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ADG
Additional Director General
ADP
Annual Development Plan
AEO
Agricultural Extension Officer
AGEP
Agricultural Growth and Employment Program
AIS
Agricultural Information Systems
ARM
Annual Review Mission
BADC
Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation
BARI
Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute
BAU
Bangladesh Agricultural University
BBS
Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics
BCIC
Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation
BDP
Bangladesh Delta Plan
BDT
Bangladesh Taka
BDS
Business Development Services
BEE
Business Enable Environment
BGIF
Blue Gold Innovation Fund
BGP
Blue Gold Program
BHWDB
Bangladesh Hoar and Wetland Development Board
BINA
Bangladesh Institute of Nuclear Agriculture
BRAC
Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (an NGO)
BWDB
Bangladesh Water Development Board
BWFMS
Bangladesh Water and Flood Management Strategy
CA
Caltivable Area
CAHW
Community Animal Health Workers
CAWM
Community-led Agricultural Water Management
CBO
Community-Based Organisation
CDF
Community Development Facilitator
CDMP
Comprehensive Disaster Management Program
CDSP
Char Development and Settlement Project
CEGIS
Center for Environmental and Geographic Information Services
CEIP
Coastal Embankment Improvement Project
CEIP-1
Coastal Embankment Improvement Project Phase 1, World Bank 2013-2020
CEP
Coastal Embankment Project, World Bank 1961-1978
CFWM
Community-led Fisheries and Water Management
CGIAR
Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research
CI
Cropping Intensity
CII
Cropping Intensification Initiative
CIMMYT
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre
CLF
Community-led Fisheries
CLW
Community Livestock Worker
CO
Community Organiser
CPP-FAP-20
Compartmentalization Pilot Project (CPP)-FAP-20
CPW
Community Poultry Worker
CPWF
Challenge Programme on Water and Food
CSISA
Cereal Systems Initiative for South Asia
CWM
Chief of Water Management (BWDB)
CYS
courtyard sessions
DAE
Department of Agricultural Extension
DAM
Department of Agricultural Marketing
DANIDA
Danish International Development Agency
DDP
Delta Development Project, GoN 1976-1988
DG
Director General
DLS
Department of Livestock Services
DoC
Department of Cooperatives
DoF
Department of Fisheries
DP III
Department of Planning III (BWDB)
DPP
Development Project Proforma
DTL
Deputy Team Leader
EC
Executive Committee
ECRRP
Emergency Cyclone Recovery and Restoration Project, World Bank 2008-
EDP
Estuary Development Programme
EIA
Environmental Impact Assessment
EIP
Early Implementation Project, GoN 1975-1997
EKN
Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
EMM
Euroconsult Mott MacDonald
EO
Earth Observation
EOI
Expression of Interest
EPWAPDA
East Pakistan Water and Power Development Authority
EWM
Equitable Water Management
FAO
Food and Agriculture Organization
FAP
Flood Action Plan
FCD
Flood Control and Drainage
FCDI
Flood Control, Drainage and Irrigation
FFD
Farmer Field Day
FFS
Farmers' Field School
FGD
Focus Group Discussion
FO
FFS Organiser
FT
Farmer Trainer
FY
Financial Year
GAP
Gender Action Plan
GDP
Gross domestic product
GED
General Economics Division
GESAP
Gender Equality Strategy and Action Plan (of BWDB)
GIS
Geographic Information Systems
GLD
Gender and Leadership Development (training)
GoB
Government of Bangladesh
GoN
Government of the Netherlands
GPWM
Guidelines for Participatory Water Management
ha
hectare
HH
Household
HL
Horizontal Learning
HR
Human Resources
HYV
High Yielding Variety
IBRD
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
ICM
Integrated Crop Management
ICRD
Integrated Coastal Resources Database
ICT
Information Communication Technology
IF
Innovation Fund
IFI
International Financing Instittution
IFMC
Integrated Farm Management Component (DANIDA-funded program)
IGA
Income Generating Activity
IMIP
Irrigation Management Improvement project (IMIP)
ICZM
Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) - Assistance to the Programme Development Office of the Integrated Coastal Zone Management Programme (PDO-ICZM)
IMRC
Inter-Ministerial Review Committee
INGO
International NGO
IP
Input Providers
IPM
Integrated Pest Management
IPSWAM
Integrated Planning for Sustainable Water Management, GoN 2003-2011
