Projects in the Region

Social Transformation Research and Policy Advocacy
February 1, 2019 to January 31, 2025
Ghana

Improving Food Security and Nutrition in the Sahel by Safeguarding Wetlands through Sustainable Agricultural Water Management
July 1, 2019 to June 30, 2023
Ethiopia, Mali

Towards Brown Gold? Reimagining off grid sanitation in rapidly urbanising areas in Asia and Africa
April 1, 2021 to March 31, 2023 (Extended to September 1, 2023)
Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Nepal

Scaling up digital water data in Africa
February 1, 2020 to January 31, 2023
Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Ghana, Zambia
https://www.digitalearthafrica.org/

FAO-AU Scoping Irrigation Study for Africa
January 13, 2022 to July 30, 2022
Burundi, Burkina Faso, Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Tanzania, Zambia

Delivering effective and sustainable sanitation service through capacity building around circular economy- Phase II
July 13, 2020 to December 31, 2021 (Extended to March 31, 2022)
Ghana

Implementing RRR businesses and related feasibility studies (CapVal)
January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021
Burkina Faso, Ghana

Accelerating outreach and impact of RUL investments
January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021
Burkina Faso, Ghana, Uganda

Circular Economy Solutions - Training of WaterAid West Africa Programme staff
November 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021
Ghana

Scoping Survey of Status, Opportunities and Challenges of Irrigation and Agriculture Water Management Practices in Africa
September 2, 2021 to December 30, 2021 (Extended to January 25, 2022)
Cameroon, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Morocco, Mali, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Zimbabwe

Demonstration of Efficient Water Use Technologies on Selected Value Chains
December 4, 2020 to December 3, 2021 (Extended to July 31, 2022)
Ghana

TAAT Water Enabler Compact
February 19, 2018 to November 30, 2021 (Extended to May 31, 2022)
Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Mali, Malawi, Nigeria, Sudan, Tanzania
https://taat-africa.org/water-management/

MCC Irrigated Ag Sector Support
September 19, 2019 to September 19, 2021 (Extended to June 30, 2022)
Niger, Tunisia

GRAN-Groundwater for Resilience in Africa Network
September 1, 2019 to August 31, 2021 (Extended to March 31, 2022)
Ethiopia, Ghana, South Africa

City-Region Food Systems and Climate change
May 1, 2019 to December 31, 2020 (Extended to December 31, 2021)
Ghana, Sri Lanka

Scaling small scale irrigation solutions to support farmer-led irrigation development
December 1, 2018 to September 30, 2019 (Extended to August 10, 2023)
Ethiopia, Ghana, Tanzania

ALWM Investment options for scaling solutions
January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2017 (Extended to December 31, 2021)
Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Ghana

Agricultural Water Management for Intensive Crop-Livestock Production in Ghana
April 1, 2015 to April 30, 2016 (Extended to April 30, 2022)
Ghana

Response to COVID-19: Building Resilience through Water and Wastewater Management in Ghana
October 1, 2020 to March 31, 2021
Ghana

Online interactive tool for sustainable upscaling of smallholder solar irrigation in Sub-Saharan Africa
April 10, 2019 to January 31, 2021
Ethiopia, Ghana, South Africa

DESSAPP Project
February 4, 2019 to April 30, 2020
Ghana

Next Generation Drought Index Study
March 26, 2019 to March 25, 2020 (Extended to June 30, 2020)
Senegal

Organic Fertilizer Standards for sustainable soil management and agriculture
January 2, 2018 to December 31, 2019 (Extended to May 31, 2020)
Ghana, Sri Lanka

GIZ REACH Gender Baseline Study
May 20, 2019 to November 30, 2019 (Extended to December 31, 2020)
Ghana

Urban waste recycling in Ghana: Creating and capturing value (CapVal)
September 15, 2014 to September 15, 2019 (Extended to December 31, 2020)
Ghana

Agricultural water productivity gaps
May 1, 2017 to August 31, 2019 (Extended to August 31, 2020)
Ethiopia, Lebanon, Mali

