IFAD and Rural Water ManagementAudrey Nepveu

Technical Adviser – Water & Rural infrastructureIFAD – Policy & Technical Advisory Division

Addis Ababa, November 16, 2012

Farming Systems

Fisheries and Aquaculture

Food Security and Nutrition

Public Health

Land Tenure

Rural Water Management

Rural Infrastructure

IFAD’s Policy & Technical Advisory (PTA):Farming Systems for Food Security unit

IFAD’s Policy & Technical Advisory:What do we do?

IFAD PTA Water offers a solutions-based service in support of the design and implementation phases of the IFAD project lifecycle. We are your in-house advisor and can help you:• Identify opportunities for developing and improving the likelihood of success with

your project when it comes to water-related issues.• Identify the various impact pathways for water.• Provide guidance on a balanced design for implementation.• Leverage our repository of knowledge and networks to help you find the right

consultant or provide you with targeted information.• Provide guidance on where and how water-based approaches have worked before.• Provide support on how to document the activities and outcomes of your project.• Understand your problem from a technical or water perspective and provide tools in

support of your work (e.g. ToRs, M&E indicators; sector analysis).• Work with your technical consultant to broaden their knowledge of the water sector;• Provide decision-support on water-related issues.• Support you on procurement and partner with you to meet on-time delivery of your

project.• Identify project risks and advise on choices to mitigate those risks.

Some facts and figures on Water in IFAD and ESA

3,8m direct beneficiaries

50% of direct beneficiaries in ESARegion with lowest IFAD % contribution per project (35%)

Region with lowest total cost per beneficiary (USD 99)

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Region # ProjectsTotal Water AWM WASH

Asia and Pacific 61 39 (62%) 35 13

Latin America & Caribbean 46 31 (67%) 31 12

East and Southern Africa 59 44 (75%) 36 12

West and Central Africa 51 36 (71%) 32 10

Near East and North Africa 41 29 (68%) 24 11

Total: 258 179 (69%) 158 58

Understanding better Water in IFAD and ESA

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  Submitted to CPM*

Validated by CPMs

% of 41

% of 44

Water resources management

KnowledgeActivity contributing to a better knowledge of quantity/quality of water resources 5 9 22 20

Planning / MobilizationActivity contributing to the national / regional / local processes on planning for Water Resources or on deciding on infrastructure to mobilize Water Resources

12 14 34 32

Management and AllocationActivity related to processes on management (IWRM, watershed approaches…) and allocating water to various uses (see below)

25 23 56 52

Water resources uses

DomesticActivity related to water for drinking, washing, cooking… 21 21 51 48

Agriculture RainfedActivity (most likely) related to [soil and] water conservation or water harvesting in the field (tricky)

9 17 41 39

IrrigationActivity related to irrigation 16 22 54 50

LivestockActivity related to water for livestock (drinking, washing…) 16 15 37 34

(inland) fisheries and aquacultureActivity related to water for inland fisheries 5 7 17 16

Industry – in particular Agriculture processingActivity supporting industries or agro-processing (household) units that involve water in their process 20 21 51 48

Environment & biodiversityActivity related to environmental uses of water: environmental flows for rivers, flood areas along a river… to ensure biodiversity conservation

5 10 24 23

LeisureActivity related to bathing, rafting, etc. Especially when tourism development is involved: water quality requirements

  1 2 2

CulturalActivity supporting cultural uses of water     0 0

The challenge

IFAD know-how in rural development project(answering livelihood needs for water)

IFAD mandate to finance the agriculture sector(financing agricultural water – and agro-

processing)

Challenging “Business as Usual”

Our IFAD approach: Strengthen stakeholders:

Farmer organizations, trans-boundary agencies, decentralized agencies, private sector market supply chains, consumer organizations, educational centers, research

Improve smallholder market linkages Enhance water management in rainfed areas for HH FNS,

including pastoralism Increase subsurface storage (3R concept) Ensure a next generation of AWM expertise Networking for K and Learning (CoP Water & Rural People Foster innovations, multi-functionality and information

Implementation Issues

Some topics: Lessons Learnt

Documented but not fully understood and used at HQ and field Training and Capacity Building

Lack of technical training of implementers, PMUs, farmers, contractors; No new AWM expertise building or mentoring hand-over

IFAD Guidelines Guidelines are inadequate regarding technical issues (e.g. bidding)

Composition of Missions Limited number of technical advisors on missions; frequency and follow-

up. Co-funding of Projects

Supervision aims at suiting co-funder agendas rather than the project Community Involvement

Insufficient involvement beyond design; O&M, warranty, fiscal autonomy Design Documents

Documents not share widely, inhibiting understanding by PMU … and so on

Your Contribution: today and beyond

Where should PTA Water services focus on for you?

What can PTA Water learn from you to share with others?

IFAD’s Policy & Technical Advisory:What do we do?

IFAD PTA Water offers a solutions-based service in support of the design and implementation phases of the IFAD project lifecycle. We are your in-house advisor and can help you:• Identify opportunities for developing and improving the likelihood of success with

your project when it comes to water-related issues.• Identify the various impact pathways for water.• Provide guidance on a balanced design for implementation.• Leverage our repository of knowledge and networks to help you find the right

consultant or provide you with targeted information.• Provide guidance on where and how water-based approaches have worked before.• Provide support on how to document the activities and outcomes of your project.• Understand your problem from a technical or water perspective and provide tools in

support of your work (e.g. ToRs, M&E indicators; sector analysis).• Work with your technical consultant to broaden their knowledge of the water sector;• Provide decision-support on water-related issues.• Support you on procurement and partner with you to meet on-time delivery of your

project.• Identify project risks and advise on choices to mitigate those risks.

Why are we Here?

Global Hunger Index

IFPRI, 2012FAO (2008)

Rural Poverty

Water Insecurity

Vorosmarty et al. (2010)

“Business as Usual”

Most current efforts aim at an increase of surface storage

Is this the way to reach 80 million rural poor by 2015?

The Business Lines

Individual micro and small-scale precision

irrigation

Community-managed small to medium scale

irrigation

Market-oriented medium-sized

irrigation on PPP basis

Enhanced water management in

rainfed agriculture

Large-scale irrigation system modernization

and development

Beneficiaries

80 million?

Typical cost

50-500US$

1,000-1,500US$

1,000-1,500US$

1,000-5,000US$

New: 6,000-10,000 US$

Rehab: 1,500 US$

Strategic focus

Scaling up

Loans: Design, Quality Enhancement, Quality Assurance, Support

Grants

Delivering

Mechanisms

Knowledge Management

340M US$+

~500M US$ leverage

Funds 2013-2015

Policy Dialogue

Aligning Efforts

AWM on same level as Drinking Water & Sanitation

29 countries signed national investment plans with prominence of water (pillar 1)

Priority to Water for Growth

African Governments

Prioritisation of agriculture and energy

Developing 500,000 ha, different forms of AWM

National Growth and Development Strategies

CAADP Compacts

AMCOW

EU

International Donors

AfDB

Increase water storage capacity by at least 1 %

Institutional support

Worldbank260,000 ha of irrigation

400,000 ha of improved water management in rainfed agriculture

China?

0-55-10

10-25>25

Remittances as % of GDP

Remittances