabling factors for implementation. Twenty-five smallholder farmers were selected by a local development agency and interviewed in the field about their land use and land management practices and the Mitigation Options Tool (MOT) was used to estimate GHG emissions, to identify mitigation options and co-benefits, and as a platform for promoting learning and knowledge exchange across different types of stakeholders. All farmers interviewed in the field acknowledged changes in the climate, but only some were implementing adaptation practices to cope with such changes, namely, crop rotations, planting new crop types, and the early sowing of crops. Fewer mitigation practices were implemented, namely reduced tillage and application of manure in cereal crops and potatoes. These practices were mainly implemented because of their benefits for soil conservation (e.g. fertility, soil water holding capacity, yield stabilization, erosion avoidance) rather than for mitigation (carbon sequestration) purposes. Greenhouse gas emissions from the application of synthetic fertilizer to crops, and from livestock production varied widely across farmers depending on the amount of fertilizer applied and the number and type of livestock raised. Tenancy rights and extension services were identified as potential enablers of the adoption of climate change mitigation and adaptation practices by smallholder farmers in Ethiopia, and competing uses for straw was a potential barrier for the incorporation of residues in the soil. Barriers and enabling factors should be assessed thoroughly through further engagement with farmers as well as data on the amount of organic matter added to the soil, as these practices have co-benefits in terms of soil conservation, which are especially relevant for climate change adaptation in semi-dry climates. The MOT could be used in the future as a facilitator for knowledge exchange between researchers and practitioners in Ethiopia, and in other developing countries where data availability is low, to support the identification of effective climate change mitigation and adaptation actions.
4 UNESCO World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP). 2023. The United Nations World Water Development Report 2023: partnerships and cooperation for water. Paris, France: UNESCO. 189p.
Integrated water resources management ; Partnerships ; International cooperation ; Sustainable Development Goals ; Goal 6 Clean water and sanitation ; Water supply ; Water quality ; Water security ; Energy ; Food security ; Ecosystem services ; Nexus approaches ; Climate change ; Freshwater resources ; Water demand ; Water availability ; Water allocation ; Water stress ; Drinking water ; Wastewater ; Water-use efficiency ; Water scarcity ; Water management ; Transboundary waters ; Watersheds ; Water governance ; Water policies ; Multi-stakeholder processes ; Water user associations ; Collaboration ; Community involvement ; Collective action ; Knowledge sharing ; Education ; Capacity development ; Human settlements ; Water, sanitation and hygiene ; Health ; Monitoring ; Innovation ; Financing ; Data management / Africa South of Sahara / Europe / North America / Latin America and the Caribbean / Asia and the Pacific / Arab countries
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H051836)
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5 Kaufman, S.; Boxshall, A. 2023. Eleven enablers of science thought leadership to facilitate knowledge exchange in environmental regulation. Environmental Science and Policy, 147:336-348. (Online first) [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2023.06.018]
Environmental sciences ; Environmental protection ; Regulations ; Knowledge sharing ; Leadership ; Decision making ; Uncertainty ; Sustainable development ; Policy making ; Communities / Australia / United States of America / Victoria / Florida
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H052067)
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1462901123001764/pdfft?md5=3c750be1dc6f50ee588546da64206131&pid=1-s2.0-S1462901123001764-main.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H052067.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H052067.pdf
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Evidence informed environmental policy and decision-making remains aspirational. Knowledge exchange literature indicates neccessary supportive elements and activities but acknowledges a gap in understanding of interpersonal and relational aspects. Inquiry is particularly lacking into the roles and potential of internal expert advice, especially in the micro-level instrumental decisions regulators make daily. We identify these characteristics as ‘science thought leadership’ (STL) and explore their role in experiences of successful decision support in environmental regulation. Forty-four cases in Victoria, Australia, and Florida, USA, were identified and analysed via appreciative inquiry methods. The cases prioritized in this process highlight environmental regulatory decisions, administrative in nature yet part of the policy cycle, as important sites of STL. STL is a set of characteristics and capabilities underpinning effective knowledge exchange, leading to better evidence-informed decisions. It is a series of 11 inter-related personal, professional and organisational enablers pivotal in cases when problem definition is contested, and legitimacy must be demonstrated. Integration, expertise and decisiveness in uncertainty is present when organisations and management value science and experts, and are externally accountable to justify decisions. Based on the findings, we present a conceptual model of STL and a checklist for its presence to assist both government and universities to recognize, work with and support STLs as crucial facilitators of evidence informed decision making.
