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1 Mwendera, E. J. 1993. Effects of land use practices on water quality in the Lilongwe Water Board catchment area. Siphon, 15:18-24.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 2999 Record No: H013726)
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2 Redwood, M. (Ed.) 2009. Agriculture in urban planning: generating livelihoods and food security. London, UK: Earthscan. 166p.
Urbanization ; Urban agriculture ; Food security ; Composts ; Wastewater irrigation ; Vegetables ; Farmers ; Health hazards / Africa / Kenya / Ghana / Peru / Zimbabwe / Malawei / Congo / Argentina / Senegal / Nigeria / Nairobi / Accra / Kumasi / Lima / Lilongwe / Blantyre / Harare / Tamale / Rimac River / Kinshasa / Rosario / Dakar / Zaria
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: P 8021 Record No: H041927)
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3 Manda, M. A. Z. 2009. Water and sanitation in urban Malawi: can the millennium development goals be met?: a study of informal settlements in three cities. Scotland, UK: The Scottish Government; London, UK: International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) 78p. (IIED Human Settlements Working Paper Series Theme: Water - 7)
Water supply ; Drinking water ; Water storage ; Sanitation ; Hygiene ; Water quality ; Urbanization ; Settlement ; Households ; Income ; Poverty ; Water costs ; Waste disposal ; Institutions ; Organizations ; Public policy / Malawi / Blantyre / Lilongwe / Mzuzu
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H034815)
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4 Institute of Water and Sanitation Development (IWSD). 2010. 11th WaterNet/WARFSA/GWP-SA Symposium, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, 27-29 October 2010. IWRM for national and regional integration: where science, policy and practice meet: water for people. Harare, Zimbabwe: Institute of Water and Sanitation Development (IWSD). 763p.
Wastewater treatment ; Filters ; Water quality ; Monitoring ; Water supply ; Sanitation ; Rural areas ; Households ; Drinking water ; Waterborne diseases ; Diarrhoea ; Cholera ; Poverty ; Public health ; Health hazards ; Groundwater ; Climate change ; Water harvesting / Africa / Malawi / Zimbabwe / Uganda / Tanzania / Rwanda / South Africa / Lesotho / Swaziland / Ghana / Nigeria / Gihira Water Treatment Plant / Mutshedzi Water Treatment Plant / Kwazulu-Natal Province / Ugu District / Chegutu District / Mpumalanga Province / Dar es Salaam / Temeke / Lilongwe / Maputo / Accra / Katsina State / Blantyre City / Chilobwe / Chatha
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H043409)
http://www.waternetonline.ihe.nl/11thSymposium/WaterSupplyandSanitationFullPapers2010.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H043409.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H043409.pdf
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5 Kumwenda, Ian; van Koppen, Barbara; Matete, Mampiti; Nhamo, Luxon. 2015. Trends and Outlook: Agricultural Water Management in southern Africa. Country report - Malawi. [Project report submitted to United States Agency for International Development’s (USAID’s) Feed the Future Program]. Pretoria, South Africa: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 52p.
Agriculture ; Water management ; Sustainability ; Water resources ; Water policy ; Climate change ; Irrigation development ; Public investment ; Donors ; Nongovernmental organizations ; Irrigated land ; Irrigation schemes ; Water supply ; Self help ; Agroindustrial sector ; Living standards ; Farmers ; Poverty ; Case studies / Southern Africa / Malawi / Lilongwe / Salima / Ngolowindo Irrigation Scheme / Tapempha Farm Irrigation Scheme
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H047386)
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6 Msowoya, K.; Madani, K.; Davtalab, R.; Mirchi, A.; Lund, J. R. 2016. Climate change impacts on maize production in the warm heart of Africa. Water Resources Management, 30(14):5299-5312. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11269-016-1487-3]
Climate change ; Rainfed farming ; Agricultural production ; Maize ; Crop yield ; Food security ; Precipitation ; Temperature ; Forecasting ; Models ; Socioeconomic development / Malawi / Lilongwe
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H047870)
http://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2Fs11269-016-1487-3.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H047870.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H047870.pdf
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Agriculture is the mainstay of economy in Malawi - the warm heart of Africa. It employs 85 % of the labour force, and produces one third of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and 90 % of foreign exchange earnings. Maize farming covers over 92 % of Malawi’s agricultural land and contributes over 54 % of national caloric intake. With a subtropical climate and ~99 % rainfed agriculture, Malawi relies heavily on precipitation for its agricultural production. Given the significance of rainfed maize for the nation’s labour force and GDP, we have investigated climate change effects on this staple crop. We show that rainfed maize production in the Lilongwe District, the largest maize growing district in Malawi, may decrease up to 14 % by mid-century due to climate change, rising to as much as 33 % loss by the century’s end. These declines can substantially harm Malawi’s food production and socioeconomic status. Supplemental irrigation, crop diversification and natural conservation methods are promising adaptation strategies to improve Malawi’s food security and socioeconomic stability.
