| IWMI takes an action research approach, working with national and international research institutions, governments, extension agents and public and private organizations to co-develop the scaling ecosystem and strengthen capacity to drive scaling networks and collective action | This focus area contributes to the following One CGIAR impact areas: Gender and social inclusion The barriers facing women and men in accessing irrigation technologies are not the same |
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| In doing so, they increase their own risk | This focus area contributes to the following One CGIAR impact areas: Human capacity development and knowledge exchange Scaling farmer-led irrigation requires strengthening human capacity and knowledge exchange among all actors and stakeholders involved |
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| This means diverse actors feed off, adapt to, support, cooperate, compete and interact with each other, forming different multi-actor networks and engaging in collective action to undertake various functions in the scaling ecosystem | |
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| These are complemented by multi-criteria analysis to evaluate the potential of irrigation expansion, taking into consideration environmental flows | IWMI carries out in policy, financing, livelihood assets and access, institutional approaches and interventions as well as gender-based technology preferences |
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12| This focus area contributes to the following One CGIAR impact areas: Adaptive scaling and partnerships The ability of farmers to engage in or expand irrigation depends on the prevailing socioeconomic, ecological and political contexts, which are often complex, non-linear and changeable | IWMI works with farmers and public and private sector partners to co-design and pilot , influence policies and accelerate the transition to scale of innovations with demonstrated early impact |
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| Greater water scarcity could jeopardize irrigation and agricultural markets while excessive water use can lead to declining ecosystems, water quality and soil health | This focus area contributes to the following One CGIAR impact areas: Financing ecosystem A lack of affordable credit, particularly for women and resource-poor farmers, is one of the main barriers to expanding farmer-led irrigation in low- and middle-income countries |
This focus area contributes to the following One CGIAR impact areas:.