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obstruct the use of attractive solutions, while in others favorable policies can be
leveraged to make fast progress. In all cases understanding the policy environ-
ment and how to impact it is crucial.
The CPWF found that it was often more effective to be an influential,
credible and respected member of a third party's network rather than create
one for itself. Moreover, both the process of defining problems and then
discovering solutions to them, and the process of engagement took place at
the same regional or basin level.
Conclusions
The CPWF started in 2002 with the objective to “significantly increase the
productivity of water used for agriculture . . . in a manner that is environ-
mentally sustainable and socially acceptable.” We have shown how this evolved
from producing the outputs of conventional science to a R4D approach that
used water-related innovations to involve partners in all stages of the process to
produce outcomes. It carried out three functions:
•
Better understand and define water-related problems and challenges at
different scales (Chapter 2).
•
Better understand the intricacies of designing water-related innovations
and understanding their performance under different conditions, as well as
their consequences for livelihoods, equity and the environment (Chapters
3, 4 and 5).
•
Better understand how to engage with stakeholders to foster dialogue and
negotiations to lead to equitable development outcomes (Chapters 6 and 7).
These three functions comprise a widened notion of development and change
in which research plays a role in defining development pathways. As the
CPWF progressed, the research process changed, results became focused on
development outcomes, contribution to impact at scale became feasible, and a
range of tools, approaches and frameworks complemented each other. In the
chapters that follow authors describe the process and outcomes in more detail.
Notes
1
The abbreviation CGIAR was for the Consultative Group on International
Agricultural Research from 1971 to 2010. The institution was restructured in 2010,
incorporating the abbreviation as part of the name of the new entity, the CGIAR
Consortium of International Agricultural Research Centers.
2
TAC document SDR/TAC:IAR/00/14.1/Rev.2.
3
sciencecouncil.cgiar.org/fileadmin/templates/ispc/documents/Publications/
1a-Publications_Reports_briefs_ISPC/TAC_Food-Secure-World-for-All_2000.pdf
(accessed 8 April 2014)
4
The HarvestPlus Challenge Program to produce bio-fortified crops, coordinated by
CIAT, and the Generation Challenge Program to use advanced genetic technologies
to improve crops for greater food security in the developing world, coordinated by
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