IPSWARM
(Guidelines for) Integrated Planning for Sustainable Water Resources Management
ISPM
Institutional Strengthening and Project Management
IR
Input Retailers
IRRI
International Rice Research Institute
IWM
Institute of Water Modelling
IWMI
International Water Management Institute
IWRM
Integrated Water Resources Management
LCG
Local Consultative Group
LCS
Landless/Labour Contracting Societies
LCS
Labour Contracting Societies
LG
Local Government
LGED
Local Government Engineering Department
LGI
Local Government Institutions
LGIs
Local Government Institutions
LRP
Land Reclamation Project
JBIC
Japan Bank for International Cooperation
KJDRP
Khulna Jessore Drainage Rehabilitation Project, GoN 1993-2002
M&E
Monitoring and Evaluation
MFI
Micro Finance Institute
MFS
Market(-Oriented Farmer) Field School
M/F
Male / Female
MIS
Management Information System
MLGRDC
Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives
MoA
Ministry of Agriculture
MOP
Murat of Potash
MoU
Memorandum of Understanding
MoWR
Ministry of Water Resources
MRL
Monitoring, Reflection & Learning
MTR
Mid – Term Review Mission
MT
metric ton (tonne)
NAEP
New Agriculture Extension Policy
NEC
National Economic Council
NGO
Non-Governmental Organisation
NSB
National Seed Board
NWMP
National Water Management Plan
NWPo
National Water Policy
NWRC
National Water Resources Commission
NWRD
National Water resources Database
OCWM
Office of the Chief of Water Management (in BWDB)
ODK
Open Data Kit
OFRD
On?Farm Research Division
O&M
Operation and Maintenance
OMPI
O&M Performance Improvement
OMS
Open Market Sale
PBDP 2100
Preparation of Bangladesh Delta Plan 2100
PCD
Project Coordinating Director
PCWM
Polder Community Water Management
PD
Project Director
PDP
Polder Development Plan
PF
Producer Group Facilitator
PM
Participatory Monitoring
PM
Progress Marker
PMC
Project Management Committee
PPP
Public Private Partnership
PS
Private Sector
PSC
Program Steering Committee
PSD
Private Sector Development
PSSWRSP
Participatory Small Scale Water Resources Sector Project
PSTU
Patuakhali Science and Technology University
PWM
Participatory Water Management
PWMR
Participatory Water Management Rules (2014)
UMIC
Upper Middle Income Country
RAC
Regional Accounts Committee
RDPP
Revised Development Project Proforma
RF
Resource Farmers (Farmer Group Leaders)
ROI
Return on Investment
R & I
Rehabilitation and Improvement
RMG
Ready Made Garments
RRI
River Research Institute
SAAO
Sub-Assistant Agricultural Officer (DAE)
SAE
Sub-Assistant Engineer (BWDB)
SC
South-Central
SDE
Sub-Divisional Engineer (BWDB)
SE
Superintending Engineer (BWDB)
SIBDP 2100
Support to the Implementation of the Bangladesh Delta Plan 2100
SIMT
System Improvement and Management Transfer
SO
Section Officer (BWDB)
SRP
Systems Rehabilitation Project
SSSFCDI
Second Small Scale Flood Control Drainage and Irrigation Project
SSWRDSP
Small Scale Water Resources Development Sector Project
SVC
Strengthened Value Chains
SW
South-West
SWAIWRPMP
Southwest Area Integrated Water Resources Planning and Management Project
T&C
Training & Communications
TA
Technical Assistance
T-Aman
Transplanted Aman Rice
TL
Team Leader
TNA
Training Needs Assessment
ToC
Theory of Change, planning tool
ToR
Terms of Reference
ToT
Training of trainers
TR
Technical Report
TSP
Triple Supper Phosphate
TTAP
Technology Transfer for Agricultural Production (DAE)
UAO
Upazila Agricultural Officer DAE)
UAEO
Upazila Agricultural Extension Officer (DAE)
UNO
Upazila Nirbahi Officer - Upazila Executive Officer
UP
UPs
Union Parishad
UZP
UZPs
Upazila Parishad
VC
Value Chain
VCA
Value Chain Analysis
VCD
Value Chain Development
VCS
Value Chain Selection
WAP
Water Management Group Action Plan
WARPO
Water Resources Plan Organisation
WASH
Water Sanitation and Hygiene education
WB
World Bank
WBC
Women’s Business Centre
WEE
Women’s Economic Empowerment
WF
WorldFish (CGIAR)
WMA
Water Management Association
WMCA
Water Management Cooperative Association
WMF
Water Management Federation
WMG
Water Management Group
WMGs
Water Management Groups
WMIP
Water Management Improvement Project, World Bank 2008-2015
WMO
Water Management Organisation
WRM
Water Resource Management
WUR
Wageningen University and Research Centre
XEN
Executive Engineer (BWDB)
ZSEs
Zonal Socio-Economists