Participatory planning for a more inclusive and sustainable water management in rural Burkina Faso
September 1, 2016 to August 31, 2019 (Extended to November 30, 2019)
Burkina Faso
http://pwgbf.iwmi.org/

ILSSI - Phase 2 - DESIGN PHASE
December 1, 2018 to August 10, 2019
Ethiopia, Ghana, Tanzania

GroFutures: Groundwater Futures in Sub-Saharan Africa
May 2, 2015 to April 30, 2019 (Extended to March 31, 2020)
Ethiopia, Niger, Tanzania, South Africa
www.grofutures.org

Research and capacity building for inter-sectoral private sector engagement for soil rehabilitation
February 1, 2016 to January 31, 2019 (Extended to April 30, 2019)
Ghana, Sri Lanka

GlobE - UrbanFood Plus
July 1, 2016 to June 30, 2018 (Extended to December 31, 2018)
Ghana

Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Small Scale Irrigation
November 6, 2013 to June 30, 2018 (Extended to November 30, 2018)
Ethiopia, Ghana, Tanzania
http://ilssi.iwmi.org/

Integrated Land and Water Management for Adaptation to Climate Variability and Change – Results and Impacts Evaluation Assignment
April 5, 2018 to June 30, 2018
Ghana

Building climate smart farming systems through integrated water storage and crop-livestock interventions
January 1, 2015 to January 31, 2018
Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger

Mul, Marloes

Developing pathways to resilience through the sustainable management of water, land and ecosystems
January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2017 (Extended to December 30, 2018)
Ethiopia, Ghana

Assessment of Small Reservoirs in Ghana
April 17, 2017 to July 31, 2017
Ghana

Securing Water for Improved Seed and High-Value Vegetable Production in Flood-prone areas of Northern Ghana
January 18, 2016 to June 30, 2017 (Extended to December 31, 2017)
Ghana

Mul, Marloes

WLE in Africa : Opportunities to enhance smallholder Agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa through Sustainable Water, Land and Ecosystem Management - IWMI FAO share
July 1, 2014 to April 13, 2017 (Extended to June 30, 2018)
Ethiopia, Madagascar, Mali, Niger, Rwanda, Tanzania

Lefore, Nicole

RRR impact and up-scaling
January 1, 2014 to December 31, 2016 (Extended to June 30, 2017)
Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Uganda

Managing water and food systems in the Volta - Niger basins
January 1, 2014 to December 31, 2016 (Extended to June 30, 2017)
Upper Volta, Niger

Supporting Investment Decisions in Water and Land Management in Volta-Niger Basins
January 1, 2015 to December 31, 2016 (Extended to March 31, 2017)
Burkina Faso, Ghana

Balana, Bedru

Targeting Agricultural Innovation
March 1, 2015 to December 31, 2016 (Extended to December 16, 2016)
Ghana
https://wle.cgiar.org/project/targeting-agricultural-innovation-and-ecosystem-service-management-northern-volta-basin

Katic, Pamela

Aligning human demand on water/land/ecosystem resource stocks, flows and services in the Niger and Volta Basins
May 1, 2014 to December 31, 2016 (Extended to December 31, 2014)
Burkina Faso, Ghana, Mali, Niger

Johnston, Robyn

Giving 'latecomers' a head start: Reorienting irrigation investments in the White Volta Basin to improve ecosystem services and the livelihood of women and youth
January 1, 2015 to December 31, 2016
Ghana

Katic, Pamela

V11:Managing Bagre for equity and the environment
January 1, 2015 to December 31, 2016
Ghana

Mul, Marloes

Realizing the full biomass potential of mixed crop-livestock systems in rapidly changing Sahelian Agro-ecological landscapes
January 1, 2015 to December 31, 2016
Burkina Faso, Niger
http://wle.cgiar.org/blog/2015/02/22/realizing-full-biomass-potential-mixed-crop-livestock-systems-rapidly-changing-sahelian-agro-ecological-landscapes/

Barron, Jennie

RRR Implementation in West Africa
January 1, 2006 to December 31, 2016
Ghana

Sustainable irrigation growth in sub-Saharan Africa (SIGSSA)
January 1, 2016 to December 31, 2016
Ghana

