Round up of the Third International Forum on Water and Food November 14-17 in Tshwane, South Africa

International News Roundup

The IFWF received widespread media attention. Articles can be found here

• Climate change and how rivers will behave (IRIN)
• BBC World Service Interview with Alain Vidal
• Africa's Nile, Limpopo at risk from climate change (Reuters)
• Climate change: A Threat to Food Security in Africa's River Basins (IPS)

Next steps

The Forum generated a tremendous amount of interest, content and material, over the coming months, please look out for the following:

1. Forum synthesis report will be ready by February 2012
2. Further blog posts on stories and issues related to the forum will be posted
3. A Forum summary of the Policy Impact Panel will be sent out in the coming week
4. Forum evaluation in English, Spanish and French

About CPWF

The Challenge Program on Water and Food was launched in 2002 as one of the reform initiatives of the CGIAR. CPWF aims to increase the resilience of social and ecological systems through better water management for food production (crops, fisheries and livestock). CPWF does this through an innovative research and development approach that brings together a broad range of scientists, development specialists, policy makers and communities, in six river basins, to address the challenges of food security, poverty and water scarcity.