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1 Debevec, Liza. 2014. La magia dei dadi Maggi: consumo e discorso della modernita in Burkina Faso. In Italian. [The magic of Maggi cubes: consumption and discourse of modernity in Burkina Faso]. In Franceschi, Z. A.; Peveri, V. (Eds.). Raccontare di gusto: arti del cibo e della memoria in America latina e Africa. Pisa, Italy: Edizioni ETS. pp.221-236.
Food consumption ; Food enrichment ; Feeding habits ; Ingredients ; Modernization ; Traditions ; Urbanization / Africa / Burkina Faso / Bobo-Dioulasso
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H046449)
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2 Baker, Tracy; Debevec, Liza; Abebe, Yenenesh; Cullen, B. 2014. Incorporating gendered landscapes into physically-based models via Participatory 3-D Mapping. [Abstract only] Paper presented at the International Conference on Sustainability in the Water-Energy-Food Nexus, Bonn, Germany, 19-20 May 2014. pp.59.
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H046737)
http://wef-conference.gwsp.org/fileadmin/WEF_Conference/Conference_Programme_Sustainability_in_the_W-E-F_Nexus_web_version.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H046737.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H046737.pdf
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Biophysical scientists struggle integrating "gendered" water uses into models, with the latter necessarily based on physical laws describing water movement through the hydrological cycle. We typically assess watershed hydrological response to land management in terms of biophysical response. We may then loosely couple this to socio-economic variables. Results often present an incomplete picture of people‘s needs. Traditional methods used to describe socio-economic aspects of communities are not well-suited for inclusion directly into biophysical models. Scenario development supported by socio-economic data may be employed to account for agricultural productivity, land management, and water allocation within biophysical models. To address this, a simple methodology is being tested to incorporate gendered perceptions into biophysical assessments of water resources. A small watershed (Jeldu, Ethiopia) is used as a case study to generate gender differentiated three-dimensional landscape representations that are then georeferenced into ArcGIS. A spatial analysis and interpretation of men‘s versus women‘s identification and use of water resources is carried out, and the land use maps are used as the principal land use input for the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT).
3 Debevec, Liza; Banhoro, Y. 2014. The water reform in Burkina Faso between discourse and reality: the case of water user associations in Bougouriba water basin in SW [South West region] Burkina Faso [Abstract only] Paper presented at the 50th Anniversary Conference of the Japanese Society of Cultural Anthropology (JASCA) on The Future with/of Anthropologies, Chiba, Japan, 15 May 2014. 1p.
Water user associations ; Water resources ; Water management ; River basins ; Drinking water ; Case studies / Burkina Faso / Bougouriba
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H046761)
http://www.nomadit.co.uk/iuaes/iuaes2014/panels.php5?PanelID=2917
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H046761.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H046761.pdf
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For two decades now Burkina Faso has been trying to adopt the global concept of IWRM. The official texts were developed between 1996 and 2001, while the experiment was being put into action in the Nakambe river basin. Following a positive outcome, the Action plan on integrated water resource management was adopted in 2003, defining a strategy and action plan to be executed by the water resource management by the 2015 deadline. We try to understand the effects of the reform at the grass roots level, how it has been taken and understood by the local population in the South West region of Burkina Faso, which happens to be one of the most fertile and wet areas of the country, but paradoxically also a region facing problems in WRM and in having access to drinking water. Our research suggests that the reform is definitely in progress in the area of study and that it has created a sense of hope and expectations among the local population with regard to effective management solutions as to the availability and supply of drinking water. However, a gap still exists between the legal texts of the reform and their application in the field and lies at the level of the appropriation of the concept of IWRM, the availability of financial resources and the required technical skills.
4 Debevec, Liza; Salzer, A. K. 2014. Anthropologists and participatory research in research for development projects: case studies from Ethiopia, Ghana and Burkina Faso [Abstract only] Paper presented at the 13th EASA Biennial Conference on Collaboration, Intimacy & Revolution-Innovation and Continuity in an Interconnected World, Tallinn, Estonia, 31st July - 3rd August 2014. 1p.