Water Managemet Solutions for Flood Recession and Dry Season Farming in Nigeria
January 1, 2014 to November 30, 2016
Nigeria

Strengthening resilience through AWM solutions
July 1, 2015 to June 30, 2016 (Extended to September 30, 2016)
Ethiopia, Ghana

Scoping study to understand and identify viable options for interventions to improve climate resilient agricultural systems in Northern Ghana
February 29, 2016 to June 30, 2016 (Extended to August 31, 2016)
Ghana

GlobE Project: Urban FoodPlus
May 1, 2013 to April 30, 2016 (Extended to June 30, 2016)
Burkina Faso, Ghana

Amoah, Philip

UrbanFoodPlus
April 1, 2013 to March 31, 2016
Ghana

Amoah, Philip

Fecal sludge business model development
January 1, 2014 to December 31, 2015 (Extended to December 31, 2016)
Bangladesh, Ghana, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal

Rao, Chaitanya Krishna

Drylands Program
January 1, 2013 to December 31, 2015 (Extended to December 31, 2016)
Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Uzbekistan, South Africa

Basin Development challenges & solutions
June 1, 2014 to December 31, 2015
Ghana, India, Nepal, Uzbekistan

Flood recession agriculture for food security in Northern Ghana
October 30, 2014 to September 30, 2015 (Extended to September 30, 2016)
Ghana

Biofil Effluent Quality Evaluation (BEQuE)
January 3, 2014 to June 30, 2015 (Extended to June 30, 2016)
Ghana

Amoah, Philip

European Union and African Union cooperative research to increase food production in irrigated farming systems in Africa
July 1, 2011 to June 30, 2015
Ethiopia, Mali, Mozambique, Tunisia, South Africa

Targeting investments in GW irrigation
May 1, 2014 to June 30, 2015
Burkina Faso, Ghana

Katic, Pamela

Reoptimisation and reoperation study of Akosombo and Kpong dams
August 1, 2013 to May 31, 2015 (Extended to February 29, 2016)
Ghana

Mul, Marloes

Recovery of Nutrients and Organic Matter from Faecal Sludge for Food Production in Ghana
March 13, 2013 to March 31, 2015 (Extended to December 31, 2018)
Ghana

Impacts of large-scale investments in agricultural landscapes on water resources, ecosystems and livelihoods, and development of policy options for decision-makers
March 10, 2014 to December 31, 2014 (Extended to November 30, 2014)
Ethiopia, Ghana, Mali, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia

Resource Recovery and Safe Reuse : From Research to Implementation
December 1, 2011 to November 30, 2014 (Extended to June 30, 2015)
Ghana
http://www.eawag.ch/forschung/sandec/gruppen/EWM/projects_ewm/rrr/index_EN ; http://sdcrrr.iwmi.org

Composting Case Studies
June 1, 2014 to October 31, 2014 (Extended to December 31, 2014)
Cameroon, East Africa, Ghana, Global, India, Cambodia

GroFutures: Groundwater futures in Sub-Saharan Africa
July 1, 2013 to June 30, 2014
Ethiopia, Ghana, Tanzania

Enhancing uptake and socio-economic benefits of shallow groundwater irrigation in the White Volta Basin
January 1, 2012 to April 30, 2014
Ghana

Katic, Pamela

Smart Information and Communication Technology for weather and water information.
February 11, 2011 to March 30, 2014 (Extended to September 30, 2014)
China, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Mali, Sudan

Adaptive and integrated tools and strategies for natural resources management in Africa at the meso-scale
March 1, 2011 to February 28, 2014 (Extended to May 31, 2014)
Ethiopia, Mali, Tunisia, Uganda, South Africa
http://www.afromaison.net/

Johnston, Robyn

Biotechnology for Africa's sustainable water supply
August 1, 2011 to January 31, 2014
Ethiopia, Ghana
http://lib.bioinfo.pl/projects/view/29958

A Novel Reuse-Oriented Approach to Improving the Long-term operation of sanitation facilities in Ghana
January 1, 2011 to December 31, 2013 (Extended to December 31, 2014)
Ghana

