Announcement
“Rainwater Management for Resilient Livelihoods”
Nile Basin Development Challenge (NBDC) Science Workshop – 2013
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
9 – 10 July 2013
Introduction
The CPWF Nile Basin Development Challenge (NBDC) project works to improving rural livelihoods and their resilience in the region through a landscape approach to Rainwater Management in the Nile basin. The NBDC project aims to produce key policy recommendations for addressing poverty and resource degradation through improved Rainwater Management Systems (RWMS), and to develop strategies and tools for farmers, water and land managers, and other development and extension authorities by providing planning and management tools to improve RWMS. It also seeks to facilitate cross-basin learning and produce public goods for the global research community in agriculture and development.
Call for Abstracts for NBDC Science Workshop – 2013
The NBDC Science Worshop-2013 will bring together the scientists working on the Nile Basin Development Challenge projects, including all the research partners, to exchange and share their experiences and research results on all aspects of Rainwater Management Systems (RWMS) in the Nile basin, and discuss the practical challenges encountered and the solutions adopted. Unlike other NBDC workshops, this one will be focused on the science that underlays our policy recommendations and tools. It will be a professional meeting of scientists.
Participants of the NBDC Science Workshop - 2013 are requested to submit a short abstract of a maximum of 300 words in English for an oral presentation or poster presentation at the science workshop. The abstract should include the goal, the methods, the results and a conclusion. Topics of interest for submission include, but are not limited to:
§ Agricultural Productivity and Food Security
§ Capacity Development, Knowledge and Information
§ Climate Change/Variability
§ Decision Support Systems
§ Farming Systems and Practices
§ Innovation Systems
§ Institutions and markets
§ Integrated Rainwater Management Systems and Strategies
§ Land, Rainwater and Water Management and Use
§ Livelihoods
§ Livestock systems
§ National Policies with respect to Rainwater Management
§ Sustainable Agricultural Intensification
§ Water Harvesting Systems
§ Water Productivity
Abstract Submission
Please submit the abstract to the workshop organizers via e-mail: and .
Important Dates
Paper/abstract submission deadline (15 May 2013)
Notification of acceptance (4 June 2013)
Final paper/presentation submission deadline (27 June 2013)
Conference dates (9-10 July 2013)
Review Process for Abstracts
A scientific review committee will review the submissions. In some cases the committee may offer technical suggestions and request a revised version to be submitted. For those abstracts that are accepted, we will request the author (s) to prepare a 3-4 pages mini paper to be published in the proceeding of the science meeting and shared online; NBDC will offer technical support to finalize a limited selection of the best papers for journal publication.
Workshop Location
The NBDC Science Workshop – 2013 will be held at the ILRI-Ethiopia Campus, Large Auditorium Conference Room, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Arrival
Participants should arrive on 8 July 2013 in Addis Ababa
Departure
Plan your departure from Addis Ababa on 11 July 2013.
Language of Events
English
Organizer / Host
The NBDC Science Workshop – 2013 will be jointly organized by IWMI and ILRI.
Participation
We invite scientists working on NBDC from the CGIAR and research partners from Ethiopia and abroad.
Yours Sincerely,
The workshop organizers