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1 Bennett, J.; Birol, E. (Eds.) 2010. Choice experiments in developing countries: implementation, challenges and policy implications. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar. 321p.
Environmental protection ; Developing countries ; Economic development ; Wetlands ; Sloping land ; Models ; Coastal waters ; Water quality ; Economic development ; Case studies ; Land use ; Ecosystems ; Waste management ; Public health ; Agricultural extension ; Agricultural sector ; Food safety ; Wildlife ; Surveys / Sri Lanka / Vietnam / Ethiopia / Tobago / China / Pakistan / Chile / India / Cambodia / Philippines / Kenya / Uganda / Lake Awassa / Indus River / Ruil Forest / West Bengal / Phnom Prich Wildlife Sanctuary / Mumbai
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 363.7 G000 BEN Record No: H042982)
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2 Hassan, R. M. 2010. Implications of climate change for agricultural sector performance in Africa: policy challenges and research agenda. Journal of African Economies, 19(AERC Supplement 2):77-105.
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H044894)
http://jae.oxfordjournals.org/content/19/suppl_2/ii77.full.pdf+html
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H044894.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H044894.pdf
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The paper analysed how climate change (CC) has shaped African agriculture in the past and how it might impact on African farm economies in the future and what adaptation strategies African farmers have adopted to cope with these changes. The analyses covered all key farming systems and agro-climates of Africa in 11 countries in which data were collected from over 10,000 farm household surveys. Results provided evidence that African agriculture and the welfare of its rural population are vulnerable to CC. The highest risk of future CC damages is associated with specialised crop and livestock farming (mono systems) particularly under dryland conditions in arid and semi-arid regions. This indicates how difficult it is to achieve an African green revolution under the current high reliance on dryland systems (more than 95% of the land) given predicted harsh future climates (warmer and dryer projections) for most of the dryland areas in Africa. It will require substantial public and private investments in expanding irrigation and development of crop varieties and animal breeds that are tolerant to heat,water and lowfertility stresses, and in building roads and marketing infrastructures that will improve access to critical inputs (e.g., fertiliser) and output trade. This essentially requires mainstreaming climate sensitivity as an integral component of all agricultural and broader economic development planning and policy design. Although the expected damages are large, many farming systems and communities in Africa face serious limiting conditions which reduce their ability to adapt and hence increase their vulnerability. Among the key factors found to constrain African farmers’ ability to adopt effective adaptation measures are poor access to information, capital, technology and markets. Policies aimed at promoting farm-level adaptation need to emphasise the critical role of farmers’ education; provision of improved climate, production and market information and the means to implement adaptations through affordable credit facilities. Other needed public interventions to help promote adaptation measures and reduce vulnerability include insurance against climate risks to farmers and provision of safety nets.
3 Bossio, D.; Erkossa, Teklu; Dile, Y.; McCartney, Matthew; Killiches, F.; Hoff, H. 2012. Water implications of foreign direct investment in Ethiopia’s agricultural sector. Water Alternatives, 5(2):223-242.
Agricultural sector ; Foreign investment ; Water resources ; Water use ; Water requirements ; Water consumption ; Land acquisitions ; Land leases ; Agreements ; River basins / Ethiopia
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H044916)
http://www.water-alternatives.org/index.php/alldoc/articles/vol5/v5issue2/167-a5-2-3/file
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H044916.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H044916.pdf
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Ethiopia is often highlighted as a country in which a lot of foreign land acquisition is occurring. The extent to which these investments also constitute significant acquisitions of water is the subject of this paper. It is apparent that water availability is a strong driver of the recent surge of investments in agricultural land globally, and in general the investments occur in countries with significant 'untapped' water resources. Ethiopia is no exception. We propose that the perception of unused and abundant water resources, as captured in dominant narratives, that drives and justifies both foreign and domestic investments, fails to reflect the more complex reality on the ground. Based on new collections of lease information and crop modelling, we estimate the potential additional water use associated with foreign investments at various scales. As a consequence of data limitations our analyses provide only crude estimates of consumptive water use and indicate a wide range of possible water consumption depending on exactly how foreign direct investment (FDI) development scenarios unfold. However, they do suggest that if all planned FDI schemes are implemented and expanded in the near future, additional water consumption is likely to be comparable with existing water use in non-FDI irrigation schemes, and a non-trivial proportion of the country’s water resources will be effectively utilised by foreign entities. Hence, additional water use as well as local water scarcity ought to be strong considerations in regulating or pricing land leases. If new investments are to increase local food and water security without compromising local and downstream water availability they should be designed to improve often very low agricultural water productivity, and to safeguard access of local populations to water.