Amoah, Philip

Integrating the Volta Basin Development Challenge to contribute to poverty reduction and improved livelihood resilience
March 1, 2011 to December 31, 2013 (Extended to October 15, 2012)
Burkina Faso
http://volta.waterandfood.org/?lang=en

Venot, Jean

Increase the resilience of social and ecological systems through better water management and food production.
October 1, 2010 to December 31, 2013
Ghana
http://volta.waterandfood.org/?lang=en

Improved Management of Agricultural Water in Eastern and Southern Africa (IMAWESA) Phase 2
June 2, 2010 to December 31, 2013
Ethiopia, Ghana, South Africa
N/A

Lefore, Nicole

IWRM research, practices and policy-making in the Volta Basin
October 1, 2010 to December 31, 2013
Burkina Faso, Ghana

Safe Nutrient, Water and Energy Recovery - developing a Business case
June 17, 2011 to December 30, 2013 (Extended to September 30, 2014)
Ghana, India, Sri Lanka

Economics and Impacts of Large Scale Irrigation in West Africa
October 1, 2012 to September 30, 2013 (Extended to March 31, 2014)
Burkina Faso, Ghana, Senegal

SaniPath: Assessment of Fecal Exposure Pathways in Low-Income Urban Settings
March 1, 2012 to August 31, 2013
Ghana

Amoah, Philip

Assessing the impact of Sawah development on rice farmers in the Ashanti region, Ghana
August 1, 2011 to July 31, 2013
Ghana

Katic, Pamela

Developing Fortified Excreta Pellets for Use in Agriculture
May 1, 2011 to October 31, 2012 (Extended to April 30, 2013)
Ghana

Sustainable Agricultural Water Management in Cereal-Based Farming Systems of Northern Ghana
May 1, 2012 to September 30, 2012 (Extended to November 30, 2012)
Ghana

Kizito, Fred

Managing Water in the Rural-Urban Interface: The Key to Climate Change Resilient Cities
August 1, 2009 to July 31, 2012 (Extended to January 29, 2013)
Ethiopia, Ghana
http://uradapt.iwmi.org

Improving Sustainability of Impacts of Agricultural Water Management Interventions in Challenging Contexts
April 1, 2009 to June 30, 2012 (Extended to December 31, 2012)
Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Ghana, Sri Lanka, Nepal

Identification and dissemination of successful agriculture water management solutions in Africa and South Asia
January 1, 2009 to December 31, 2011 (Extended to September 30, 2012)
Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Tanzania, Zambia
http://awm-solutions.iwmi.org/home.aspx

Giordano, Meredith

Groundwater in sub-Saharan Africa: Implications for food security and livelihoods
January 1, 2009 to December 31, 2011 (Extended to June 30, 2012)
Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Mali, Mozambique, Malawi, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia
http://gw-africa.iwmi.org/

Multiple use water services scoping study for identifying barriers and potentials for scaling
July 1, 2011 to December 31, 2011
Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Nepal, Tanzania
www.musgroup.net

Water fee collecting mechanisms in several countries in Africa
July 15, 2011 to December 20, 2011 (Extended to December 31, 2013)
Ghana

Katic, Pamela

Assessment of Fecal Exposure Pathways in low-Income Urban Settings
February 1, 2011 to July 31, 2011
Ghana

Re-thinking water storage for climate change adaptation in Sub-Saharan Africa
April 21, 2008 to April 21, 2011 (Extended to October 31, 2011)
Ethiopia, Ghana
http://africastorage-cc.iwmi.org/Default.aspx

Developing a model to analyze sustainable water fee collection for irrigation management in Africa
October 1, 2010 to February 23, 2011 (Extended to December 31, 2013)
Niger, Nigeria, Senegal

Katic, Pamela

From Seed to Table: sustainable urban farming systems West Africa
January 1, 2009 to December 31, 2010 (Extended to June 30, 2011)
Ghana, Nigeria
http://ruaf.iwmi.org/; http://ruaf-asia.iwmi.org/; http://www.ruaf.org/node/1970

Amoah, Philip

Contributing towards well-informed decision-making and sustainable planning and management of dams in Ghana
January 1, 2009 to December 31, 2010 (Extended to May 30, 2011)
Ghana

