I understand that ‘More crop per drop’ is a decade-old concept of the International Water Management Institute (IWMI), one of the 15 centers under the aegis of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR); the notion was a brainchild of the IWMI under the leadership of Director General David Seckler (1996-2000), focusing on water productivity (iwmi.cgiar.org). However, under the next Director General, Frank Rijsberman (2000-2007), with ‘More crop per drop’ focused on water productivity, the Institute saw it as inadequate and expanded its mission to ‘Improve the management of land and water resources for food, livelihoods and nature.’ Now, with global warming, the whole CGIAR wants ‘More crop per drop.’ I congratulate the CGIAR. Those must be the most creative 4 words in the history of world agriculture.