Webinar: Farmer-led Irrigation Development

In today’s world, enhancing resilience of farming communities to shocks and stresses while providing water, food and nutrition security is ever so important for our development agenda. The International Water Management Institute (IWMI) together with the Water Global Practice of the World Bank, The Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute and the Global Water Partnership (GWP) are hosting a virtual mini-series to discuss key issues and identify a way forward for operationalizing sustainable and inclusive scaling of farmer-led irrigation development (FLI). The two-part webinar series is geared towards practitioners, policy makers, private sector and researchers interested in further advancing FLI globally and overcoming the often observed systemic barriers in reaching scale.

In part I of the webinar, experts shared their perspectives on the systemic barriers to scaling farmer led irrigation development. They zoomed in on strengthening supply chains and services and how innovative finance modalities could support social inclusivity. In part II, the question of accelerating FLI development can be sustainable and inclusive will be the focus. How do we ensure water security whilst supporting agricultural economic development? What are the incentives across actors within food systems to support sustainable use of water resources? How do we ensure that water access remains equitable to all water users? What is the role of institutions and regulations to safeguard and stimulate water stewardship?

Register here: https://bit.ly/FLI2_rf