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1 Hiwasaki, L.; Bolliger, L.; Lacombe, Guillaume; Raneri, J.; Schut, M.; Staal, S. (Eds.) 2016. Integrated systems research for sustainable smallholder agriculture in the Central Mekong: achievements and challenges of implementing integrated systems research. Hanoi, Vietnam: World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF). Southeast Asia Regional Program. 178p.
Integrated management ; Sustainable agriculture ; Smallholders ; Farmers ; Humid tropics ; River basin management ; Crop management ; Plantation crops ; Livestock ; Soil fertility ; Soil conservation ; Water availability ; Rainwater ; Water harvesting ; Water storage ; Watersheds ; Living standards ; Land use ; Highlands ; Landscape ; Land degradation ; Land cover ; Nutrition ; Nongovernmental organizations ; Research institutions ; CGIAR ; Natural resources management ; Systems analysis ; Environmental management ; Marketing techniques ; Economic aspects ; Food security ; Food production ; Empowerment ; Research and development ; Agricultural research ; Gender ; Case studies / Southeast Asia / Myanmar / Lao People's Democratic Republic / Thailand / Cambodia / Vietnam / China / Yunnan / Nan Province / Xishuangbanna / Mekong River Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H047858)
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2 Sugden, Fraser; Punch, S. 2014. The challenges and benefits of employing a mobile research fellow to facilitate team work on a large, interdisciplinary, multi-sited project. Research in Comparative and International Education, 9(4):441-453. [doi: https://doi.org/10.2304/rcie.2014.9.4.441]
Research projects ; Interdisciplinary research ; Research and development ; Research funding ; Research personnel ; Research support ; Research workers ; Researchers ; Teamwork ; Capacity building ; Communication
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H047883)
Over the last few years research funding has increasingly moved in favour of large, multipartner, interdisciplinary and multi-site research projects. This article explores the benefits and challenges of employing a full-time research fellow to work across multiple field sites, with all the local research teams, on an international, interdisciplinary project. The article shows how such a ‘floating’ research fellow can play a valuable role in facilitating communication between research teams and project leaders, as well as in building capacity and introducing disciplinary specific skills. It also highlights some key challenges, including problems of language and translation, and the complex power relations within which such a researcher is inevitably embedded. This article contributes to the development of strategies for collaborative projects to facilitate coordination between research teams. It is based on a five-site, cross-cultural project, involving nine partners with a mixture of natural and social science backgrounds, researching aquatic resource use, rural livelihoods, work and education in China, Vietnam and India.
3 Hiwasaki, L.; Culas, C.; Minh, T. T.; Senaratna Sellamuttu, Sonali; Douthwaite, B.; Elias, M.; Kawarazuka, N.; McDougall, C.; Pannier, E. 2016. Guidelines to engage with marginalized ethnic minorities in agricultural research for development in the Greater Mekong. Hanoi, Vietnam: World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) Southeast Asia Regional Program. 30p.
Agricultural research ; Agricultural sector ; Research and development ; Ethnic groups ; Minority groups ; Guidelines ; Gender ; Equity ; Households ; Decision making ; Living standards ; Social aspects ; Cultural behaviour ; Political aspects ; Economic aspects ; Eroded soils ; Erosion ; Sustainable agriculture ; On-farm research ; Domestic gardens ; Participatory approaches ; Stakeholders ; Case studies / Southeast Asia / Cambodia / Lao People's Democratic Republic / Myanmar / Thailand / Vietnam / China / Greater Mekong Subregion / Bolikhamxay Province / Yunnan Province / Kon Tum Province / Yen Bai Province / Houay Dou Catchment / Dien Bien Province / Gulmi Districts / Rupandehi Districts
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H047890)
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4 Nair, P. K. R.; Garrity, D. (Eds.) 2012. Agroforestry - the future of global land use. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer. 549p. (Advances in Agroforestry 9) [doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4676-3]