Improving the performance and productivity of irrigation schemes in Burkina Faso and Niger
July 1, 2009 to September 30, 2010 (Extended to December 31, 2011)
Burkina Faso, Niger
http://waipro.iwmi.org

Prathapar, Sanmugam

Wastewater and excreta re-use
January 29, 2010 to June 30, 2010 (Extended to July 31, 2010)
Cameroon, East Africa, Ghana, Global, India, Cambodia

Role of shallow groundwater irrigation in securing livelihoods and reducing poverty in the White Volta basin
January 31, 2008 to April 30, 2010
Ghana

Barry, B.

Lowland paddy fields development - Disseminating lowland rice cultivation in inland valleys in West Africa
March 1, 2009 to February 28, 2010 (Extended to December 31, 2012)
Ghana

Managing Water for the City of the Future (SWITCH)
February 1, 2006 to January 31, 2010 (Extended to January 31, 2011)
Ghana
http://www.switchurbanwater.eu/index.php

Amoah, Philip

Productive wastewater use in Algeria
January 1, 2008 to January 10, 2010 (Extended to October 30, 2010)
Algeria, Ghana

Strategic innovations in dryland farming
January 1, 2005 to December 31, 2009
Ghana

Barry, B.

Transfer of effective irrigation and water resource management techniques
January 1, 2008 to March 31, 2009
Ghana

WHO wastewater guideline testing in Tamale and Kumasi, Ghana
March 1, 2007 to February 28, 2009 (Extended to April 30, 2010)
Ghana
http://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/wastewater/en/; http://www.who.int/usinghumanwaste/en/index.html; http://www.who.int/human_waste/en/index.html

Knowledge Sharing in Research on Wastewater reuse
September 15, 2007 to February 15, 2009
Ghana

Amoah, Philip

Best Practices and Lessons Learned: Poverty-Environment Issues in Wetland
January 1, 2007 to December 31, 2008 (Extended to September 30, 2009)
Indonesia, Kenya, Sri Lanka, Mali, Malawi, Zambia

Urban agriculture policy support in India and Ghana
January 1, 2005 to December 31, 2008
Ghana, Nigeria, Sierra Leone
http://www.ruaf.org/node/448

WHO wastewater guideline testing in Tamale and Kumasi, Ghana
January 1, 2007 to December 31, 2008
Ghana
http://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/wastewater/en/; http://www.who.int/usinghumanwaste/en/index.html; http://www.who.int/human_waste/en/index.html

From Research to Impact - A roadmap for safer wastewater use in Ghana
April 15, 2008 to November 14, 2008 (Extended to May 31, 2009)
Ghana

Safer peri-urban vegetable production
December 1, 2004 to July 31, 2008 (Extended to December 31, 2008)
Burkina Faso, Ghana
http://www.waterandfood.org/page/PN38

Pilot plant for co-composting in Ghana
January 1, 2002 to December 31, 2007
Ghana
http://www.eawag.ch/forschung/sandec/publikationen/ewm/ewm_cocomposting; wikimapia.org/10225753/Buobai-Co-Composting-Plan

Multiple-use water services and their potential applicability
February 16, 2007 to July 25, 2007
Afghanistan, Angola, Burundi, Benin, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Botswana, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Congo, Congo, Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, India, British Indian Ocean Territory (Chagos Archipelago), Kenya, Sri Lanka, Lesotho, Madagascar, Maldives, Mali, Mozambique, Mauritius, Malawi, Namibia, Nepal, Pakistan, Rwanda, Sudan, Somalia, Sao Tome and Principe, Swaziland, Seychelles, Chad, Tanzania, Uganda, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe
http://www.winrockwater.org/

Decision support tool for small reservoir ensembles
June 15, 2004 to June 15, 2007 (Extended to December 31, 2008)
Ghana

Assessment of wastewater irrigation in and around 53 cities in less developed regions
January 1, 2005 to December 31, 2006
Ghana, South Africa
http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/Publications/IWMI_Research_Reports/PDF/PUB127/RR127.pdf