Additional Director General

Annual Development Plan

Agricultural Extension Officer

Agricultural Growth and Employment Program

Agricultural Information Systems

Annual Review Mission, the broad objective of which was to secure and where possible further enhance the relevance, efficiency, effectiveness and sustainability of the project. ARM members were individuals who were appointed by, and reported directly to, EKN and BWDB/DAE

Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation

Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute

Bangladesh Agricultural University

Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics

Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation

Bangladesh Delta Plan

Bangladesh Taka

Business Development Services

Blue Gold Innovation Fund

Blue Gold Program

Bangladesh Haor and Wetland Development Board

Bangladesh Institute of Nuclear Agriculture

Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (an NGO)

Non-Governmental Organisation

Bangladesh Water Development Board, government agency which is responsible for surface water and groundwater management in Bangladesh, and lead implementing agency for the Blue Gold Program

Bangladesh Water and Flood Management Strategy

Collective action - by a producer group is one way to partially overcome constraints such as in weak markets, where inputs and services essential to production innovations, are generally scarce, costly to access and/or to obtain. Collective action is working in group instead of individually in order to gain economic or social benefit. Through collective action, farmers can address constraints in their market linkages, organise their activities jointly and use their collective bargaining power to reduce input costs through bulk purchase, or to obtain services from buyers such as farm-level collection of produce

Community Animal Health Workers: members of the community who are trained to provide farmers with basic health and production support for their animals

Community Animal Health Workers: members of the community who are trained to provide farmers with basic health and production support for their animals

Community-led Agricultural Water Management - with DAE, Blue Gold established a network of schemes for demonstration purposes where locally-applicable annual cropping patterns are introduced along with water level control facilitated by small-scale water infrastructure, and the development of value chain skills in farmers

Community-led Agricultural Water Management - with DAE, Blue Gold established a network of schemes for demonstration purposes where locally-applicable annual cropping patterns are introduced along with water level control facilitated by small-scale water infrastructure, and the development of value chain skills in farmers

Community Development Facilitator - a member of the Blue Gold technical assistance team who lived and worked in a specific polder, and provided the main point of contact between the project and the polder communities

Community Development Facilitator - a member of the Blue Gold technical assistance team who lived and worked in a specific polder, and provided the main point of contact between the project and the polder communities

Comprehensive Disaster Management Program

Char Development and Settlement Project

Center for Environmental and Geographic Information Services

Coastal Embankment Improvement Project

Community-led Fisheries and Water Management

Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research

Cropping intensity - The number of crop harvest per unit land per year. The average cropping intensity (CI) is calculated as the total area of all crops per year divided by the area of cultivable land. In its CI calculations BGP treats fish ghers as another crop; the DAE method excludes fish ghers in its CI calculations. Hence the CI calculated by BGP is higher than as calculated by DAE.