Agroforestry systems ; Land use ; Land management ; Landscape ; Climate change ; Adaptation ; Habitats ; Ecosystem services ; Biodiversity conservation ; Rural development ; Trees ; Domestication ; Carbon sequestration ; Carbon credits ; Agriculture ; Farming systems ; Research and Development ; Energy conservation ; Energy generation ; Renewable energy ; Bioenergy ; Industrialization ; Soil properties ; Rangelands ; Gender ; Smallholders ; Food security ; Germplasm ; Rehabilitation ; Greenhouse gases ; Emission ; Sustainability ; Organic agriculture ; Organic fertilizers ; Faidherbia albida ; Natural resources management ; Forest conservation ; Tillage ; Residues ; Nutrient cycling ; Grazing ; Cropping systems ; Shifting cultivation ; Rubber plants ; Wetlands ; Living standards ; Cashews ; Smallholders ; Fruit growing ; Poverty ; Rural communities ; Environmental policy ; Environmental services ; Silvopastoral systems ; Economic aspects ; Alley cropping ; Reclamation ; Indigenous knowledge ; Urbanization ; Agrobiodiversity ; Fertilizers ; Resource conservation ; Legal aspects ; Corporate culture ; Theobroma cacao ; Coffea ; Forage ; Soil fertility ; Case studies / Asia / Europe / Africa / Indonesia / China / USA / Canada / Japan / Latin America / Kenya / Philippines / Niger / Amazon / Sumatra / Xishuangbanna
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy SF Record No: H047924)
5 Sri Lanka. National Science Foundation. 2015. Sri Lanka Science and Technology Statistical Handbook 2013. Colombo, Sri Lanka: National Science Foundation. 55p.
Statistical data ; Financing ; Research and development ; National expenditure ; Human resources ; Sciences ; Technology ; Performance indexes ; Socioeconomic development ; Demography ; Indicators ; Educational institutions
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 310 G744 SRI Record No: H047937)
6 Mekuria, Wolde; Barron, Jennie; Dessalegn, Mengistu; Adimassu, Zenebe; Amare, T.; Wondie, M. 2017. Exclosures for ecosystem restoration and economic benefits in Ethiopia: a catalogue of management options. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE). 28p. (WLE Research for Development (R4D) Learning Series 4) [doi: https://doi.org/10.5337/2017.204]
Research and development ; Learning ; Capacity building ; Ecosystems ; Economic situation ; Stakeholders ; Smallholders ; Livestock production ; Milk production ; Woodlands ; Habitats ; Renewable energy ; Energy sources ; Natural resources management ; Gender ; Women ; Youth ; Guidelines ; Governance ; State intervention ; Local communities ; Community involvement ; Land use ; Land management ; Land degradation ; Living standards ; Income ; Fodder plants ; Soil conservation ; Water conservation ; Watershed management ; Management techniques ; Sustainability ; Risk reduction ; Private sector ; Public sector / Ethiopia
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H048081)
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7 Douthwaite, B.; Apgar, J. M.; Schwarz, A.-M.; Attwood, S.; Senaratna Sellamuttu, Sonali; Clayton, T. 2017. A new professionalism for agricultural research for development. International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, 15(3):238-252. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/14735903.2017.1314754]
Agricultural research ; Research and development ; Professionalism ; Research organizations ; CGIAR ; Research programmes ; Aquatic environment ; Agricultural systems ; Participatory approaches ; Community involvement ; Partnerships ; Stakeholders ; Scientists ; Farmers ; Capacity building ; Gender equity ; Green revolution ; Case studies ; Monitoring ; Evaluation
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H048130)
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There have been repeated calls for a ‘new professionalism’ for carrying out agricultural research for development since the 1990s. At the centre of these calls is a recognition that for agricultural research to support the capacities required to face global patterns of change and their implications on rural livelihoods, requires a more systemic, learning focused and reflexive practice that bridges epistemologies and methodologies. In this paper, we share learning from efforts to mainstream such an approach through a large, multi-partner CGIAR research program working in aquatic agricultural systems. We reflect on four years of implementing research in development (RinD), the program’s approach to the new professionalism. We highlight successes and challenges and describe the key characteristics that define the approach. We conclude it is possible to build a program on a broader approach that embraces multidisciplinarity and engages with stakeholders in social-ecological systems. Our experience also suggests caution is required to ensure there is the time, space and appropriate evaluation methodologies in place to appreciate outcomes different to those to which conventional agricultural research aspires.
