IMAWESA is a network of professionals, institutions and stakeholders who practise, support or advocate for improving water management for agriculture.
Goal: To achievedevelopment and poverty reduction through improved policies, institutions, practices and investment performance of agricultural water management in Africa.
Purpose: To strengthen the capacity of stakeholders to plan and utilize best technologies, investment options and enabling frameworks for agricultural water management (AWM).
Target Results:
- Enhanced policy and institutional frameworks for management of agricultural water in Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA).
- Improved understanding of key issues (technical, economic, social and environmental), to guide interventions and investments in AWM,
- Strengthened capacity and improved effectiveness in the management and implementation of AWM programmes and projects in the Region; and
- Enhanced sharing of knowledge and stakeholder networking to promote agricultural water management in the Region.
Geographic coverage
IMAWESA covers 23 countries in the ESA. They include; Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Comoros, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Seychelles, South Africa, the Sudan, Swaziland, United Republic of Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
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