Cropping Intensity Initiative: Year-long demonstrations with farmers on increasing cropping intensity related to improved water management, also involving market actors, and by organising demand driven sessions and workshops

International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre

Community-led Fisheries

Community Livestock Workers: members of the community who are trained to provide farmers with basic health and production support for their livestock

Community Organiser

Compartmentalization Pilot Project (CPP)-FAP-20

Flood Action Plan

Community Poultry Workers: members of the community who are trained to provide farmers with basic health and production support for their poultry

Challenge Programme on Water and Food

Cereal Systems Initiative for South Asia

Chief of Water Management (BWDB)

Department of Agricultural Extension, a department of the Ministry of Agriculture responsible for disseminating scientific research and new knowledge on agricultural practices through communication and learning activities for farmers in agriculture, agricultural marketing, nutrition and business studies.

Department of Agricultural Marketing

Danish International Development Agency

Government of the Netherlands; a donor to the Blue Gold Program

Director General

Department of Livestock Services, a government department under the Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock responsible for the livestock industry in Bangladesh

Department of Cooperatives

Department of Fisheries, a government department under the Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock responsible for regulating the fisheries industry in Bangladesh

Department of Planning III, one of three planning departments in BWDB headed by a Superintending Engineer which reports to the Chief Engineer (Civil) Planning to the Assistant Director General (Planning)

Development Project Proforma: a formal document which sets out the intention of a GoB organisation to invest in a development project, seeking approval for the investment and, if successful, a budget allocation. The DPP follows a prescribed format, including the project’s financial and physical scope, benefits, and proposals for monitoring and internal and external audits. The approval of a development project proposal follows a number of stages: formation with preliminary studies, formulation to develop greater detail and with additional information to make the economic case for the project, scrutiny by the executing agencies and concerned ministries, appraisal by the Planning Commission, recommendation for approval by Project Evaluation Committee (PEC), Minister/ECNEC approval, and inclusion of a budgetary allocation in the Annual Development Plan (ADP).

Development Project Proforma: a formal document which sets out the intention of a GoB organisation to invest in a development project, seeking approval for the investment and, if successful, a budget allocation. The DPP follows a prescribed format, including the project’s financial and physical scope, benefits, and proposals for monitoring and internal and external audits. The approval of a development project proposal follows a number of stages: formation with preliminary studies, formulation to develop greater detail and with additional information to make the economic case for the project, scrutiny by the executing agencies and concerned ministries, appraisal by the Planning Commission, recommendation for approval by Project Evaluation Committee (PEC), Minister/ECNEC approval, and inclusion of a budgetary allocation in the Annual Development Plan (ADP).

Deputy Team Leader

Executive Committee

Estuary Development Program

Environmental Impact Assessment

Early Implementation Project

Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the contractual representative of the Minister of Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation of the Netherlands and signatory to the agreement for the Blue Gold Program with the External Resources Division of the Ministry of Finance as the signatory for the Government of Bangladesh

Euroconsult Mott MacDonald

Earth Observation

Expression of Interest

East Pakistan Water and Power Development Authority

Equitable Water Management

Food and Agriculture Organization

Flood Control and Drainage

Flood Control, Drainage and Irrigation

Farmer Field Day - Exchange events organized at the end of each Farmer Field School to share the FFS learnings with other community members

Farmer Field Day - Exchange events organized at the end of each Farmer Field School to share the FFS learnings with other community members

Farmer Field School - A group-based learning process through which farmers carry out experiential learning activities that help them to understand the ecology of their fields, based on simple experiments, regular field observations and group analysis. The knowledge gained from these activities enables participants to make their own locally specific decisions about crop management practices. This approach represents a radical departure from earlier agricultural extension programmes, in which farmers were expected to adopt generalized recommendations that are formulated by specialists from outside the community.

