National Stakeholder Workshop on Policy Coherence for Food, Land, and Water

CGIAR launched the CGIAR Initiative on National Policies and Strategies (NPS) with national and international partners to build policy coherence, respond to policy demands and crises, and integrate policy tools at national and subnational levels in countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America.  Under this initiative, the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) and Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW) have researched the policy landscape at National level in India in the food, land, and water (FLW) space. NITI Aayog, the apex public policy think tank of Government of India, is guiding and supporting this research.

Based on qualitative and quantitative criteria, we have shortlisted seven governance instruments pertaining to FLW space in India – Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme; Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana – Per Drop More Crop; National Mission for Clean Ganga – Namami Gange Programme; Pradhaan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana; Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture; Pradhaan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana – Watershed Development Component; and Atal Bhujal Yojana. In order to understand coherence in these governance instruments experts from both within the Government of India and from academia, non-governmental organisations, and think tanks have been consulted.

The workshop aim to:

• Share our research findings with the attendees.
• Take insights on the nature of recommendations for India to strengthen policy coherence in its FLW space

Welcome remarks

• Dr. Alok Sikka, Country Representative, IWMI

Opening remarks

• Mr. Avinash Mishra, Adviser Water and Land Resources, NITI Aayog

Presentation of the Findings

• Mr. Nitin Bassi, Senior Programme Lead, CEEW and Mr. Archisman Mitra, Researcher, IWMI

CEEW, along with IWMI, present the methodology and findings of the study ‘Policies and Schemes for Coherence for Food, Land, and Water in India.

Special remarks

• Ms. Debashree Mukherjee, Special Secretary, Ministry of Jal Shakti

Moderated Discussion on the observations and suggestions on the key findings

• Nitin Bassi and Archisman Mitra

Closing remarks and vote of thanks

• Mr. Nitin Bassi and Mr. Saahil Parekh Programme Lead, CEEW

This work is part of the CGIAR Initiative on National Policies and Strategies (NPS). CGIAR launched NPS with national and international partners to build policy coherence, respond to policy demands and crises, and integrate policy tools at national and subnational levels in countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. CGIAR centers participating in NPS are The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (Alliance Bioversity-CIAT), International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), International Water Management Institute (IWMI), International Potato Center (CIP), International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), and WorldFish. We would like to thank all funders who supported this research through their contributions to the CGIAR Trust Fund.