CONSULTATIVE GROUP ON INTERNATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH
SCIENCE COUNCIL

NRM Research in the CGIAR:
Background Papers Considered by TAC/ISC

SCIENCE COUNCIL SECRETARIAT
FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS

September 2003
   
 

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This document comprises:

(a) NRM Research in the CGIAR: Background Papers Considered by TAC/ISC
(b) Evolution of NRM Concepts and Activities in the CGIAR
(c) NRM Research in the CGIAR: A Framework for Programme Design and Evaluation
(d) Water and the CGIAR: A Discussion Paper
(e) Water Productivity Research in the Context of the CGIAR

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PREFACE

EVOLUTION OF NRM CONCEPTS AND ACTIVITIES IN THE CGIAR

1. PRE 1996 CGIAR ACTIVITY IN NRM

1.1 The Early Years
1.2 The 1989 Canberra Meeting and the Early 1990s

2. INRM IN THE 1996 TAC STUDY ON PRIORITIES AND STRATEGIES FOR SOIL AND WATER RESEARCH IN THE CGIAR
3. RECENT THINKING AND ACTIVITIES RELATED TO INRM

3.1 The System Review and INRM
3.2 CDC "Note on INRM" - A Response to The System Review
3.3 TAC Commentary on the CDC paper
3.4 NRM in the "CGIAR Vision and Strategy (2000)"

4. TAC'S CURRENTLY EVOLVING PERSPECTIVE ON INRM IN THE CGIAR
APPENDIX 1: REVIEW OF OTHER TAC PAPERS OF INTEREST

NRM RESEARCH IN THE CGIAR: A FRAMEWORK FOR PROGRAMME DESIGN AND EVALUATION

1. CONTEXT
2. A POSSIBLE SET OF PRIORITY AREAS FOR INRM RESEARCH
3. SOME MAJOR RESOURCE MANAGEMENT COMPONENTS RELEVANT FOR CGIAR RESEARCH
4. A STRATEGIC PERSPECTIVE ON CGIAR ROLE IN RESEARCH RELATED TO SOIL MANAGEMENT
5. A STRATEGIC PERSPECTIVE ON CGIAR ROLE IN RESEARCH RELATED TO WATER MANAGEMENT
6. A STRATEGIC PERSPECTIVE ON CGIAR ROLE IN RESEARCH RELATED TO LIVING AQUATIC RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (LARM) RESEARCH
7. A STRATEGIC PERSPECTIVE ON CGIAR ROLE IN RESEARCH RELATED TO "FORESTS FOR PEOPLE" (SOCIAL FORESTRY) RESEARCH
8. A STRATEGIC PERSPECTIVE ON CGIAR ROLE IN RESEARCH RELATED TO AGROFORESTRY
9. DISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVES IN INRM: FURTHER TAC CONSIDERATION NEEDED
10. COMPLEMENTARITIES: BRINGING THE PIECES TOGETHER IN A STRATEGIC, OPERATIONAL FRAMEWORK FOR ACTION
11. THE ROLE OF THE SCIENCE COUNCIL

WATER AND THE CGIAR: A DISCUSSION PAPER

1. INTRODUCTION: PURPOSE AND SCOPE
2. MANAGING WATER AS A RENEWABLE RESOURCE

2.1 Main Features of the Hydrologic Cycle in Relation to Water Management
2.2 Management of Water for Agriculture and the Environment

3. THE WORLD WATER SITUATION
4. ISSUES AND CHALLENGES IN WATER RESEARCH
5. RESEARCH ON WATER IN THE CGIAR

5.1 Improving the Efficiency of Water Use in Agriculture
5.2 Management of Watersheds for Multiple Functions
5.3 Management of Aquatic Ecosystems, in Particular Those with Boundaries with Terrestrial Ecosystems
5.4 Policy and Institutional Aspects of Water Management

6. CONCLUDING REMARKS

WATER PRODUCTIVITY RESEARCH IN THE CONTEXT OF CGIAR

SUMMARY
1. INTRODUCTION
2. IMPROVING WATER PRODUCTIVITY: OPPORTUNITIES AND CONSTRAINTS

2.1 Water Use Efficiency or Water Productivity? A Matter of Definitions
2.2 Yield-Evapotranspiration Relationships
2.3 Measuring Evapotranspiration
2.4 Plant and Crop Level

2.4.1 Enhancing water productivity by plant breeding
2.4.2 Sensitive stages and crop water production functions
2.4.3 Yield-water-salinity relationships

2.5 Field Level: Agronomic Practices

2.5.1 Interaction of water and nutrients
2.5.2 Environment and water issues
2.5.3 Cultural practices and water productivity

2.6 Water Management Level

2.6.1 Improvements in performance of irrigation systems
2.6.2 Deficit irrigation
2.6.3 Health and water issues

2.7 Effect of Institutions and Policies on Water Productivity
2.8 Conclusions

3. CURRENT WORLD SITUATION ON WATER: INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND COOPERATION

3.1 NGO's and UN Institutes
3.2 International Research Organizations
3.3 University Departments
3.4 Private Sector Organizations
3.5 Conclusions

4. WATER-RELATED RESEARCH IN THE CGIAR: PAST EXPERIENCES AND PRESENT SITUATION

4.1 Introduction
4.2 Plant Breeding Research
4.3 Soil and Water Conservation Measures
4.4 System and Basin-Level Research
4.5 Economics and Policies
4.6 CGIAR Research Priorities and Strategies for Water Aspects of NMR Research
4.7 Trends in Water Research for the CGIAR Relative to Other International Organizations

5. WATER-RELATED RESEARCH IN THE CGIAR: A VISION FOR THE FUTURE

5.1 Introduction
5.2 Water, Poverty and the Environment
5.3 Research on Improving Water Productivity
5.4 Overview of Research Challenges in Water Productivity

5.4.1 Variability of basic data
5.4.2 Globalization
5.4.3 Groundwater depletion
5.4.4 Economic and institutional considerations
5.4.5 Global warming

5.5 The Role of CGIAR: its Comparative Advantage in Water Productivity Research
5.6 Appendix - Dialogue on Water, Food and Environment: Proposal

REFERENCES
ANNEX: ASSESSMENT OF THE STRATEGIC PLANS OF IWMI BASED ON THE RECENT EPMR

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