Focus Group Discussions - in which a group of participants from similar backgrounds or experiences gather to discuss a specific topic of interest, guided by a group facilitator who introduces the topics for discussion and helps the group to participate in a lively and natural discussion amongst themselves

FFS Organiser in the technical assistance (TA) team

Farmer Trainer - Well-performing and capable farmers, previously trained in Farmer Field Schools, who became FFS facilitator themselves after ToT training

Farmer Trainer - Well-performing and capable farmers, previously trained in Farmer Field Schools, who became FFS facilitator themselves after ToT training

Financial Year

Gender Action Plan

gross domestic product

General Economics Division, one of six divisions in the Planning Commission, with responsibility for the preparation of mid- and long-term plans; M&E of plans; and the determination of macroeconomic scenarios

Gender Equality Strategy and Action Plan (of BWDB)

Geographic Information Systems

Gender and Leadership Development (training)

Government of Bangladesh; a donor to the Blue Gold Program

Guidelines for Participatory Water Management

A process by which the local stakeholders are directly and actively involved in identification, planning, design, implementation, operation & maintenance and evaluation of a water management project.

hectare

Household

Learning from peers; and in the context of Blue Gold, farmer-to-farmer learning in which a host WMG invites representatives from visiting WMGs to witness an event - such as the harvesting of a new variety of rice - to pass on the knowledge and lessons gained from their experience

Learning from peers; and in the context of Blue Gold, farmer-to-farmer learning in which a host WMG invites representatives from visiting WMGs to witness an event - such as the harvesting of a new variety of rice - to pass on the knowledge and lessons gained from their experience

Human Resources

High Yielding Variety - Introduced varieties developed through formal breeding programs. HYVs have a higher yield potential than local varieties but require correspondingly high inputs of fertiliser and irrigation to achieve high yields.

High Yielding Variety - Introduced varieties developed through formal breeding programs. HYVs have a higher yield potential than local varieties but require correspondingly high inputs of fertiliser and irrigation to achieve high yields.

International Bank for Reconstruction and Development

Integrated Crop Management

Integrated Coastal Resources Database

Information Communication Technology

Innovation Fund

International Financing Institution eg World Bank, Asian Development Bank

Integrated Farm Management Component (DANIDA-funded program)

Income Generating Activity

Irrigation Management Improvement project (IMIP)

Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) - Assistance to the Programme Development Office of the Integrated Coastal Zone Management Programme (PDO-ICZM)

Inter-Ministerial Review Committee

International NGO

Input Providers

Integrated Pest Management

Integrated Planning for Sustainable Water Management

(Guidelines for) Integrated Planning for Sustainable Water Resources Management

Institutional Strengthening and Project Management

International Rice Research Institute

Institute of Water Modelling

International Water Management Institute

Integrated Water Resources Management - Internationally-accepted approach for efficient, equitable and sustainable development and management of water resources especially applicable where there are multiple stakeholder interests with conflicting demands.

Integrated Water Resources Management - Internationally-accepted approach for efficient, equitable and sustainable development and management of water resources especially applicable where there are multiple stakeholder interests with conflicting demands.

Local Consultative Group

Labour Contracting Societies - Groups of usually landless people who are contracted by an agency to carry out a certain type and volume of earthwork within a given time period. For BWDB, the rules for engagement of an LCS are set down in PWMR 2014 Chapter 6

Groups of usually landless people who are contracted by an agency to carry out a certain type and volume of earthwork within a given time period. For BWDB, the rules for engagement of an LCS are set down in PWMR 2014 Chapter 6

Labour Contracting Societies - Groups of usually landless people who are contracted by an agency to carry out a certain type and volume of earthwork within a given time period. For BWDB, the rules for engagement of an LCS are set down in PWMR 2014 Chapter 6

Local Government

Local Government Engineering Department

Local Government Institutions - Union Parishad, Upazila Parishad etc

Local Government Institutions - Union Parishad, Upazila Parishad etc

Land Reclamation Project

Japanese Bank for International Cooperation

Khulna Jessore Drainage Rehabilitation Project

Monitoring and Evaluation

Micro Finance Institute

Market-oriented Farmer Field School - Farmer Field Schools dealing with cash crops or other commercial production, such as aquaculture, integrating market orientation. Specific MFS were conducted in the first years of BGP; later all FFS included market orientation.

