Achieving Climate Adaptation and Resilience For All

Role of Small Scale Irrigation

To mobilize the benefits of small scale irrigation in achieving GFSS, Climate Strategy and Sustainable Development Goals, future investments must build on evidence to achieve goals and address the potential risks. This event aims to identify priorities for future research for development activities in small scale irrigation and agricultural water management aligned with the USAID climate strategy.

The event will facilitate a discussion on the lessons learned on small scale irrigation, water-based adaptation and mitigation, as well as trade-offs, to strengthen future investments and close knowledge gaps, around the questions:

  • How does small scale irrigation support climate adaptation and positive resilience outcomes for poor, marginalized farmers, including women farmers?
  • How can water-energy-food nexus approaches to small scale irrigation support climate change mitigation?
  • How can investments and programs be designed to manage environmental risks and trade-offs?
  • What market system and finance innovations could enable partners to scale climate-smart irrigation to meet demand?
  • What tools and capacity are needed for effective planning, decision-making and governance of productive water resource use? 
SpeakerPresentations
Jerry Glover, Deputy Director, Center for Agriculture, USAIDOpening Remarks
Nathanial Matthews, CEO, Global Resilience PartnershipKeynote: Planning for water and future food systems under uncertainty
Dawit Mekonnen, Research Fellow, (IFPRI)Creating resilience to extreme climate events: How irrigation has reduced ENSO impacts in Ethiopia
Fred Kizito, Chief Scientist and Project Manager, International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)Best of both worlds: Irrigation for food and feed
Gabriella Izzi, Senior Irrigation & Drainage Specialist, World BankFarmer-led irrigation initiative
Claudia Ringer, Deputy Division Director & Hua Xie, Research Fellow, IFPRIPotential for solar-powered irrigation: Constraints & opportunities under climate change?
Lucie Pluschke, East Africa Hub Manager, WE4FSolar-Powered Irrigation Systems – Game changer and nexus approach for Water, Energy and Food Security
Karin Jeanneret, CEO and Co-owner, ENNOSState of the art technology for irrigation systems
Raghavan Srinivasan, Resident Director, Blackland Research and Extension Center and Spatial Sciences Laboratory, Texas A&M UniversityMobilizing knowledge partners, technologies and tools to monitor and plan for water resource management under climate change
Hagar ElDidi, Research Analyst, IFPRIExperiential learning: Groundwater games and collective action in Ethiopia
Minh Thai, Senior Researcher – Innovation Scaling, International Water Management Institute (IWMI)Scaling private sector inclusive business: Lessons learned and knowledge gaps
Zachary Stewart, Production Systems Specialist, Bureau for Resilience and Food Security, USAIDClosing comments and Thanks

Further details can be found on our Meeting Agenda.

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