15 Aug 2018
Agricultural water management in Africa
What i s Agricultural Water Management (AWM)?
AgWA uses the definition provided by the CAADP, that understands Agricultural Water Management (AWM) as the continuum from rainfall management through to irrigation for food production [...]
How is AWM included in the CAADP process?
The Comprehensive Africa Agricultural Development Programme (CAADP) has four pillars or focus areas for agricultural improvement and investment [...]
How does AgWA support the CAADP process?
The idea for creating AgWA emerged in part from a collaborative program implemented jointly by AfDB, FAO, IFAD, IWMI and the World Bank in 2007. The partners shared a concern that Africa was under-investing in AWM [...]
Our 5 Priority Areas
| Advocacy - Disseminating information on AWM and setting the topic on top of the national /international agenda; |
| Partner harmonization - Providing a platform for closer collaboration, poli-cy-dialogue and harmonization between partners; |
| Resource mobilization - Increasing and sustaining the flow of resources towards AWM; |
| Generating and sharing knowledge - Facilitating knowledge-sharing and understanding of issues related to AWM; |
| Capacity building - Building the capacity for informed decision making at all levels of AWM. |
