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1 International Network of Basin Organizations (INBO). 2012. The handbook for integrated water resources management in the basins of transboundary rivers, lakes and aquifers. Paris, Farnce: International Network of Basin Organizations (INBO); Stockholm, Sweden: Global Water Partnership (GWP). 120p.
Water management ; River basins ; International waters ; Lakes ; Aquifers ; Ecosystems ; Handbooks ; Water law ; Agreements ; Water governance ; Organizations ; Information systems ; Flooding ; Indicators ; Surface water ; Groundwater ; Stakeholders ; Financing ; Investments ; Climate change ; Capacity Building ; Public participation
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H044781)
http://www.gwp.org/Global/About%20GWP/Publications/INBO-GWP%20Transboundary%20Handbook/MGIREB-UK-2012_Web.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H044781.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H044781.pdf
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2 Venot, Jean-Philippe; de Fraiture, Charlotte; Nti Acheampong, Ernest. 2012. Revisiting dominant notions: a review of costs, performance and institutions of small reservoirs in Sub-Saharan Africa. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 39p. (IWMI Research Report 144) [doi: https://doi.org/10.5337/2012.202]
Reservoirs ; Institutions ; History ; Investments ; Costs ; Multiple use ; Rural development ; Water user associations ; Small scale systems ; Irrigation ; Remote sensing / Africa South of Sahara
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H045006)
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This report investigates the dynamics of one of the most common agricultural water management practices of sub-Saharan Africa, i.e., small reservoirs. Small reservoirs dam permanent or temporary river flows and support multiple livelihood activities (livestock watering, crop cultivation, fisheries, small handicrafts, etc.) while providing water-related ecosystem services (soil and water conservation, flood and drought mitigation, etc.). Gathering evidence from four sub-Saharan countries, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ethiopia and Zambia, this report calls for revisiting our understanding and assessment of the costs, performance and institutions for the management of small reservoirs. A more holistic analytical approach is the first step towards an integrative governance framework. This, in turn, holds the promise of sustainable management of small reservoirs.
3 Hanjra, M. A.; Ferede, T.; Gutta, D. G. 2009. Reducing poverty in sub-Saharan Africa through investments in water and other priorities. Agricultural Water Management, 96(7):1062-1070. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2009.03.001]
Rural poverty ; Investments ; Water resources ; Agricultural production ; Irrigation water / Africa South of Sahara
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H045268)
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Water resources are essential to human development processes and to achieve the Millennium Development Goals that seek, inter alia, to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger, achieve universal literacy, and ensure environmental sustainability. Expanding irrigation is essential to increase agricultural production, which is needed to achieve economic development and attain food security in much of sub-Saharan Africa. Water resources and irrigated agriculture are not developed to their full potential. Currently less than 4% of renewable water resources in Africa are withdrawn for agriculture. Barriers include the lack of financial and human resources to build irrigation and related rural infrastructure and acquire agricultural technology, and inadequate access to markets. This constrains progress towards poverty reduction. We examine the linkages between agricultural water, education, markets and rural poverty through a review of published studies. We argue that, linking agricultural water, education, and market interventions,which are so often implemented separately, would generate more effective poverty reduction and hunger eradication programs. Investments in agricultural water management and complementary rural infrastructure and related policies are the pathways to break the poverty trap in smallholder African agriculture.
4 Hanjra, M. A.; Ferede, T.; Gutta, D. G. 2009. Pathways to breaking the poverty trap in Ethiopia: investments in agricultural water, education, and markets. Agricultural Water Management, 96(11):1596-1604. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2009.06.008]
Poverty ; Investments ; Income ; Inequality ; Water management ; Agricultural production ; Irrigation water ; Smallholders ; Households / Ethiopia
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H045588)
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Investments in agricultural water management should complement or strengthen the livelihood and coping systems of the rural poor, and should thus be instrumental for breaking the poverty trap in Ethiopia. Underdeveloped water resources constrain progress towards poverty reduction. We examine linkages and complementarities between agricultural water, education, markets and rural poverty through an empirical study using household level data from selected villages in southern Ethiopia. We show that investments in irrigation can contribute to poverty reduction, but the poverty reducing impacts of irrigation water are greater when human capital and rural markets are well developed. The size of landholding, access to irrigation water, on-farmland and water conservation practices, literacy of the household head, and years of education of adults are all significant determinants of household welfare, and thus potential pathways for reducing poverty. Expansion of cultivated land, particularly irrigated land, universal literacy, and an extra school year for adults all reduce poverty, but reductions in poverty are greater when irrigation is combined with universal literacy. These findings call for simultaneous investments in agricultural water, education, markets and related policy support measures for reducing poverty in smallholder agriculture in Ethiopia.