Male / Female

Management Information System

Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives

Ministry of Agriculture

Memorandum of Understanding

Ministry of Water Resources

Monitoring, Reflection & Learning

Mid – Term Review Mission

metric ton (tonne)

New Agriculture Extension Policy

National Economic Council

National Seed Board

National Water Management Plan

National Water Policy

National Water Resources Commission

National Water Resources Database

Office of the Chief of Water Management (in BWDB) responsible for the 'establishment of water user organizations, their training and participation, in project planning, implementation, operation and maintenance and cost recovery'

Open Data Kit

On‐Farm Research Division

Operation and Maintenance

O&M Performance Improvement

Open Market Sale

Preparation of Bangladesh Delta Plan 2100

Program Coordinating Director

Project Director

Polder Development Plan - presents an integrated analysis and planning for a specific polder covering community mobilization, water management, agriculture, business development, environment, gender, and institutions. A deliverable product under the BWDB Development Project Proforma (DPP). PDPs for all 22 polders are available through the File Library.

Polder Development Plan - presents an integrated analysis and planning for a specific polder covering community mobilization, water management, agriculture, business development, environment, gender, and institutions. A deliverable product under the BWDB Development Project Proforma (DPP). PDPs for all 22 polders are available through the File Library.

Producer Group Facilitator

Progress Marker

Participatory Monitoring

Project Management Committee

Public Private Partnership

Private Sector

Program Steering Committee

Private Sector Development

Participatory Small Scale Water Resources Sector Project

Patuakhali Science and Technology University

A process by which the local stakeholders are directly and actively involved in identification, planning, design, implementation, operation & maintenance and evaluation of a water management project.

Participatory Water Management Rules (2014)

Upper Middle Income Country

Regional Accounts Committee (BWDB) is inter alia responsible for the administration of payments for construction contracts

Revised Development Project Proforma

Resource Farmers (RF) are members of Farmer Field Schools (FFSs). They are selected from the FFS groups to lead other members in organizing different useful collective actions and to maintain networks on behalf of the members. These RFs are given additional capacity building training to enhance their knowlege on simple record keeping and business skills.

Resource Farmers (RF) are members of Farmer Field Schools (FFSs). They are selected from the FFS groups to lead other members in organizing different useful collective actions and to maintain networks on behalf of the members. These RFs are given additional capacity building training to enhance their knowlege on simple record keeping and business skills.

Return on Investment

Ready Made Garments

River Research Institute - a national public organisation under the Ministry of Water Resources, headquartered at Harukandi in Faridpur, with two technical directorates for hydraulic research and geotechnical research

Sub-Assistant Agricultural Officer (DAE)

Sub-Assistant Engineer (BWDB)

South-Central hydrological region, one of the eight hydrological regions covering Bangladesh, with an area of 15,436 km2 including the Arial Khan river

Sub-Divisional Engineer (BWDB)

Superintending Engineer (BWDB)

Support to the Implementation of the Bangladesh Delta Plan 2100

System Improvement and Management Transfer

Section Officer (BWDB)

Systems Rehabilitation Project

Second Small Scale Flood Control Drainage and Irrigation Project

Small Scale Water Resources Development Sector Project

Strengthened Value Chain

South-West hydrological region, one of the eight hydrological regions covering Bangladesh, with an area of 26,226 km2 including the Garai, Kumar and Bhairab-Kapatakhya rivers