4 Lewin, T.; Harvey, B.; Page, S. (Eds.) 2012. New roles for communication in development? IDS Bulletin, 43(5):132p.
Communication technology ; Development ; Research ; Scientists ; Capacity building ; Climate change ; Gender ; Women ; Policy ; Agricultural sector ; Knowledge sharing ; Radio ; Information and communication technologies (ICTs) ; Private sector / Africa South of Sahara / Africa / Egypt / Bangladesh
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 302.072 G000 LEW Record No: H045491)
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5 Musaba, Emmanuel; Chilonda, Pius; Matchaya, Greenwell. 2013. Impact of government sectoral expenditure on economic growth in Malawi, 1980-2007. Journal of Economics and Sustainable Development, 4(2):71-78.
Economic growth ; Government ; Expenditure ; Agricultural sector ; Education ; Health ; Defence ; Social security ; Transport ; Communication ; Energy ; Models / Malawi
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H045829)
http://www.iiste.org/Journals/index.php/JEDS/article/download/4128/4144
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H045829.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H045829.pdf
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This paper examines the impact of government sectoral expenditure on economic growth in Malawi. Using time series data from 1980 to 2007, cointegration analysis in the context of an error correction model was employed to estimate the growth effects of government expenditures in agriculture, education, health, defence, social protection and transport and communication. The short run results showed no significant relationship between government sectoral expenditure and economic growth. The long run results showed a significant positive effect on economic growth of expenditure on agriculture and defence. The expenditures on education, health, social protection and transportation and communication were negatively related to economic growth. To boost economic growth efficient management of resources allocated to all sectors should be emphasized.
6 Scott, J. C. 1985. Weapons of the weak: everyday forms of peasant resistance. New Haven, CT, USA: Yale University Press. 389p.
Irrigation schemes ; Landscape ; Land ownership ; Land tenure ; Agricultural sector ; Rice ; Rural poverty ; Income ; Households ; Mechanization ; Local organizations ; Farmers associations / Malaysia / Sedaka / Kedah Irrigation Scheme / Muda Irrigation Scheme
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 305.5633 G7l6 SCO Record No: H046229)
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7 Chamusso, A.; Zikhali, Precious; Musaba, Emmanuel; Gemo, H.; Osvaldo, L. 2013. Trends in public agricultural spending in Mozambique. Pretoria, South Africa: Regional Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support System for Southern Africa (ReSAKSS-SA) 8p. (ReSAKSS-SA Issue Note 22)
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H046295)
http://www.resakss.org/sites/default/files/pdfs/ReSAKSS_IN21.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H046295.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H046295.pdf
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8 Gemo, H. R.; Chilonda, Pius. 2013. Why did Mozambique’s public extension halt the implementation of the National Agrarian Extension Program (PRONEA)? Washington, DC, USA: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). 54p. (IFPRI Working Paper 6)
Food security ; Food production ; Poverty ; Stakeholders ; Farmers ; Agricultural sector ; Small scale farming ; Cotton ; Tobacco / Mozambique
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H046296)
http://www.ifpri.org/sites/default/files/publications/mozsspwp6.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H046296.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H046296.pdf
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Agriculture plays a crucial role in food security and poverty reduction in Mozambique, contributing around 25 percent of the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). However, despite the considerable agro-ecological potential and the need for increased production, agricultural productivity remains low. The prevailing gap between domestic food production and demand, as well as lagging exports, continue to pose significant challenges. As part of efforts to deal with these challenges, the government and other agriculture sector stakeholders have recognized the crucial role of extension services in increasing productivity. The government plays an important role in the extension system through the Ministry of Agriculture (MINAG). This paper assesses critical factors that constrained the successful implementation of the National Agrarian Extension Program, (PRONEA, from Programa Nacional de Extensao Agraria), by MINAG’s National Directorate of Agrarian Extension (DNEA, from Direccao Nacional de Extensao Agraria), which resulted in a decision to halt PRONEA in 2010, three years after its launch. A conceptual framework for planning and implementing programs and strengthening pluralistic agricultural extension and advisory systems identified factors that should ideally have been taken into account before launching PRONEA in order to reduce the risk of failure. The analysis was based on a review of the literature about agricultural extension in Mozambique, official documents, interviews with key informants and experts, and field visits to various provinces. The analysis found that factors related to the conceptualization, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of PRONEA led to its failure and subsequent discontinuation. Overall, the assessment underscores the need for institutional changes to support successful implementation of public agricultural extension programs. To be noted, a redesigned PRONEA started to be implemented in the second half of 2012.