8 Lefore, Nicole; Weight, Elizabeth; Mukhamedova, Nozilakhon. 2017. Improving gender equity in irrigation: application of a tool to promote learning and performance in Malawi and Uzbekistan. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE) 31p. (WLE Research for Development (R4D) Learning Series 6) [doi: https://doi.org/10.5337/2017.217]
Research and development ; Gender equity ; Learning ; Training programmes ; Performance evaluation ; Women ; Women’s participation ; Men ; Irrigation schemes ; Participation ; Improvement ; Assessment ; On-farm production ; Agricultural extension ; Agricultural production ; Productivity ; Water management ; Water allocation ; Farmers ; Market access ; Investment ; Community involvement ; Stakeholders ; Resource management ; Decision making ; State intervention / Malawi / Uzbekistan
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H048368)
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This paper provides a brief synthesis of research conducted on gender in irrigation, and the tools and frameworks used in the past to promote improvement for women in on-farm agricultural water management. It then presents results from the pilot of the Gender in Irrigation Learning and Improvement Tool (GILIT) in locations in Malawi and Uzbekistan in 2015. Through the results of the tool, the paper looks at benefit sharing between men and women farmers: (i) access to irrigation scheme resources (including information, for example, in the design phase; land, water and other inputs); (ii) participation in scheme management; and (iii) access to scheme benefits, including access to market information, packaging and payments. The indicators for the tool were modelled after principles reflected in existing gender policies and strategies, and intended to improve performance at field level in line with national and regional goals. The paper concludes with informal and formal constraints to gender-equitable outcomes from irrigation investments identified during the pilot, and suggests how the tool can be used by various development actors to improve the benefits for women from investments in agricultural water management.
9 Ringler, C.; Choufani, J.; Chase, C.; McCartney, Matthew; Mateo-Sagasta, Javier; Mekonnen, D.; Dickens, Chris. 2018. Meeting the nutrition and water targets of the Sustainable Development Goals: achieving progress through linked interventions. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE); Washington, DC, USA: The World Bank. 24p. (WLE Research for Development (R4D) Learning Series 7) [doi: https://doi.org/10.5337/2018.221]
Research and development ; Learning ; Sustainable Development Goals ; Nutrition ; Integrated management ; Water resources ; Water management ; Water supply ; Water quality ; Water security ; Water pollution ; Water use ; Water availability ; Waterborne diseases ; Sanitation ; Food security ; Food production ; Diet ; Sustainable agriculture ; Agricultural systems ; Drinking water ; Climate change ; Policy making ; Economic aspects ; Equity ; Landscape ; Public health ; Wastewater treatment ; Ecosystem services ; Communities ; Risk management ; Irrigation water
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H048974)
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Water and nutrition are linked in multiple ways, but few of these interlinkages are well understood. What is, for example, the exact relationship between water pollution and health or between water resource management and nutrition? Even less is known about the interactions across these various linkages. The importance of better understanding these connections has been highlighted as we pursue the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which challenge mankind to meet both water security as well as food and nutrition security goals, while also improving water-based ecosystems. It has become increasingly clear that progress toward these goals can only be achieved if measures in the food and nutrition space (SDG 2) do not constrain progress on water (SDG 6) and if measures undertaken to support targets under one of these SGDs also support the outcomes of the other. This paper provides an overview of water–nutrition linkages as reflected in the SDGs, and it identifies key gaps in these linkages and suggests a way forward to support the achievement of both water and nutrition goals and targets.
10 Njenga, M.; Mendum, R. (Eds.) 2018. Recovering bioenergy in Sub-Saharan Africa: gender dimensions, lessons and challenges. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE). 96p. (Resource Recovery and Reuse: Special Issue) [doi: https://doi.org/10.5337/2018.226]
Resource recovery ; Resource management ; Bioenergy ; Gender ; Role of women ; Equity ; Poverty ; Energy generation ; Energy demand ; Energy resources ; Renewable energy ; Cooking ; Heating ; Waste management ; Human wastes ; Excreta ; Fuels ; Briquettes ; Business enterprises ; Marketing ; Sanitation ; Urban areas ; Households ; Refugees ; Supply chain ; Production factors ; Health hazards ; Economic impact ; Biogas ; Biochar ; Biomass ; Investment ; Empowerment ; Living standards ; Farmers organizations ; Biodigesters ; Gasifiers ; Community involvement ; Research and development ; Case studies / Africa South of Sahara / Uganda / Ghana / Kenya
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H048999)
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There is a strong link between gender and energy in view of food preparation and the acquisition of fuel, especially in rural areas. This is demonstrated in a range of case studies from East and West Africa, where biochar, human waste and other waste resources have been used to produce briquettes or biogas as additional high-quality fuel sources. The synthesis of the cases concludes that resource recovery and reuse for energy offers an alternative to conventional centralized grid projects which, while attractive to investors and large-scale enterprises, do not necessarily provide job opportunities for marginalized communities. Reusing locally available waste materials for energy production and as soil ameliorant (in the case of biochar) in small enterprises allows women and youth who lack business capital to begin modest, locally viable businesses. The case studies offer concrete examples of small-scale solutions to energy poverty that can make a significant difference to the lives of women and their communities.