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H046762)
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As anthropologists working in research for development (R4D) we are under pressure to use participatory methods in our research. However, the level and quality of participation often vary from one project to another or even within a single project, due to the type of participatory approaches used and due to differing perceptions by researchers and other stakeholders of what participation is all about. In this paper we examine the good and the bad of participatory approaches in R4D, by comparing methods (3D participatory mapping, Companion Modelling, Innovation platforms and other forms of participatory workshops) in concrete examples from R4D projects in 3 African countries (Ethiopia, Ghana and Burkina Faso). While participation is believed to offer an alternative to top-down decision making, it can, in some cases actually reinforce such decision-making processes and power differences. Understanding the potential of participation requires first an understanding of the political and social realities underlying the context in which it is being implemented.
5 Baker, Tracy; Cullen, B.; Debevec, Liza; Abebe, Yenenesh. 2015. A socio-hydrological approach for incorporating gender into biophysical models and implications for water resources research. Applied Geography, 62:325-338. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeog.2015.05.008]
Hydrological cycle ; Gender ; Women ; Men ; Ecosystem services ; Participatory approaches ; Biophysics ; Water resources ; Research ; Landscape ; Land use ; Social aspects ; Economic analysis ; Soil water ; Assessment ; Models ; Case studies / Ethiopia
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H047073)
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0143622815001289/pdfft?md5=803615d66f37f639dd1dc3b0d7a52fbc&pid=1-s2.0-S0143622815001289-main.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H047073.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H047073.pdf
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Men and women interact with water resources and landscapes in different ways, and there are frequent criticisms that little research is undertaken across disciplines to address this issue. Biophysical scientists in particular struggle with how to integrate “gendered” water uses into models that are necessarily based on prevailing laws and equations that describe the movement of water through the hydrological cycle, independent of social constructs. We explore the challenges faced in developing interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research approaches and then present a simple yet innovative socio-hydrological approach using participatory three-dimensional maps. As a case study, we describe undertaking this process in Ethiopia where two three-dimensional maps (men's and women's) were separately generated to represent the same 20 km2 landscape. Mapping results indicated important distinctions in how men and women view landscapes with regard to the number and types of ecosystem services identified. For example, only women identified holy water sites along streams, while men identified twice as many sacred trees on the landscape. There was a clear focus and detailed knowledge about soils among participants in both groups. Maps developed as part of this exercise were successfully used as the principal land use input for the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) and results indicate that this is a valid strategy that enhances scientific knowledge and understanding of overall landscapes and ultimately adds value to research for development questions.
6 Douxchamps, S.; Debevec, Liza; Giordano, Meredith; Barron, Jennie. 2017. Monitoring and evaluation of climate resilience for agricultural development: a review of currently available tools. World Development Perspectives, 5:10-23. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wdp.2017.02.001]
Agricultural development ; Adaptation ; Monitoring ; Climate change ; Transformation ; Indicators ; Economic evaluation ; Food security ; Disaster risk management ; International organizations ; Development organizations ; Nongovernmental organizations ; Research organizations ; Assessment
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H048037)
Building climate resilience, defined as the ability to anticipate, absorb, accommodate, or recover from climate change in a timely and efficient manner, is becoming a major priority of development across multiple sectors. However, there is still no consensus on how resilience should be assessed despite the release of numerous theoretical papers on the topic. Various measurement frameworks and recommendations have emerged, but their applicability is yet to be critically assessed. Using a comprehensive review and a systematic selection approach, we review resilience assessment tools developed for the context of climate change and agricultural development, and their linkages to theoretical frameworks, with a particular focus on the choice of indicators and the scale and methods of measurement. Fifteen tools originating from diverse organizations were selected and evaluated according to a measurement framework. Our study finds that, while some of the tools remain embedded in classical approaches, by simply adding a resilience lens to previous tools and by recycling indicators, others demonstrate a true attempt to re-think in order to account for resilience dimensions. We conclude that for the use of resilience assessment tools, a major challenge is to ensure that simple and operational tools can address complexity. Full baseline should comprise both quantitative and qualitative data collection, and include more systemic indicators as well as indicators of stability and shocks. Changes should be tracked with regular monitoring and evaluation using simple tools based on key variables that capture short-term adaptive processes and changes in states, at the appropriate system level. Clear pathways to human well-being, including transformation, should be discussed through system-oriented approaches, to discard potential undesired resilient states. Finally, robust outcome and impact records from the use of these tools are needed to demonstrate whether the resilience concept is useful over time in driving development into more desirable paths.