6 Opola, Felix Ouko; Klerkx, L.; Leeuwis, C.; Kilelu, C. W. 2023. Examining the legitimacy of inclusive innovation processes: perspectives from smallholder farmers in Uasin Gishu, Kenya. Journal of Responsible Innovation, 10(1):2258631. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/23299460.2023.2258631]
Agricultural innovation ; Inclusion ; Smallholders ; Farmers ; Agricultural development ; Rural areas ; Technology ; Knowledge sharing ; Organizations ; Intervention / Kenya / Uasin Gishu
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H052319)
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.1080/23299460.2023.2258631?needAccess=true
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H052319.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H052319.pdf
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In recent decades, the concept of inclusive innovation has been used to refer to how innovation can include actors that are considered marginalised from its processes and outcomes. Contrary to the ‘expert-driven’ approaches prevalent in evaluating the legitimacy of such processes, this paper examines the legitimacy of inclusive innovation from the perspective of smallholder farmers with little resource endowments in Uasin Gishu, Kenya, that are targeted with various agricultural innovation interventions. Findings indicate that procedural aspects of legitimacy, such as including farmers as co-innovators and including their knowledge and skills in agricultural innovation processes, are an important criterion used by targeted farmers to accord legitimacy to such interventions. We also find that such interventions need to be stable over time to be legitimate to the intended beneficiaries. These criteria used by targeted actors can be an important addition to evaluation procedures and methods for inclusive innovation.
7 Agbefu, Dzifa; Amoah, Philip. 2023. Circular Bioeconomy Innovation Hub: the case of Ghana. Annual report 2023. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Initiative on Resilient Cities; CGIAR Initiative on Nature-Positive Solutions. 35p.
Circular economy ; Bioeconomy ; Innovation ; Value chains ; Waste management ; Organic wastes ; Briquettes ; Resource recovery ; Reuse ; Business models ; Stakeholders ; Capacity development ; Training ; Knowledge sharing ; Governance ; Policies / Ghana
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H052599)
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In response to the escalating waste management challenges triggered by rapid urbanization and its effects on resource use and the environment a Circular Bioeconomy Innovation Hub (CBE-IH) has been set-up in Ghana, under the leadership and facilitation of the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) with the support of CGIAR Initiatives Resilient Cities and Nature Positive Solutions. Operating within the organic waste to resource value chain, the CBE-IH operates on co-ownership principles with 16 stakeholders from the public and private sectors, research institutions, NGOs, and the education sector. With jointly defined objectives and workplan, the co-owners have joined forces, contributing resources for co-design and co-implementation to achieve shared impact. Beyond being a showcase of circular bioeconomy innovations, the CBE-IH serves as a one-stop-shop for training, advisory, demonstration, and research. It unites key stakeholders in the circular bioeconomy space for accelerated progress aimed at nurturing and advancing the development of new and accessible innovations. To achieve this, five strategic operational areas have been defined for activity development and implementation. These areas aim to enhance the skills and knowledge of circular bioeconomy value chain actors, improve competencies, nurturing change champions, integrating circular concepts into school curricula, and promoting knowledge sharing and collaboration among stakeholders. Fueling these initiatives is a resource pooling strategy from co-owners, where the hub has amassed an array of resources, including training centers with associated expertise, meeting venues, and demonstration sites. This strategy has culminated in the formation of a team comprising 41 trainers. These trainers possess cross-cutting expertise in 12 specialized areas central to the circular bioeconomy domain, encompassing everything from product development and production to business and financial model development, green financing strategies, partnerships, stakeholder engagement, quality management, health and safety, innovation scaling, and gender diversity and inclusion. But what sets the CBE-IH apart is delivery training beyond virtual platforms. The hub's innovative approach extends to practical, hands-on sessions conducted at its 7 "living labs" across the country, hosted by co-owning circular economy businesses. These living labs provide practical settings, facilitating hands-on training on the transformation of organic waste into safe compost, co-compost (with fecal sludge), briquettes, biochar, biogas, black soldier fly cultivation for animal feed, and innovative ventures like aquaculture in symbiosis with wastewater treatment plants. Despite launching in mid-2023, the CBE-IH has already facilitated knowledge transfer training for representatives from five institutions in the operationalization of a 1000-ton/year non-carbonized briquette machine. Additionally, resource recovery and reuse awareness initiatives in pre-tertiary schools have trained 5,489 pre-tertiary school children in 10 schools of which 2,802 are boys and 2687 are girls. While the HUB is currently compiling its website and value proposition (living lab types and locations, training offer), one of the scaling partners of the Hub, the Ministry of Sanitation and Water Resources, involved the Hub in the review process of the National Sanitation Policy, which is well aligned with the operational areas of the hub.