Southwest Area Integrated Water Resources Planning and Management Project

Training & Communications

Technical Assistance

Team Leader

Training Needs Assessment

Theory of Change, planning tool

Terms of Reference

Training of trainers

Technical Report

Triple Supper Phosphate

Technology Transfer for Agricultural Production (DAE)

Upazila Agricultural Officer (DAE)

Upazila Agricultural Extension Officer (DAE)

Upazila Nirbahi Officer or Upazila Executive Officer. Appointed head of the civil administration at Upazila level

Union Parishad - Union Council chaired by an elected Union Chairman

Union Parishad - Union Council chaired by an elected Union Chairman

Upazila Parishad or Upazila Council: Middle tier of local government, between Union and District, chaired by an elected Upazila Chairman. The civil administration at this level is headed by the UNO

Upazila Parishad or Upazila Council: Middle tier of local government, between Union and District, chaired by an elected Upazila Chairman. The civil administration at this level is headed by the UNO

Value chain - the set of activities that need to be performed in a specific production sector in order to deliver the end product to the consumer. Agricultural value chains typically include input supply, growing/production, processing and marketing/distribution.

Value chain - the set of activities that need to be performed in a specific production sector in order to deliver the end product to the consumer. Agricultural value chains typically include input supply, growing/production, processing and marketing/distribution.

Value Chain Analysis

Value Chain Development

Value Chain Selection

Water Management Group Action Plan - A plan drafted by water management groups; initially as a formal requirement for registration; later on as a building block for a sluice catchment management plan

Water Management Group Action Plan - A plan drafted by water management groups; initially as a formal requirement for registration; later on as a building block for a sluice catchment management plan

Water Resources Plan Organisation

Water, Sanitation and Hygiene

World Bank

Women’s Business Centre

Women’s Economic Empowerment - Economic empowerment is the capacity of women and men to participate in, contribute to and benefit from growth processes in ways that recognise the value of their contributions, respect their dignity and make it possible to negotiate a fairer distribution of the benefits of growth. Women's economic empowerment increases women's access to economic resources and opportunities including jobs, financial services, property and other productive assets, skills development and market information.

WorldFish (CGIAR)

Water Management Association - In Blue Gold, the polder-level representative of WMGs, and signatory to an O&M Agreement with BWDB

Water Management Association - In Blue Gold, the polder-level representative of WMGs, and signatory to an O&M Agreement with BWDB

Water Management Cooperative Association

The legal entity for a Water Management Organisation under registry by the Department of Cooperatives

Water Management Federation - The organization of local stakeholders at the apex level of the water resource project/sub-project/scheme

Water Management Federation - The organization of local stakeholders at the apex level of the water resource project/sub-project/scheme

Water Management Group - The basic organizational unit in Blue Gold representing local stakeholders from a hydrological or social unit (para/village). Through Blue Gold, 511 WMGs have been formed and registered. The average WMG covers an area of around 230 ha has 365 households or a population of just over 1,500.

Water Management Group - The basic organizational unit in Blue Gold representing local stakeholders from a hydrological or social unit (para/village). Through Blue Gold, 511 WMGs have been formed and registered. The average WMG covers an area of around 230 ha has 365 households or a population of just over 1,500.

Water Management Group - The basic organizational unit in Blue Gold representing local stakeholders from a hydrological or social unit (para/village). Through Blue Gold, 511 WMGs have been formed and registered. The average WMG covers an area of around 230 ha has 365 households or a population of just over 1,500.

Water Management Group - The basic organizational unit in Blue Gold representing local stakeholders from a hydrological or social unit (para/village). Through Blue Gold, 511 WMGs have been formed and registered. The average WMG covers an area of around 230 ha has 365 households or a population of just over 1,500.

Water Management Improvement Project (WB-funded)

Water Management Organizations - The common name of organizations of the local stakeholders of a water resource project/sub-project/scheme. The concept WMO typically refers to WMGs and WMAs (and/or WMFs) together

Water Resource Management

Wageningen University and Research Centre

Executive Engineer (BWDB)

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