7 Torou, Bio Mohamadou; Debevec, Liza; Da, D. E. C. 2018. La difficile territorialisation de la gestion de l’eau au Burkina Faso: une lecture au filtre de la theorie de la proximite. In French. [Challenging territorialization of water management in Burkina Faso: analysis through the framework of proximity]. Developpement Durable et Territoires, 9(1):1-20. [doi: https://doi.org/10.4000/developpementdurable.12046]
Integrated management ; Water resources ; Water management ; Water user associations ; Committees ; Spatial distribution ; Territory ; Local communities ; Conflict ; Frameworks / Burkina Faso / Kou / Yitenga
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H048719)
https://journals.openedition.org/developpementdurable/pdf/12046
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H048719.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H048719.pdf
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Our paper aims to analyze the modalities of coordination among local actors who are involved in integrated water resources management. So as to understand the dynamics of territorialization, we ground our analysis in the proximity framework to highlight that social and spatial relations around water resources are unbalanced. How this spatial inequality is taken into account may favor, or on the contrary, harm the sustainability of coordination. The approach in terms of proximity allows us to account for the complex articulation between the processes of territorial construction and the subsidiarity and participation principles presented as gage of IWRM success.
8 Debevec, Liza; Compaore-Sawadogo, E. M. F. W.; Somda-Kabore, Letisia Rolande; Kando, Adeline Dorothee. 2019. Guide pratique. L’approche participative pour une gestion plus inclusive et durable des ressources en eau a travers les Comites Locaux de l’Eau, etape par etape: theorie, methodologie et exemples. In French. [A participatory approach for more inclusive and sustainable management of water resources through the local water committees, step by step: theory, methodology and examples]. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 48p. [doi: https://doi.org/10.5337/2019.217]
Integrated management ; Water resources ; Water management ; Watersheds ; Participatory management ; Participatory approaches ; Planning ; Methods ; Gender ; Rural development / Burkina Faso
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H049448)
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9 Dessalegn, Mengistu; Nicol, Alan; Debevec, Liza. 2020. From poverty to complexity?: the challenge of out-migration and development policy in Ethiopia. [Policy Brief of the Migration Governance and Agricultural and Rural Change (AGRUMIG) Project]. London, UK: SOAS University of London. 8p. (AGRUMIG Policy Brief Series 2)
Migration ; Development policies ; Governance ; Labour mobility ; Migrants ; Agriculture ; Employment ; Remittances ; Rural areas ; Urban areas ; Poverty / Africa / Ethiopia
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H049561)
http://agrumig.iwmi.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/41/2020/01/Policy-Brief-Series-No.-2.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H049561.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H049561.pdf
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This brief assesses the current state of migration-related policies in Ethiopia, and provides some early recommendations and policy pointers based on work carried out under the AGRUMIG project. In Ethiopia, the scale of migration and its impacts on rural and urban transformations are underestimated and probably increasing. There is a lack of a coherent national migration policy in the country, which is a potential development hindrance. Establishing a national migration policy and improving bilateral arrangements with receiving countries could help Ethiopia reap greater positive impacts from migration and remittance income, including assisting in crucial processes of social transformation in rural areas.