8 Kassa, M.; Lemma, M.; Haile, Alemseged Tamiru; Mekuria, Wolde; Gezahagn, A.; Asnakew, M.; Haileslassie, Amare. 2024. Guidelines for the establishment and management of multi-stakeholder platforms to coordinate integrated water resources management in river basins with a focus on the Central Rift Valley Lakes Basin of Ethiopia. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 39p. [doi: https://doi.org/10.5337/2024.207]
Integrated water resources management ; Multi-stakeholder processes ; Guidelines ; Governance ; River basin management ; Sustainability ; Collaboration ; Partnerships ; Decision making ; Policies ; Local communities ; Gender ; Women ; Social inclusion ; Marginalization ; Capacity development ; Learning ; Financing ; Monitoring and evaluation ; Accountability ; Communication ; Knowledge sharing ; Integrated land management / Ethiopia / Central Rift Valley Lakes Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H052584)
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Water resources policy in Ethiopia emphasizes the significance of integrated water resources management (IWRM) in river basins. The Ministry of Water and Energy (MoWE) with its different directorates is vested with the responsibility of coordinating water resource management across basins. As part of executing this mandate, MoWE initiated the preparation of guidelines for establishment and management of multi-stakeholder platforms (MSPs) to coordinate IWRM in various basins. The guidelines presented in this publication focus on coordinating and managing water resources in the Central Rift Valley Lakes Basin within the Ethiopian Rift Valley Lakes Basin. This basin faces numerous water-related challenges such as increasing water demand, pollution, ecosystem degradation, climate change impacts, and conflicting water-use practices. These guidelines are aimed at defining a framework outlining the purpose, scope, and scale of MSPs as well as the key roles to be played by the governance bodies involved. While facilitating collaboration and partnership among the stakeholders involved in basin water resources management, these guidelines explicitly emphasize inclusion of women and marginalized groups. They highlight the essential elements required for effective management and governance of MSPs and underline the need for facilitation, trust-building, planning, goal-setting, effective communication, and a commitment to participatory decision-making. Ultimately, MoWE bears the responsibility of making the final decisions. Collaborative dialogue and inclusive decision-making processes are vital for sustainable water management. Integrated planning, data collection, monitoring, and evaluation are important for taking well-informed decisions. Therefore, our guidelines recommend capacity-building initiatives and knowledge-exchange platforms to enhance the effectiveness of MSPs. Additionally, strategies and mechanisms for securing the financial resources needed to implement IWRM plans and activities are emphasized. As effective communication plays a vital role in MSP processes, there is a need to define objectives, identify stakeholders, select communication channels, establish communication protocols, build relationships and trust, and develop outreach materials. Gender issues in water resources management, particularly access to water and control and ownership, are highlighted in these guidelines. Capacity-building activities are recommended to enhance the knowledge and skills of the stakeholders involved in the MSPs. Lastly, the guidelines stress the importance of monitoring and evaluating the MSPs involved in basin management. Such evaluations involve measuring stakeholder engagement, policy alignment, knowledge sharing, and collaboration and partnerships. These guidelines can be used by basin and sub-basin coordination experts and officials to establish and manage MSPs in the Central Rift Valley as well as beyond.
9 Khalid, Sidra; Elias, M. 2024. Nexus Capacity Scorecard (NCS): guidance note and tool. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Initiative on NEXUS Gains. 28p.
