Priority A: Research on groundwater and poverty reduction to address the circumstances under which access to groundwater significantly improves livelihoods vis-à-vis access to surface water alone. 

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Shallow Groundwater Irrigation, White Volta

International Water Management Institute (IWMI)

Dr. Barry Boubacar

Delft University of Technology (TU Delft)

Center for Development Research (ZEF)

Water Research Institute (WRI)

Ecole Inter-Etats d'Ingénieurs de l'Equipement Rural (EIER)

Volta

B: Research on the political drivers of success in water rights and allocations among users and uses within countries

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Water rights in informal economies

International Water Management Institute (IWMI)

Barbara van Koppen

Unesco-IHE Institute for Water Education

Universidad Eduardo Mondlane

University of Western Cape - Programme for Land and Agrarian Studies

Ghana School of Law

Limpopo (40%) and Volta (60%)

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Improving Yellow-Mekong water allocation negotiations

The World Conservation Union (IUCN)

John Dore

Yellow River Conservancy Commission (YRCC)

International Water Management Institute (IWMI)

M-POWER c/o Centre d’Etude et de Développement Agricole Cambodgien (CEDAC)

Global Water Partnership China (GWP China)

Yellow (50%) + Mekong (50%)

C: Research to quantify livestock use of, and impact on, water resources in diverse production systems.

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Water productivity in crop-livestock systems

International Water Management Institute (IWMI)

Madar Samad

International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)

Indian Council of Agricultural Research

PRADAN (Professional Assistance for Development Action)

BAIF (Bharatiya Agro-Industries Foundation)

Indus-Ganges

D: Valuation of aquatic ecosystem goods and services as a contribution to improved water policy 

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Valuing wetland fisheries China

WorldFish Center

Suen Pheng Kam

Center for Integrated Agricultural Development (CIAD), China Agricultural University

Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy (CCAP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)

Freshwater Fishery Research Center

Mekong (50%) and Yellow (50%)

E: Research-based approaches that prevent or mitigate land and water degradation under high population density and improve small-scale agricultural livelihoods.

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Resource degradation in the Andes

IFPRI

Dr. Hans Jansen

Grupo de Análisis para el Desarrollo (GRADE)

Molina National Agricultural University (UNALM)

Wageningen University and Research Center (WUR)

Jequetepeque basin in the Andean System

F: Development of alternative policies and methodologies for enhancing fisheries management as a means to improve water productivity. 

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Water allocation in Tonle Sap

International Water Management Institute (IWMI)

Dr. Sophie Nguyen-Khoa

WorldFish Center

Imperial College London

Inland Fisheries Research and Development Institute (IFReDI), Dpt. of Fisheries

Fisheries Action Coalition Team (FACT)

Mekong

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Improving resilience in small-scale fisheries

WorldFish Center

Neil Andrew

Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement (France)

National Institute for Freshwater Fisheries Research (Nigeria)

Institut d'Economie Rurale (Mali)

Niger