7 Tiwale, S.; Rusca, M.; Zwarteveen, M. 2018. The power of pipes: mapping urban water inequities through the material properties of networked water infrastructures - the case of Lilongwe, Malawi. Water Alternatives, 11(2):314-335.
Water supply ; Infrastructure ; Pipes ; Urban development ; Water distribution ; Equity ; Domestic water ; Water availability ; Water users ; Water authorities ; Development projects ; Dams ; Reservoir storage ; Population / Malawi / Lilongwe
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H048808)
http://www.water-alternatives.org/index.php/alldoc/articles/vol11/v11issue2/439-a11-2-6/file
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H048808.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H048808.pdf
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Urban scholars have long proposed moving away from a conceptualisation of infrastructure as given and fixed material artefacts to replace it with one that makes it the very object of theorisation and explanation. Yet, very few studies have seriously investigated the role of infrastructure in co-shaping and mediating inequities. We use this paper to propose a way to engage with the technical intricacies of designing, operating and maintaining a water supply network, using these as an entry-point for describing, mapping and explaining differences and inequities in accessing water. The paper first proposes a methodological approach to systematically characterise and investigate material water flows in the water supply network. We then apply this approach to the case of water supply in Lilongwe, Malawi. Here, strategies for dealing with challenges of water shortage in the city have often entailed the construction of large water infrastructures to produce extra water. We show that the network’s material properties direct and divert most of the extra water to elite neighbourhoods rather than to those low-income areas where shortages are most acute. Our analysis shows how social and technical processes mutually constitute each other in the production and rationalisation of this highly uneven waterscape. We conclude that further theorisations of infrastructure as providing part of the explanation for how urban inequities are produced need to be anchored in the systematic and detailed empirical study of the network-in-use. Mapping the (changing) carrying capacities of pipes, storage capacities of service reservoirs and the strategic locations of new pipe extensions – to name a few important network descriptors – provides tangible entry-points for revealing and tracing how materials not only embody but also change social relations of power, thereby helping explain how inequities in access to water come about and endure.
8 Adams, E. A. 2018. Thirsty slums in African cities: household water insecurity in urban informal settlements of Lilongwe, Malawi. International Journal of Water Resources Development, 34(6):869-887. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/07900627.2017.1322941]
Water insecurity ; Informal settlements ; Slums ; Urban areas ; Households ; Drinking water ; Water availability ; Water supply ; Water institutions ; Water policy ; Water use ; Periurban areas ; Socioeconomic environment / Africa South of Sahara / Malawi / Lilongwe
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H048943)
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Over 70% of Malawi’s urban population lives in informal settlements, where households regularly face chronic water insecurity. This article utilizes mixed methods – household surveys (N = 645), field observations, focus groups and interviews – to examine household water insecurity in three urban informal settlements of Lilongwe, Malawi’s capital and largest city. The study finds that water insecurity arises from overdependence on communal water kiosks which are insufficient in number, have high nonfunctional rates, are prone to vandalism, and provide water irregularly; lack of alternative improved water sources; and a significant time burden due to long waiting times and multiple trips to water sources. The findings underscore why water insecurity in Africa’s urban informal settlements deserves urgent policy attention.
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