Water management ; Energy generation ; Foods ; Agriculture ; Ecosystems ; Nexus approaches ; Institutions ; Strategies ; Partnerships ; Collaboration ; Knowledge sharing
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H052708)
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The Water–Energy–Food–Ecosystem (WEFE) nexus approach represents a holistic and interconnected perspective for addressing the complex interdependencies among water, energy, food, and ecosystems. This integrated perspective highlights the importance of managing WEFE resources collaboratively to achieve social, economic, and environmental sustainability. The Nexus Capacity Scorecard (NCS) is part of a toolkit developed to gauge capacities to adopt a WEFE nexus approach within and/or across institutions working in the water, energy, food/agriculture, and environmental sectors (henceforth referred to as ‘WEFE institutions’). The NCS supports the self-assessment of institutional processes, readiness, and capacities in relation to WEFE approaches. The purpose is to identify opportunities, possible gaps, and inform the planning of tailored WEFE nexus capacity-building efforts, programs and interventions, and/or their monitoring over time. The scorecard can also be used as a launchpad for discussions, within and across organizations and sectors, for improving WEFE nexus practice and collaboration.
10 Khalid, Sidra; Elias, M. 2024. Nexus Capacity Scorecard (NCS) - Education and Research: guidance note and tool. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Initiative on NEXUS Gains. 14p.
Water management ; Energy generation ; Foods ; Agriculture ; Ecosystems ; Nexus approaches ; Education ; Research ; Academic organizations ; Institutions ; Collaboration ; Knowledge sharing ; Indicators
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H052709)
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The Water–Energy–Food–Ecosystem (WEFE) nexus approach represents a holistic and interconnected perspective for addressing the complex interdependencies among water, energy, food, and ecosystems. This integrated perspective highlights the importance of managing WEFE resources collaboratively to achieve social, economic, and environmental sustainability. The ‘Nexus Capacity Scorecard (NCS) – Education and Research’ is intended to gauge capacities to adopt a WEFE nexus approach within and/or across academic institutions conducting research in or teaching courses related to the water, energy, food/agriculture, and environmental sectors (henceforth referred to as ‘WEFE academic institutions’). The purpose is to identify opportunities, possible gaps, and inform the planning of tailored WEFE nexus courses and research, and/or their monitoring over time. This version of the scorecard is part of a toolkit that includes the original Nexus Capacity Scorecard (NCS), which supports the self-assessment of nexus capacities within and/or across WEFE institutions or organizations in government, the private sector, or civil society.
11 International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 2024. IWMI Strategy 2024-2030: research and innovation for water security. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 36p. [doi: https://doi.org/10.5337/2024.217]
Strategies ; Research institutions ; Innovation ; Water security ; Sustainability ; Water management ; Risk reduction ; Water governance ; Partnerships ; Collective action ; Sustainable Development Goals ; Climate change ; Research for development ; Organizational development ; Gender equality ; Youth ; Social inclusion ; Finance ; Investment ; Policies ; Knowledge sharing ; Communication
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H052845)
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12 Cullen, P.; Ryan, M.; O’Donoghue, C.; Meehan, N. 2024. Characteristics of water quality mitigation measures that lead to greater adoption on farms. Journal of Environmental Management, 358:120698. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.120698]
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H052778)
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301479724006844/pdfft?md5=6fb852911c4f89b39aac95d718feb334&pid=1-s2.0-S0301479724006844-main.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H052778.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H052778.pdf
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Globally, agriculture is a significant pressure on water quality. While nutrient and sediment loss from agricultural land to water can be scientifically complex, mitigation measures primarily focus on reducing farm nutrient stocks or blocking loss pathways. The appropriateness of mitigation measures is dependent on the identification of specific context-related risks on individual farms. However, advisers also need to consider the likelihood of uptake of measures by farmers. Past research has looked at uptake of particular mitigation measures or a small range of measures. This research expands the literature with an analysis of uptake of a broad and diverse range of measures. Farm characteristics, farmer norms, knowledge required and costs (direct and indirect) associated with individual mitigation measures are investigated to identify factors that could influence greater adoption. Results show that alignment to farmer norms and lower specific costs were associated with high adoption rates. These results have implications for advisers in relation to the selection of measures most likely to be adopted by farmers, and also for policy-makers in relation to the need to incentivise the adoption of high-cost measures.
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