Internationally funded independent programme hosted and managed by FAO in Rome. The Secretariat of Programme is located within the Water Resources, Development and Management Service (AGLW), of the Land and Water Development Division (AGL, FAO, Rome. IPTRID is a partnership between international research institutions, multi- and bilateral donors and six major international institutions – Global Water Partnership (GWP), FAO, The World Bank (WB), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), International Water Management Institute (IWMI), and the International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID).
Programme aims to enhance the standard of irrigation and drainage research and development in and by developing countries, with the objectives of improving technology and management in order to increase the production of food and agricultural commodities, enhance food security and assist in eliminating poverty, whilst giving due regard to the needs of the environment.
The IPTRID Partner Institutions (formerly called Central Network Institutions), HR Wallingford (UK), Cemagref (France), ILRI (Netherlands), USBR (USA), ICID Central Office (India), FAO (Italy), IWMI (Sri Lanka) and CIHEAM (Italy) participate in the core-activities of IPTRID, including providing a range of services and advice to irrigation and drainage professionals world-wide through the IPTRID’s Network.
WWW site includes links to partner organisations, details of bibliographical search and document delivery services available to network members and selection of full-text articles from the GRID newsletter.