11 Mendum, R.; Paez, A. M.; Njenga, M. 2018. Challenges and solutions for gender mainstreaming and gender integration in research and development. In Njenga, M.; Mendum, R. (Eds.). Recovering bioenergy in Sub-Saharan Africa: gender dimensions, lessons and challenges. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE). pp.73-78. (Resource Recovery and Reuse: Special Issue)
Gender mainstreaming ; Gender equality ; Research and development ; Development policies ; Role of women ; Women's participation ; Education ; Capacity building ; Social aspects ; Decision making
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H049009)
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12 Merrey, D. J.; Lefore, Nicole. 2018. How to support effective and inclusive irrigation water users’ associations: a guide for practitioners. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE). 16p. (WLE Research for Development (R4D) Learning Series 9) [doi: https://doi.org/10.5337/2018.227]
Research and development ; Learning ; Irrigation water ; Irrigation management ; Irrigation efficiency ; Water user associations ; Best practices ; Guidelines ; Farmers organizations ; Irrigation schemes ; Collective action ; Small scale systems ; Policy making ; Investment ; Costs ; Gender ; Training programmes ; Monitoring ; Evaluation ; Water policy ; Water governance ; Water institutions ; Water availability ; Nongovernmental organizations ; Sustainability ; Stakeholders ; Infrastructure ; Socioeconomic environment ; Communities ; Local authorities
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H049026)
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The purpose of this Guide is to provide an overview of the major considerations and steps to be followed in organizing new irrigation farmers’ organizations or Irrigation Water Users’ Associations (IWUAs). The Guide should support developing or strengthening a specialized formal IWUA for implementing a program aimed at creating or improving a collectively managed irrigation scheme. The Guide is focused on programs involving construction of new irrigation schemes; rehabilitation, modernization or revitalization of existing irrigation schemes; or supporting farmers wishing to improve the performance of their irrigation scheme. While based on extensive research and evidence, the intended audience for this Guide is the set of practitioners responsible for planning and implementing communal irrigation programs. This may include managers of publicly or externally supported projects, government agricultural and irrigation officials, private investments and nongovernmental organizations. The Guide draws on over 50 years of experience organizing farmers to participate in the creation, improvement and management of both farmer-managed and government-managed irrigation schemes. The major lesson learned is that investing in the “software” component – training and institutional development – of irrigation is critical for success. If the IWUA is weak or ineffective, the scheme will fail to achieve its potential, no matter how good the hardware is. The Guide seeks to avoid imposing a specific organizational design for what an institution should look like and do, but suggests a process organized around six ‘steps’ to be followed, more or less in sequence. Using these steps creatively as a guideline, not as a recipe to be followed precisely, will increase the likelihood that irrigation investments achieve the desired project goals.
