GECAFS Indo-Gangetic Plains 1st BFP Grant Workshop
Kathmandu, Nepal
13-15th December 2005
Workshop Objectives
- Discuss preliminary versions of the food system matrices
- Start to outline methods for assessing the vulnerability of food systems to water management and water stress-related problems.
- Discuss the five study sites within a regional context.
- Outline a report based upon the workshop that is to be submitted to the CPW&F BFP management in February 2006.
Acknowledgements
The workshop organisers gratefully acknowledge financial assistance from the Challenge Program on Water and Food.
Programme
(Detailed timings and breaks have been deleted for this web report version)
Tuesday 13th December
Introductions and workshop overview.
Presentation of the CPW&F Basin Focal Project Grant to GECAFS Discussion.
IGB site selection (revisited): Presentations from each of the five sites. Discussion of BFP grant objective 3 - are site sufficient for regional questions?
- Region 1 - Pakistan Study Site Selection
- Region 2 - Ludhiana Food Systems
- Region 3 - Nepal Study Site Selection
- Region 4 - Bihar Study Site Selection
- Region 5 - Bangladesh Study Site Selection
Presentation of current GECAFS understanding of Food Systems Discussion.
Site presentations of food systems: Focal question: what is the state of information / knowledge about the food system in your site? Which activities are most important? Which components for food security outcomes? How are the activities and outcomes linked?
- Region 1 - Pakistan Food System
- Region 2 - Indian Punjab Food Security Issues
- Region 2 - Ludhiana Activites and Determinants
- Region 3 - Nepal Food Security Matrix
- Region 4 - Bihar Food System
- Region 5 - Bangladesh Literature Survey
Breakout groups to identify gaps and uncertainties. Diagram the links between activities and outcomes.
Site groups develop work plans to complete food system characterisation by 30th January 2006.
Wednesday 14th December
Plenary discussion: water and food systems links.
Output: major stressors related to water for each site
- Region 1 - Pakistan Water Stress
- Region 2 - Ludhiana Water related Stresses
- Regions 3 & 4 - Water Stresses
- Region 5 - Bangladesh water related issues
- Region 5 - Bangladesh water food systems relationship
Presentation of GECAFS understanding of vulnerability of food systems to GEC, followed by plenary discussion.
Output: description of vulnerable components; description of adaptive capacity (by site)
- Food System Vulnerability - Ericksen
- Regions 1, 2 & 3 - Climate Change Vulnerability
- Region 3 - Nepal Vulnerability Study
- Region 4 - Bihar Food System Vulnerability GEC connection
- Regions 4 & 5 - Potential for Future
- Environment and Security - Gyawali & Dixit
Dynamics of food systems and vulnerability to GEC over time and space: how to describe this?
- Output: possible methods to try at sites.
Quantification of vulnerability - options and methods.
Poverty and vulnerability: presentation and discussion.
Thursday 15th December
Draft outline report to BFP.
Integration with APN grant - plan June workshop. Institutional mapping, DSS. Identify GECAFS stakeholders and how discuss how to approach them.
Work plan development.
Site groups develop work plans for addressing vulnerability questions under BFP grant
- Reports and Workplans - Ericksen
- Region 2 - Ludhiana Workplan
- Region 5 - Bangladesh Workplan
Plenary discussion of questions arising from work plan development.