10 Arulingam, Indika; Nigussie, Likimyelesh; Senaratna Sellamuttu, Sonali; Debevec, Liza. 2019. Youth participation in small-scale fisheries, aquaculture and value chains in Africa and the Asia-Pacific. Penang, Malaysia: CGIAR Research Program on Fish Agri-Food Systems. 66p. (CGIAR Research Program on Fish Agri-Food Systems Program Report: FISH-2019-14)
Small-scale fisheries ; Youth employment ; Participation ; Aquaculture ; Value chains ; Fishers ; Gender ; Women's empowerment ; Access to information ; Education ; Land access ; Financing ; Income generation ; Policies ; Strategies ; Technology ; Living standards ; Decision making ; Social status ; Working conditions ; State intervention ; Stakeholders ; International organizations ; Economic aspects ; Political aspects ; Agricultural sector ; Ecosystems / Africa / Asia and the Pacific / Egypt / Nigeria / United Republic of Tanzania / Zambia / Bangladesh / Cambodia / Myanmar / Solomon Islands
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H049615)
https://digitalarchive.worldfishcenter.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.12348/3937/5872a0e98fae8e846953753d08558376.pdf?sequence=2&isAllowed=y
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H049615.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H049615.pdf
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IWMI, a managing partner of FISH, conducted an assessment of youth participation in SSF, aquaculture and value chains between November 2017 and May 2018. The assessment was conducted in Africa and the Asia-Pacific, with a particular focus on the FISH focal countries of Egypt, Nigeria, Tanzania and Zambia in Africa and Bangladesh, Cambodia, Myanmar and Solomon Islands in the Asia-Pacific. The objectives of this study were to (i) assess the participation of youth in fisheries and aquaculture, including opportunities and challenges for participation, (ii) understand what WorldFish and key partners (government organizations, nongovernmental organizations [NGOs] and others) are doing in the focal countries in relation to youth participation, and (iii) (based on the former two points) provide potential areas for further research that could support improved youth participation in aquaculture, SSF and value chains. In this report, definitions of SSF and aquaculture are adopted from WorldFish.
11 Banhoro, Y.; Debevec, Liza. 2020. Analyse de textes legislatifs et reglementaires concernant la reforme du systeme de gestion des infrastructures d’approvisionnement en eau potable en milieux rural et semi-urbain au Burkina Faso. In French. [Analysis of legislative and regulatory texts concerning the reform of the management system of drinking water supply infrastructures in rural and semi-urban areas in Burkina Faso]. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 29p. (IWMI Working Paper 190 / Document de travail IWMI 190) [doi: https://doi.org/10.5337/2020.203]
Water supply ; Drinking water ; Infrastructure ; Water resources ; Water management ; Law reform ; Legislation ; Regulations ; Rural areas ; Periurban areas ; Water governance ; Water scarcity ; Gender ; Water user associations ; Participatory approaches ; Decision making / Africa / Burkina Faso
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H049718)
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Le Burkina Faso, pays enclave d'Afrique de l'Ouest, est confronte au defi de la penurie d'eau. Le pays s'est engage dans des reformes liees a l'eau, conformement a l’evolution a l’echelle mondiale en matiere de gestion des ressources en eau, et met en oeuvre la GIRE depuis le debut des annees 2000. Ce document passe en revue l’ensemble de la legislation passee et actuelle sur l'eau au Burkina Faso, en mettant particulierement l'accent sur l'approvisionnement en eau potable et les associations d’usagers de l'eau en milieu rural. Le document traite des lois et reglements adoptes entre 1960 et 2014, avec un suivi supplementaire en 2019 pour inclure tout nouveau texte. Il aborde les questions liees a la participation des usagers et a l'inclusion des femmes dans les processus decisionnels de l'approvisionnement en eau en milieu rural.
