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9. Innovation and data for water and food systems "Science, innovation, and data access from multiple disciplines and traditional knowledge are harnessed to increase the efficiency of water systems for food, sanitation, industry and the environment." Four distinct headings emerged from the discussions: 1. Data and information 1.1. Data must be made available to everyone at every level. With a large amount of data available from all kinds of sources, the challenge is to make it available and usable to all. A global, open data platform must be made available ASAP. 1.2. Availability of data shoul
... Подробнееd be complemented by measures to make it usable by all that need and can benefit from it. Sophisticated processing, modeling, and analytics are currently not easily accessible nor have interoperability efforts resulted in a convergence. A deliberate and coordinated effort is needed to make this happen, with a slightly longer term than ASAP, perhaps 1-2 years. 1.3. Users of data must be bridged. Topic, sector, issue-based silos and fragmentation work against 1.1 and 1.2 and can undermine them. Bridging across these is fundamentally needed and must be explicitly addressed. 1.4. While the action by governments is essential, a strategic partnership bringing together the private sector, technology firms (including those doing analytics), and the scientific community must be sought from the beginning. Warning: sometimes, government-imposed technologies may be sub-optimal, outdated or biased (Central Asia is a historical example). 1.5. Farmers, with specific emphasis on smallholders, must be involved, including through a reformed/improved version of farmer field schools (FFS), which aims to ensure two-way communication, collective learning and co-design principles. 1.6. The work on data initiated by the High Level Panel on Water needs follow up and can serve/contribute to/complement the above. 2. Traditional knowledge and wisdom 2.1. Significant part of the traditional knowledge remains with communities that are detached from technology; bringing their wisdom to the benefit of the broader communities and making it accessible requires deliberate effort. Initiatives exist (UNESCO, FAO, ICID, academia, others?) but are not coordinated. This coordination can/must start ASAP. 2.2. Re-dissemination and incorporation of indigenous knowledge into policies and practices should be preceded by a validation process. Warning: Not all traditional knowledge is necessarily applicable or desirable. 2.3. Indigenous knowledge and disrupting technologies can harmonize. 2.4. The FFS described in 1.5 can serve the purposes of reaching out to and connecting with communities, validation, and re-dissemination. 3. Softer issues (policy, governance, nexus, equity) 3.1. Governance structures of the past century are fast becoming a barrier to technology and innovation: a reform is inevitable. 3.2. Policy innovation that is based on scientific soundness and that brings in private sector dynamism will trigger action in many domains involved. 3.3. Innovated policies and governance structures will allow for better management of competition across various nexus domains, highlight trade-offs and synergies, and reduce conflict risks. 3.4. Innovation should consistently look after gender equity and equality, smallholder farmers, and youth. 3.5. Innovation should be able to incorporate the fact that water in agriculture (and water for food security) is strongly linked to land tenure and distribution, climate change policies, energy security and urbanization policies. 4. Specific highlights 4.1. Disrupting technologies can make circular economy solutions cheaper (less investment), more profitable (better economic outcomes), more horizontally sustainable (across sectors/resources), and more modular. Support for RandD and start-ups essential. 4.2. Wastewater and water harvesting bear much promise. 4.3. Water quality (fit for purpose) is another highlighted topic. 4.4. Green energy solutions with water explicitly or implicitly incorporated. 4.5. ODF and multiple use of water are promising areas. Nepal serves as an example. Скрыть
Направления деятельности: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Ключевые слова: Data & Evidence, Environment and Climate, Finance, Governance, Human rights, Innovation, Policy, Trade-offs, Women & Youth Empowerment