GECAFS Indo-Gangetic Plains Project Workshop
Dhaka, Bangladesh, 14th – 16th March 2005
Workshop Objectives
- To confirm five case study sites (districts) reflecting the socioeconomic and environmental diversity of the IGP
- To initiate protocol development for site characterisation and classification of their food systems
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)
Monday 14 March
Welcome - Ahsan Ahmed, BUP
Introductions - All participants
Update on GECAFS and background to GECAFS IGP project - John Ingram
Update on CGIAR Water and Food Challenge Programme - John Ingram
Introduction to Water Poverty Index - Caroline Sullivan
Presentations of proposed national IGP case study districts and discussion
- Bangladesh
- India Eastern region
- Nepal
- India Western region
- Pakistan
Tuesday 15 March
WG1 session: 3 working groups: Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan
Each group to:
- Agree case study district(s)
- For case study in [country] identify what is the key issue(s) for each element in each component of the food system
WG2 Session: variable identification and waiting issues for development of water & food security indicators - Ximing Cai
Wednesday 16 March
Discussion on Site Characterisation
WG1 Session output synthesis (table)
Variables
Data availability & access
Collation methods
Scaling issues
Summary of discussion on Site Characterisation
Summary of proposal discussion and next steps.