12 Carr, G.; Barendrecht, M. H.; Debevec, Liza; Kuil, L.; Bloschl, G. 2020. People and water: understanding integrated systems needs integrated approaches. Journal of Water Supply: Research and Technology-AQUA, 69(8):819-832. [doi: https://doi.org/10.2166/aqua.2020.055]
Water management ; Water systems ; Integrated management ; Water resources ; Interdisciplinary research ; Modelling ; Water reuse ; Water quality ; Flooding ; Risk management ; Collaboration ; Awareness raising ; Decision making ; Social aspects ; Hydrology ; Case studies / Jordan / Burkina Faso / Germany / Dresden
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H050217)
https://iwaponline.com/aqua/article-pdf/69/8/819/824031/jws0690819.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H050217.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H050217.pdf
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As we rapidly modify the environment around us, researchers have a critical role to play in raising our understanding of the interactions between people and the world in which they live. Knowledge and understanding of these interactions are essential for evidence based decision-making on resource use and risk management. In this paper, we explore three research case studies that illustrate co-evolution between people and water systems. In each case study, we highlight how different knowledge and understanding, stemming from different disciplines, can be integrated by complementing narratives with a quantitative modelling approach. We identify several important research practices that must be taken into account when modelling people-water systems: transparency, grounding the model in sound theory, supporting it with the most robust data possible, communicating uncertainty, recognising that there is no ‘one true model’ and diversity in the modelling team. To support interdisciplinary research endeavours, we propose a three-point plan: (1) demonstrating and emphasising that interdisciplinary collaboration can both address existing research questions and identify new, previously unknown questions at the interface between the disciplines; (2) supporting individual interdisciplinary learning at all career stages and (3) developing group practices and a culture of interdisciplinary collaboration.
13 Sugden, Fraser; Nigussie, Likimyelesh; Debevec, Liza; Nijbroek, R. 2022. Migration, environmental change and agrarian transition in upland regions: learning from Ethiopia, Kenya and Nepal. Journal of Peasant Studies, 49(5):1101-1131. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/03066150.2021.1894552]
Migration ; Agrarian structure ; Labour mobility ; Remittances ; Income ; Remuneration ; Capitalism ; Peasantry ; Agriculture ; Investment ; Farmers ; Landlessness ; Tenants ; Livelihoods ; Women ; Decision making ; Highlands ; Communities / Ethiopia / Kenya / Nepal / Tigray / Chirkhuwa Valley / Gatanga / Muragua / Embahasti / Raya Azebo / Kimalung / Gufagaon / Sanrang / Aaptari / Bhadare
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H050498)
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/03066150.2021.1894552
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H050498.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H050498.pdf
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This paper analyses the relationship between cyclical labour migration and agrarian transition in the uplands of Nepal, Ethiopia and Kenya. It shows that while migration decision-making is linked to expanding capitalist markets, it is mediated by local cultural, political and ecological changes. In turn, cyclical migration goes on to shape the trajectory of change within agriculture. The dual dependence on both migrant income and agriculture within these upland communities often translates into an intensifying work burden on the land, and rising profits for capitalism. However, on some occasions this income can support increased productivity and accumulation within agriculture – although this depends on both the agro-ecological context and the local agrarian structure.