13 Mabhaudhi, T.; Chimonyo, V. G. P.; Hlahla, S.; Massawe, F.; Mayes, S.; Nhamo, Luxon; Modi, A. T. 2019. Prospects of orphan crops in climate change. Planta, 250(3):695-708. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00425-019-03129-y]
Climate change adaptation ; Food security ; Food insecurity ; Food systems ; Nutrition ; Genetic diversity ; Sustainability ; Cropping systems ; Water scarcity ; Water use efficiency ; Greenhouse gas emissions ; Agroecosystems ; Agrobiodiversity ; Socioeconomic environment ; Research and development ; Diversification ; Land use
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H049145)
https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2Fs00425-019-03129-y.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H049145.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H049145.pdf
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Orphan crops play an important role in global food and nutrition security, and may have potential to contribute to sustainable food systems under climate change. Owing to reports of their potential under water scarcity, there is an argument to promote them to sustainably address challenges such as increasing drought and water scarcity, food and nutrition insecurity, environmental degradation, and employment creation under climate change. We conducted a scoping review using online databases to identify the prospects of orphan crops to contribute to (1) sustainable and healthy food systems, (2) genetic resources for future crop improvement, and (3) improving agricultural sustainability under climate change. The review found that, as a product of generations of landrace agriculture, several orphan crops are nutritious, resilient, and adapted to niche marginal agricultural environments. Including such orphan crops in the existing monocultural cropping systems could support more sustainable, nutritious, and diverse food systems in marginalised agricultural environments. Orphan crops also represent a broad gene pool for future crop improvement. The reduction in arable land due to climate change offers opportunities to expand the area under their production. Their suitability to marginal niche and low-input environments offers opportunities for low greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from an agro-ecosystems, production, and processing perspective. This, together with their status as a sub-set of agro-biodiversity, offers opportunities to address socio-economic and environmental challenges under climate change. With research and development, and policy to support them, orphan crops could play an important role in climate-change adaptation, especially in the global south.
14 Olagunju, A.; Thondhlana, G.; Chilima, J. S.; Sene-Harper, A.; Compaore, W. R. N.; Ohiozebau, E. 2019. Water governance research in Africa: progress, challenges and an agenda for research and action. Water International, 44(4):382-407. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/02508060.2019.1594576]
Water governance ; Research and development ; Trends ; Water resources ; Water availability ; Water policy ; Corporate culture ; Capacity building ; Developing countries ; Social aspects ; Environmental effects / Africa
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H049230)
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Africa has not received adequate attention in the growing number of studies on water governance. Using the Scopus database, 492 peer-reviewed articles published since 2000 on water governance across the continent were reviewed and informed the perspectives presented in this study. In addition to characterizing temporal and topical trends, our analysis highlights three dominant conceptual themes in existing studies – institutional, discursive and technical – and three crosscutting challenges of systemic, socio-environmental and research–policy divides. The study provides baseline information that can stimulate the development of scale-appropriate and policy-relevant research in the context of Africa’s unique water challenges.
15 International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 2019. IWMI Strategy 2019-2023: innovative water solutions for sustainable development. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 36p. [doi: https://doi.org/10.5337/2019.208]
Strategy planning ; Research institutes ; Water resources ; Water management ; Water scarcity ; Water governance ; Water security ; Water supply ; Water use ; Water policy ; Water availability ; Ecosystems ; Climate change ; Food systems ; Food security ; Nexus ; Digital technology ; Environmental impact assessment ; Gender equity ; Women ; Empowerment ; Partnerships ; Research and development ; Models ; Communication ; Natural resources ; Resilience ; Economic growth ; Agricultural productivity ; Poverty ; Urbanization ; Resource recovery ; Reuse ; Sustainable Development Goals ; Data management
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H049297)
(2.26 MB)
16 Jacobs-Mata, Inga; Mukuyu, Patience. 2020. Knowledge review and agenda setting for future investments in research on water governance in South Africa. Pretoria, South Africa: Water Research Commission (WRC). 43p. (WRC Report No. 2911/1/20)
Water governance ; Research and development ; Investment ; Knowledge level ; Assessment ; Integrated management ; Water resources ; Water management ; Water policy ; Water law ; Data mining ; Trends ; Research projects ; Funding ; Stakeholders ; Institutions ; Government / South Africa
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H049797)
http://wrcwebsite.azurewebsites.net/wp-content/uploads/mdocs/2911_final.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H049797.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H049797.pdf
