**2.2 Approaches and activities for implementation of CPWF projects in the Karkheh River basin**

The approaches and activities for implementation of CPWF projects in Karkheh River Basin (KRB) included three main steps, 1) Holding of a Kick-off or Launching *Approaches to Improve Water Productivity and Livelihood Resilience in the Karkheh River… DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.108720*


*\* : Improving On-farm Agricultural Water Productivity in the Karkheh River Basin (WP); Strengthening Livelihood Resilience in Upper Catchments of Dry Areas by Integrated Natural Resources Management (LR); Basin Focal Project (BFP); Small Grant Project (SG).*

### **Table 2.**

*Specification of the research themes along with the coverage rate of the KRB focal projects.*

Workshop of KRB, 2) Development of criteria for selection of pilot research sites in the basin, 3) Explanation and elaboration of the research projects to the project team and stakeholders by the project leaders and development of the project management structure.