14 Nicol, Alan; Debevec, Liza; Okene, S. 2021. Chasing the water: the political economy of water management and catchment development in the Karamoja-Turkana Complex (KTC), Uganda. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 36p. (IWMI Working Paper 198) [doi: https://doi.org/10.5337/2021.214]
Water management ; Political ecology ; Catchment areas ; Integrated management ; Water resources development ; Planning ; Conflicts ; Social aspects ; State intervention ; Agropastoral systems ; Livelihoods ; Resource allocation ; Water availability ; Dams ; Water scarcity ; Climate change ; Rain ; Resilience ; Policies ; Water governance ; Water authorities ; Water institutions ; Water user associations ; Communities ; Gender ; Women ; Sustainable Development Goals ; Case studies / Uganda / Karamoja / Turkana Basin / Napak / Kaabong / Arachek Dam / Longoromit Dam
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H050663)
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The history of Karamoja, a subregion in the far northeast of Uganda, is complex and scarred by conflict. For centuries, this subregion has been a remote area of agropastoralism situated on the sociological and ecological border between the Nile and Turkana basins. At the far eastern tip of the Nile Basin, a sweeping escarpment from Karamoja runs down into the Lake Turkana Basin with major temperature and rainfall gradients that result in significant patterns of transhumance, as the Turkana people to the east seek access to the more plentiful water and grazing resources in Karamoja to the west. In this paper, we call this complex of relations and resources the ‘Karamoja-Turkana Complex’ (KTC) and examine the political-economy relationships therein.
We look at policy on water resources management and development, including choices made on siting and developing water sources, the kinds of narratives employed by the government, and the underlying tensions and conflicts between major social groups sharing these scarce resources. We base our analysis of the situation on a wider assessment of the water management challenges combined with a detailed examination of two large dams – Arachek and Longoromit – recently constructed in the Karamoja subregion.
Findings from the study highlighted that (i) interlinked systems within the KTC can generate new disputes and pressures on resources; (ii) water management within Karamoja and Turkana requires a broader view that extends beyond the watershed, because competition for water is part of the wider context of KTC; and (iii) power structures and processes associated with the development of water structures are important but poorly understood despite continued resource allocation.
The paper makes four recommendations: (i) catchment management institutions need to take ownership of new developments; (ii) a checklist is provided to achieve more effective outcomes from the siting and design of surface water storage structures; (iii) improve management oversight after completion of projects; and (iv) undertake water-pasture management consultations across the KTC.
We look at policy on water resources management and development, including choices made on siting and developing water sources, the kinds of narratives employed by the government, and the underlying tensions and conflicts between major social groups sharing these scarce resources. We base our analysis of the situation on a wider assessment of the water management challenges combined with a detailed examination of two large dams – Arachek and Longoromit – recently constructed in the Karamoja subregion.
Findings from the study highlighted that (i) interlinked systems within the KTC can generate new disputes and pressures on resources; (ii) water management within Karamoja and Turkana requires a broader view that extends beyond the watershed, because competition for water is part of the wider context of KTC; and (iii) power structures and processes associated with the development of water structures are important but poorly understood despite continued resource allocation.
The paper makes four recommendations: (i) catchment management institutions need to take ownership of new developments; (ii) a checklist is provided to achieve more effective outcomes from the siting and design of surface water storage structures; (iii) improve management oversight after completion of projects; and (iv) undertake water-pasture management consultations across the KTC.
15 Nicol, Alan; Debevec, Liza; Ayaru, S. O. 2022. Water and complex problemsheds in Karamoja, Uganda. Water International, 47(6):952-968. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/02508060.2022.2119525]
Water security ; Pastoralism ; Resilience ; Water management ; Political aspects ; Dams ; Livelihoods / Uganda / Karamoja
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H051498)
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/02508060.2022.2119525?needAccess=true
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H051498.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H051498.pdf
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A complex political economy revolves around shared land and water use between Kenyan Turkana and Ugandan Karamojong pastoralists. In response to growing pressure on resources, donors and the Ugandan government are investing in new surface water sources. However, power and political economy issues embedded within societal relationships are rarely factored into water infrastructure development. Drawing on Tony Allan’s teaching, we examine studies of two dams recently constructed in Karamoja and argue that a wider view encompassing power and politics within the Karamoja–Turkana Complex would help ensure more sustainable and effective future water supply development. Allan’s idea that catchments are part of much wider social, political economic and integrated livelihood systems, or problemsheds, is a key concept. Here we argue that adopting this concept in a complex of pastoral systems can improve future water resources planning and intervention in Karamoja, Uganda and similar contexts.
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