Water

In the face of growing water scarcity, IFPRI’s water research aims to reduce poverty by increasing overall water-use efficiency in developing countries, while improving water quality, reducing irrigated land degradation, and increasing food security and access to water for the poor. Research results provide policymakers with options to address growing water scarcity and water quality challenges through more efficient water allocation and better water management across sectors and within the agriculture sector.

IFPRI’s water research is unique because of its joint assessments of water supply and demand together with food outcomes, nonagricultural water demands, and environmental outcomes at the local, basin, national, and global levels. IFPRI also facilitates interdisciplinary water research related to property rights to water, downscaling global climate information to a local context, and impacts on runoff and crop outcomes. IFPRI’s water research is closely aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including SDG 6.