9 Srinivasan, V.; Suresh Kumar, D.; Chinnasamy, P.; Sulagna, S.; Sakthivel, D.; Paramasivam, P.; Lele, S. 2014. Water management in the Noyyal River basin: a situation analysis. Bangalore, India: Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment. 48p. (Environment and Development Discussion Paper 2)
Water management ; River basins ; Water availability ; Water quality ; Watersheds ; Water scarcity ; Surface water ; Drinking water ; Domestic water ; Hydrology ; Demography ; Land use ; Sustainability ; Agricultural sector ; Government departments ; Institutions ; Pumping ; Wells ; Public health ; Environmental flows ; Households ; Farmers / India / Tamil Nadu / Noyyal River Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H046359)
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10 Amarasinghe, Upali A.; Smakhtin, Vladimir. 2014. Global water demand projections: past, present and future. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 32p. (IWMI Research Report 156) [doi: https://doi.org/10.5337/2014.212]
Water demand ; Forecasting ; Water resources ; Planning ; Domestic water ; Secondary sector ; Agricultural sector ; Irrigation efficiency ; Water use ; Economic growth ; Income
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H046577)
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A review of global water demand projections (WDPs) show substantial overpredictions or under-predictions. The pre-1990 WDPs, with population as the main driver of change, overpredicted current water use by 20 to 130%. The post-1990 WDPs, with sophisticated modeling frameworks, show substantial underestimation under the ‘business-as-usual’ scenarios and are more downward biased under sustainable scenarios. Overall, the value of long-term country-level projections in global WDPs is inadequate for local water resource planning. To increase the accuracy and value of global WDPs, future WDPs should take into account the spatial variation and influence of rapidly changing key exogenous and endogenous drivers of water demand in different sectors across and within countries, and provide a sensitivity analysis of projections.
11 Nhlengethwa, S. B.; Matchaya, G. C.; Musaba, Emmanuel; Chilonda, Pius. 2014. Trends in public agricultural spending in Swaziland. Pretoria, South Africa: Regional Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support System for Southern Africa (ReSAKSS-SA) 8p. (ReSAKSS-SA Issue Note 22)
Public sector ; Agricultural sector ; Investment ; Government ; Economic growth ; Budgets / Swaziland
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H046596)
http://www.resakss.org/sites/default/files/pdfs/RESAKSS-SA-Issue%20Note_No23.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H046596.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H046596.pdf
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12 Matchaya, Greenwell; Nhlengethwa, Sibusiso; Chilonda, Pius. 2014. Agricultural sector performance in Malawi. Regional and Sectoral Economic Studies, 14(2):141-156.
