Water Efficiency in Rice and Cotton

65’000 smallholder farmers - women and men

International commodity and water standards and value chain actors

Local and national Governments

Outcome 1: PUSH
65’000 cotton or rice producing families adopt improved technologies that entail efficient water management practices and increased food production.

Outcome 2: PULL
Adoption of water efficiency strategies for commodities is fostered by collective actions from the involved stakeholders and leveraged with increased volume purchases of crops produced under improved conditions.

Outcome 3: POLICY
Water use improvements in project regions are governed by multi-stakeholder water stewardship plans and reflected in either national or local policy frameworks.

Outcome 4: International Outreach
PUSH PULL-POLICY approach to foster stewardship of natural resources is shared within international institutions, sector specific platforms and events.

Resultados previstos:  

Resultados de las fases anteriores:  

45’583 farmers involved in capacity building, including 9% women

Income increase per ha CHF 78 – 297 (rice) and CHF 47 – 753 (cotton).

Total additional income of 23’583 farmers CHF 4’300’000 (2017)

5 – 86% reduced water use per kg produced crop, depending on region and technology (e.g. 23% in the organic rice sub-project in India and 40% in the cotton sub-project in Tajikistan)

Mapping of water resources at local level

Better cotton initiative included water stewardship as one principle of their standard

Involvement of 8 new private sector partners, Norvegian Agency for Development Cooperation, World Bank and Islamic Development Bank in Phase 2

Fase 2 01.11.2018 - 31.12.2022   (Completed)