Lessons and solutions

Parent Category: Knowledge sharing
Agricultural Water Stewardship in Latin America presents different challenges. Experiences using the Catchment Passport methodology provided key learnings on how to embark in an immediate and practical way in Water Stewardship at the catchment level.

It is positive that many organizations are willing to embrace Water Stewardship in their global value chains. However, taking this journey is a challenging task, as water stewards need to deeply understand local realities, engage and co-create long-term solutions with local stakeholders.

In the last years, we were lucky to work with dedicated partners such as the Nature's Pride Foundation, the Sustainable Trade Initiative/SIFAV and RVO, and gather important learnings in the application of the Catchment Passport. This methodology was used to scientifically depict and condense the water situation of Ica and Aconcagua catchments. This was subsequently shared and validated with local stakeholders and value chain partners, deriving key messages and actionable opportunities.

The experience provides a practical example of agri value chains engaging on “Water Stewardship in action”. Water Stewardship work in Ica and Aconcagua is just starting, these are long-term commitments. For now, we are pleased to openly share the experience so far, its outcomes and learnings, and would also love to hear your views on this topic!
 
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Parent Category: Knowledge sharing

On 11 June 2018, the Iberesparragal farm in Southern Spain received the gold certificate of the Alliance for Stewardship for the implementation of the Water Stewardship standard. Good Stuff International guided and supported the entire AWS standard implementation in the farm as part of a project carried out for the Alliance for Water Stewardship.

Photo: Reservoir in Andalusia, Spain

As it was the first (gold) certificate that AWS issued for an agricultural producer in Europe, the implementation has attracted a lot of interest from people that want to implement the AWS standard in an agricultural context. Many people have asked us questions about the practical approach that we took, the solutions that we generated and the lessons we learned.