Agricultural sector ; Performance indexes ; Poverty ; Income ; Investment ; Cereal products ; Livestock products ; Malnutrition ; Land productivity ; Labour productivity / Malawi
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H046733)
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This paper charts the performance of the agriculture sector in Malawi for the period 2000 – 2013 (with particular attention paid to the last three to four years of the said period). In the quest to attain this aim the paper empirically focuses on the significance of mapping the performance of the sector in the form of trends against the baseline sectoral performance targets enlisted in the ASWAP, CAADP Framework and SADC RISDP. The consistent and concerted efforts by the Government of Malawi and development partners to meet the ASWAP, CAADP framework and SADC RISDP targets have resulted in the country making commendable economic growth and poverty alleviation. The country has been able to attain the 6% agricultural growth target despite the questionable quality of public expenditure. It is also interesting to note that changes in the agriculture sector appear to have had influence on incomes, poverty and malnourishment. The trend analysis led to the following findings; the growth in agricultural GDP and the annual GDP growth of the country surpassed the CAADP target of 6% annual growth and this culminated to an increase in production (cereal and livestock production) and productivity (land productivity) despite the fact that the country has not met the irrigation and fertiliser used targets. This increase in production and productivity may be earnestly attributed substantially public invested in the agriculture sector to meet the CAADP 10% target of the total budget to agriculture. However, this increase in agricultural GDP annual growth has not had a significant bearing on the country’s battle to offset poverty; the country’s GHI is still serious and the proportion of the population below the minimum dietary energy consumption is still high (23% on average) whilst the MDG I target stands at 20%. The major deduction from these findings is that there is a need for more concerted efforts in Malawi to refine agricultural growth investments; this can be carried out efficiently by developing a National Agriculture Plan (NAP) which will be a single policy tool that will guide investment and implementation of priorities in the sector.
13 Matchaya, Greenwell; Chilonda, Pius; Nhlengethwa, Sibusiso. 2013. The nature of public agricultural spending in southern Africa. Journal of Technology Management and Technopreneurship, 2(1):1-18.
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H046734)
http://journal.utem.edu.my/index.php/jtmt/article/view/54/52
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H046734.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H046734.pdf
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This paper sets out to analyses and present trends in investments in agriculture in the SADC region. In pursuing this goal the paper empirically highlights the importance of disaggregating expenditure data when examining its links to measures of productivity and poverty. This is important because not all types of expenditure have the potential to positively impact on productivity and poverty. In order to pursue the goals set out in this paper, analysis focused mainly on data on agricultural public expenditure for Angola, Botswana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Trend analysis leads to the following main findings: Various countries have tended to invest in their agricultural sectors differently across time, but investments have been limited and volatile, while the quality of spending has also gone down. There is also public agricultural expenditure bias towards crops at the expense of other sectors. The major implication is that there is need for more concerted efforts in the SADC to ensure more and better-targeted agricultural growth enhancing investments.
14 Malawi. Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development (MoAIWD). 2014. Malawi. Joint sector review [JSR] assessment: advancing mutual accountability through comprehensive, inclusive, and technically robust review and dialogue. Lilongwe, Malawi: Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development (MoAIWD). 63p.
Agricultural development ; Agricultural sector ; Agricultural policy ; Performance indexes ; Planning ; Monitoring ; Investment ; Financing ; Expenditure ; State intervention ; Private sector ; Corporate culture ; Stakeholders ; Development projects ; Food security / Malawi
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H046816)
http://www.resakss.org/sites/default/files/pdfs/Malawi%20JSR_Assessment.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H046816.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H046816.pdf
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15 Mozambique. Ministry of Agriculture (MINAG). 2014. Mozambique. Joint sector review [JSR] assessment: advancing mutual accountability through comprehensive, inclusive, and technically robust review and dialogue. Maputo, Mozambique: Ministry of Agriculture (MINAG). 60p.
Agricultural development ; Agricultural sector ; Agricultural policy ; Development projects ; Performance indexes ; Economic aspects ; Budgets ; Expenditure ; Public investment ; Farmers associations ; Stakeholders ; Corporate culture / Mozambique
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H046817)
http://www.resakss.org/sites/default/files/pdfs/Mozambique_JSR_Assessment.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H046817.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H046817.pdf
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16 Campanaro, A.; Rodriguez, D. J.; Amilpa, E. A.; Loaeza, E. G.; Arronte, P. 2014. Strengthening the financial system for water in Mexico: from a conceptual framework to the formulation of pilot initiatives. Washington, DC, USA: World Bank. 85p. (World Bank Water Papers 89153)
Water management ; Financing ; Water use ; Water supply ; Water rights ; Sanitation ; Legal aspects ; Pilot projects ; Public-private cooperation ; Funding ; Investment ; Disaster risk management ; Climate change ; Agricultural sector / Mexico
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H046879)
http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2014/06/30/000442464_20140630094205/Rendered/PDF/891530WSP0Box385266B00PUBLIC0.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H046879.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H046879.pdf
(1.52 MB) (1.52 MB)
17 Myanmar. Ministry of National Planning and Economic Development. Central Statistical Organization (CSO). 2012. Statistical yearbook 2011. Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar: Central Statistical Organization (CSO). 549p.
