All IWMI’s research is done through partnerships. Alliances have been built with universities, international and local NGOs, and institutions and governments.
International partners
West African regional partners<
West African national partners
International partners
Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice)
African Union, Semi-Arid Food Grains Research and Development (SAFGRAD)
Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA)
Center for Development Research, University of Bonn (ZEF)
Centre Régional pour l’Eau Potable et l’Assainissement à faible coût (CREPA)
Delft University of Technology (TU Delft)
Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
International Development Enterprises (IDE)
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Resource Centres on Urban Agriculture and Food Security (RUAF)
Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI)
Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (EAWAG)
UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education
University of London, Development Planning Unit
World Health Organization (WHO)
West African regional partners
Association Régionale pour l’Irrigation et le Drainage (ARID), Burkina Faso
Center for African Wetlands (CAW), Ghana
Comité permanent Inter-Etats de Lutte contre la Sécheresse dans le Sahel (CILSS)
Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Water Resources Coordination Unit (WRCU)
Institut Africain de Gestion Urbaine (IAGU), Senegal
Institut International d’Ingérnierie de l’Eau et de l’Environnement, Burkina Faso
Volta Basin Authority (VBA), Burkina Faso
West and Central African Council for Agricultural Research and Development (WECARD), Senegal
West African national partners
Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA), Ghana
Comité National d’Irrigation et de Drainage (CNID-B), Burkina Faso
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Ghana
Direction Générale du Génie Rurale (DGGR), Niger
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Ghana
Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA), Nigeria
Ghana Irrigation Development Authority (GIDA), Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Ghana
Institut de l’Environnement et de Recherches Agricoles (INERA), Burkina Faso
Institute of Statistical Social Economic Research (ISSER), Ghana
Justice, Development and Peace Commission (JDPC), NigeriaKumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA), Ghana
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana
Ministere de l’Agriculture, de l’hydraulique et des resources halieutique, Burkina Faso
Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, Sierra Leone
Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Ghana
Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria
Olabisi Onabanjo University, Nigeria
Savanna Agricultural Research Institute, Ghana
University of Development Studies, Ghana
University of Maiduguri, Nigeria
Volta Basin Development Foundation (VBDF), Ghana