Contact

The CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food is hosted by the International Water Management Institute in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Mailing Address:

Challenge Program on Water and Food Secretariat

P.O. Box 2075
Colombo, Sri Lanka
Fax: +94 (11) 2784083 (Direct)
Tel: +94 (11) 288 0000 (General)
cpwfsecretariat@cgiar.org


Secretariat

Jonathan Woolley
Program Coordinator
Tel: +94 (11) 288 0000 ext. 2325
j.woolley@cgiar.org

Pamela George
Program Manager
Tel: +94 (11) 288 0000 ext. 2323
p.george@cgiar.org

Lalith Dassenaike
Project Manager - Research
Tel: +94 (11) 288 0000 ext. 2302
l.dassenaike@cgiar.org

Sharon Perera
Executive Assistant
Tel: +94 (11) 288 0000 ext. 2328
sharon.p@cgiar.org

Anto Silva
Administrative Officer
Tel: +94 (11) 288 0000 ext. 2324
a.silva@cgiar.org

Chandana Lokuge
Information Management Officer
Tel: +94 (11) 288 0000 ext. 2329
c.lokuge@cgiar.org

Marene Abeyesekere
Finance Administrator
Tel: +94 (11) 288 0000 ext. 2330
m.abeyesekere@cgiar.org

Tuppy McIntosh
Communications Officer
Tel: +94 (11) 288 0000 ext. 2303
t.mcintosh@cgiar.org


Representatives of Broader CPWF Community

Alain Vidal
alain.vidal@cemagref.fr


Basin Coordinators

Andean System Basin Coordinator

Miguel Saravia
InfoAndina - Consortium for the Sustainable Development of the Andean Ecoregion (CONDESAN)
International Potato Center (CIP)
Apartado Postal 1558
Lima 12, Peru
Tel: +51-1-349 6017 ext. 2056
Fax: +51-1-317 5326
m.saravia@cgiar.org


Indo-Gangetic Basin Coordinator

Abdul Haris Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)
Assistant Basin Coordinator
Complex for Eastern Region, WALMI Complex
Phulwari Sharif P.O.
Patna 801 505, Bihar, India
Tel: +91 (612) 2452231
Fax: +91(612) 2452232
abdulharis123@rediffmail.com


Karkheh Basin Coordinator

Nader Heydari
Iranian Agricultural Engineering Research Institute (AERI)
Irrigation and Drainage Department,
P.O. Box 31585-845, Karaj, Iran
Tel: +98-261-2705320, 2708359, +98-912-2612556
Fax:+98-261-2706277
nrheydari@yahoo.com


Limpopo Basin Coordinator

Litha Magingxa 
Agricultural Research Council (ARC)
Private Bag X519,
Silverton 0127, South Africa
Tel: +94 (11) 2786854 (General) +27 (12) 8424014
Fax: +27 (12) 8424222
maginxal@arc.agric.za


Mekong Basin Coordinator 

David Clayton (Acting)
Mekong River Commission (MRC)
184 Fa Ngoum Road, Unit 18
Vientiane, Lao PDR
Tel: +856-21-263-263  Ext.3041
Fax: +856-21-263-264
davidjohnclayton@hotmail.com


Nile Basin Coordinator

Mohamed Abdel-Meguid
National Water Research Center
El-Kanater, Kalubya, P.O. Box 13621, Egypt
Tel: + 011 20 (02) 42184757
Fax: + 011 20 (02) 42182070
email: abdel_meguid@maktoob.com


Sao Francisco Basin Coordinator

Luis Henrique Bassoi
Brazilian Agricultural Research Corp. (EMBRAPA)
Rodovia BR 428, km 152 - Zona Rural,
Cx. Postal 23, 56302-970, Petrolina, PE, Brazil
Tel: +94 (11) 2786854 (General) +87 3862 1711
Fax: +87 3862 1744
lhbassoi@cpatsa.embrapa.br


Volta Basin Coordinator

Winston Andah
CSIR Water Research Institute
Volta Basin Coordinator
P.O. Box M.32,
Accra, Ghana
Tel: +94 (11) 2786854 (General) +233 (21) 775351-2/779514-5
Fax: +233 (21) 777170
weiandah@africaonline.com.gh


Yellow River Basin Coordinator

Sun Feng
Yellow River Conservancy Commission (YRCC)
11, Jinshui Road Zhengzhou,
Henan - 450003, China
Tel: +94 (11) 2786854 (General) +86 (371) 66020224
Fax : +86 (371) 65945906
sunfeng@yellowriver.gov.cn


Basin Network Coordinator

Kim Geheb
International Water Management Institute
c/o ILRI-Ethiopia Campus, Wereda 17
Kebele 21, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Tel: +251 (11) 645 7222(3)
Fax: +251 (11) 645 1252/646 4645
k.geheb@cgiar.org


Theme Leaders

Crop Water Productivity Improvement

Elizabeth Humphreys
International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)
Los Baņos, Laguna, Philippines
DAPO Box 7777
Metro Manila, Philippines
Tel: +94 (11) 2786854 (General)+63-2-580-5600 ext. 2342
Fax :+63-2-580-5699
e.humphreys@cgiar.org


Water and People in Catchments

Nancy Johnson
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
ICRAF Campus
UN Avenue, Gigiri, P.O. Box 30677-00100
Nairobi, Kenya
Tel: 254 (20) 722 4769
Fax: 254 (20) 722 4763
n.johnson@cgiar.org


Aquatic Ecosystems and Fisheries

Sophie Nguyen-Khoa
International Water Management Institute / The WorldFish Center
P.O. Box 2075,
Colombo, Sri Lanka
Tel: +94 (11) 288 0000 ext. 1324
Fax: +94 (11) 2786854
s.nguyen-khoa@cgiar.org


Integrated Basin Water Management Systems

Francis Gichuki
International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
P.O. Box 2075,
Colombo, Sri Lanka
Tel: +94 (11) 2786854 (General) +94 (11) 2787404, 2784080
Fax: +94 (11) 2786854
f.gichuki@cgiar.org


The Global and National Food and Water Systems
(Representative of theme leaders)

Annette Huber-Lee
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
2033 K Street, NW,
Washington DC 20006 - 1002, USA
Tel: +94 (11) 2786854 (General) +1 (202) 862 5600
Fax: +1 (202) 467 4439
a.huber-lee@cgiar.org

Basin Focal Project Coordinator

Simon Cook
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
AA 6713,
Cali, Colombia
Tel: +94 (11) 2786854 (General) +57 (2) 4450126 or 650 833 6625 (USA Direct)
Fax: +57 (2) 4450073 or 650- 833- 6625 (USA Direct)
s.cook@cgiar.org