Statistics ; Agricultural sector ; Livestock ; Fisheries ; Employment ; Education ; Rural areas ; Urban areas ; Population ; Health ; Malnutrition ; Manpower ; Gender ; Climatic data ; Forestry ; Industry ; Mining ; Electric power ; Building construction ; Trade statistics ; Foreign trade ; Domestic trade ; Foreign investment ; Tourism ; Transport ; Communication technology ; Mass media ; Public finance ; Household expenditure ; Delinquent behaviour / Myanmar
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 310 G590 MYA Record No: H046974)
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18 Damayanthi, M. K. N.; Rambodagedara, R. M. M. H. K. 2013. Factors affecting less youth participation in smallholder agriculture in Sri Lanka. Colombo, Sri Lanka: Hector Kobbekaduwa Agrarian Research and Training Institute (HARTI). 102p. (HARTI Research Report 154)
Agricultural sector ; Young workers ; Farmer participation ; Smallholders ; Gender ; Unemployment ; Socioeconomic environment ; Vocational training ; Agricultural extension ; Land use ; Farmland ; Crop insurance ; Case studies / Sri Lanka / Nuwara Eliya / Matale / Polonnaruwa / Kurunegala / Ampara / Hambantota / Monaragala / Anuradhapura / Batticaloa
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 630 G744 DAM Record No: H046989)
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19 Lefore, Nicole. 2015. Strengthening facilitation competencies in development: processes, challenges and lessons of a learning alliance to develop facilitators for local community engagement. Knowledge Management for Development Journal, 11(1):118-135.
Capacity building ; Training ; Learning ; Local community ; Community development ; Water users ; Waste management ; Farmers ; Stakeholders ; Agricultural sector ; Sustainability ; Participatory approaches ; Non governmental organizations ; Case studies / East Africa / southern Africa
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H047007)
http://journal.km4dev.org/index.php/km4dj/article/viewFile/217/356
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H047007.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H047007.pdf
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Effective facilitation enables farmer-based water user organizations to analyse contextual issues, identify causal links, formulate clear challenges, develop partnerships with stakeholders, and innovate and implement solutions. However, facilitation is often provided by international partners, such as advanced research institutions or non-governmental organisations (NGOs). The reliance on external consultants to facilitate innovation and change processes creates risks for sustainability. This article provides an overview of a capacity development initiative for facilitation of change in the agriculture water sector in Africa. It focuses on the case study of the Improved Management for Agricultural Water in East and Southern Africa (IMAWESA) network’s learning alliance on facilitating community engagement. The IMAWESA learning alliance sought to build competency on facilitation methods and tools at national and sub-national levels within and across agricultural water management projects. The paper primarily seeks to address questions related to the sustainability of facilitated processes and the effectiveness of capacity development methods to train facilitators and thus strengthen local facilitation.
20 Akter, N.; Azad, A. K.; Gurung, T. R. (Eds.) 2014. Proceedings of the Regional Expert Consultation Meeting on Adaptation to Climate Change Impact on Crop Production in SAARC member countries, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 23-24 November 2013. Dhaka, Bangladesh: SAARC Agriculture Centre (SAC). 309p.
Climate change ; Adaptation ; Impact assessment ; Crop production ; Strategies ; Policy ; Planning ; Models ; Agricultural sector ; Farming systems ; Rain ; Flooding ; Drought ; Salinity ; Sea level ; Legal aspects ; Training ; Investment / South Asia / Bangladesh / Bhutan / India / Nepal / Pakistan / Sri Lanka / Maldives / Afghanistan
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H047010)
http://www.saarcagri.org/images/abook_file/climate_change_impact.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H047010.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H047010.pdf
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