5 Niaz, S. M. 1985. International funding of groundwater development schemes. Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, 18(1):3-12.
Groundwater development ; Development projects ; Irrigation projects ; International organizations ; World Bank ; Investments ; Bank loans ; Drainage ; Legislation ; Public sector ; Private sector ; Wells
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H045771)
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6 Giordano, Meredith; de Fraiture, C. 2014. Small private irrigation: enhancing benefits and managing trade-offs. Agricultural Water Management, 131:175-182. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2013.07.003]
Smallholders ; Farmers ; Irrigation ; Small scale systems ; Pumps ; Policy ; Farmer-led irrigation ; Investments / Africa / South Asia
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H046038)
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Millions of smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia benefit from readily available and affordable irrigation technologies. The rapid uptake of small private irrigation in South Asia had a proven positive effect on poverty alleviation. In sub-Saharan Africa similar trends are emerging and several studies point to considerable upscaling potential. Achieving this potential would substantially boost smallholder incomes and food security. However, the spread of small private irrigation poses several challenges related to equity, efficiency, and sustainability. Women and resource poor farmers face challenges accessing affordable technologies; market inefficiencies and policy frameworks negatively affect farmer decision-making and technology access; and the unregulated spread of private irrigation may lead to over-abstraction, pollution, and conflicts. In this paper we argue that carefully designed intervention strategies and policy engagement are needed for two reasons. First, there is a need to address potential adverse effects of the ongoing, unregulated spread of small private irrigation while safeguarding its proven benefits on food security and poverty alleviation. Second, relatively straightforward measures can extend the benefits to a broader group of smallholders, including women and the poor, while at the same time ensuring sustainable use of the resource. Based on empirical evidence from case studies in six countries, we identified four elements of such an approach: (1) enhancing technology access; (2) catalyzing smallholder value chains; (3) fostering supportive policies; and (4) strengthening institutional capacity to manage potential trade-offs at the watershed scale.
7 Grey, D.; Sadoff, C. 2006. Water for growth and development. A theme document of the 4th World Water Forum. Mexico City, Mexico: National Water Commission. 55p.
Water security ; Water power ; Poverty ; Developing countries ; Hydrology ; Economic development ; Economic evaluation ; Corporate culture ; Infrastructure ; Gender ; Lakes ; Investments ; River basins ; Resource management ; Case studies / USA / North America / Western Europe / Asia / South Africa / Poland / Mexico / Ethiopia / Yemen
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H048117)
http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTWRD/Resources/FINAL_0601_SUBMITTED_Water_for_Growth_and_Development.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H048117.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H048117.pdf
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8 Campanhola, C.; Pandey, S. (Eds.) 2019. Sustainable food and agriculture: an integrated approach. London, UK: Academic Press; Rome, Italy: FAO: 585p. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/C2016-0-01212-3]
Sustainable agriculture ; Food security ; Food production ; Agricultural production ; Sustainable Development Goals ; Agroecosystems ; Food supply ; Agroecology ; Agroforestry ; Intercropping ; Agricultural landscape ; Agrifood systems ; Climate-smart agriculture ; Conservation agriculture ; Climate change ; Forecasting ; Soil management ; Nitrogen ; Land use ; Biodiversity ; Ecosystem services ; Sustainable forest management ; Urbanization ; Nutrition ; Economic growth ; Investments ; Innovation ; Water use ; Water scarcity ; Technology ; Plant genetic resources ; System of Rice Intensification ; Carbon sequestration ; Greenhouse gas emissions ; Natural resources ; Risk management ; Water governance ; Institutions ; Policies ; Pest management ; Livestock ; Aquaculture ; Stakeholders ; Smallholders ; Farmers ; Living standards ; Rural poverty ; Social capital ; Socioeconomic environment / Africa South of Sahara / Asia
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 338.19 G000 CAM, e-copy SF Record No: H049449)
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