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17 Jacobs-Mata, Inga; Mukuyu, Patience; Dini, J. 2021. A review of trends in scientific coverage of water governance in South Africa and what this means for agenda-setting of public investment in water governance R&D. Water SA, 47(1):10-23. [doi: https://doi.org/10.17159/wsa/2021.v47.i1.9441]
Water governance ; Public investment ; Research and development ; Bibliometric analysis ; Integrated management ; Water resources ; Water management ; Water policy ; Stakeholders ; Research projects ; Funding ; Trends ; Government ; Political aspects ; Institutions ; Data mining / South Africa
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H050260)
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A review of global trends in water governance reveals a paradigm dominated by political and institutional change which becomes increasingly aligned with global shifts towards sustainability and also a rapid decline in the hydraulic mission. Closely aligned to these trends, but distinct in its own trajectory, South Africa’s water governance dynamics have evolved through a period of considerable socio-political change marked by inequitable resource allocation and water scarcity. This paper presents the results of a review of water governance research and development (R&D) trends in South Africa, aimed at informing the national funding agency – the Water Research Commission (WRC) – in its agenda-setting process for future water governance research. Through a bibliometric analysis, a data-mining exercise, and stakeholder consultations, this paper distils four key areas of focus for the future of water governance research in South Africa: (i) that future water governance research needs to be more needs-based, solution-oriented and embedded within real-life contexts; (ii) the need for a paradigm shift in water governance research to a constructive, adaptive and rapid response research agenda in an environment of increasing change and uncertainty; (iii) the need for the enabling environment to be strengthened, including acknowledgement of the role of individuals as agents of change, and the role of WRC in establishing a community of practice for water governance experts that can respond to issues with agility; and (iv) a consolidation of fragmented project-based knowledge to a programmatic approach that builds the pipeline of expertise in the water governance R&D domain.
18 Mendum, R.; Gebrezgabher, Solomie; Njenga, M. 2022. Gender integration strategy: approaches for research and development in a refugee context and other settings in Africa. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 12p. (Resource Recovery and Reuse (RRR) in Refugee Settlements in Africa: Project Brief Series 2)
Gender-transformative approaches ; Integration ; Strategies ; Research and development ; Refugees ; Human settlements ; Communities ; Social change ; Capacity development ; Training ; Communication ; Outreach ; Learning ; Stakeholders / Africa / Ethiopia / Kenya / Uganda
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H051177)
(1.56 MB)
19 Sheng, J.; Xin, J.; Tang, W. 2022. The unintended effects of inter-basin water transfer policies on corporate research and development activities. Water Policy, 24(9):1497-1515. [doi: https://doi.org/10.2166/wp.2022.055]
River basins ; Transfer of waters ; Water policies ; Research and development ; Water scarcity ; Environmental factors ; Regulations ; Water quality ; Sewage ; Local government ; Towns / China / Yangtze River Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H051357)
https://iwaponline.com/wp/article-pdf/24/9/1497/1115296/024091497.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H051357.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H051357.pdf
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Inter-basin water transfer (IBWT) policies alter the spatial distribution of water endowments and trigger changes in environmental regulation policies, which may unintentionally impact the research and development (R&D) activities in IBWT water-receiving areas. However, the existing studies failed to examine the relationship between IBWT policies and corporate R&D activities, and lacked the exploration of the micro-mechanism of IBWT's unintended impact on corporate R&D activities. Through the water delivery of China's South-North Water Transfer Project as a quasi-natural experiment, this study adopts a difference-in-differences approach to scrutinise the unintended impact of IBWT policies on corporate R&D activities. The findings show that IBWT policies can make the water a ‘resource blessing’ by directly improving the water endowment in water-receiving areas, thereby promoting corporate R&D activities. In addition, IBWT policies can also indirectly encourage local governments in water-receiving areas to strengthen the intensity of environmental regulations, ultimately promoting companies to improve R&D activities. Finally, the impacts of IBWT policies on corporate R&D activities in water-receiving areas are heterogeneous. Overall, this study contributes to understanding the complicated relationship between IBWT policies and corporate R&D activities, and provides insights into how IBWT policies affect corporate R&D activities.
20 Bjornlund, H.; van Rooyen, A.; Pittock, J.; Bjornlund, V. 2023. Research and development needs in agricultural water management to achieve Sustainable Development Goals. Irrigation and Drainage, 9p. (Online first) [doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/ird.2821]
Research and development ; Agricultural water management ; Sustainable Development Goals ; Food systems ; Food security ; Food insecurity ; Crop production ; Food production ; Smallholders ; Economic development ; Livelihoods ; Production systems ; Irrigation systems ; Water use ; Soil moisture ; Farmers ; Communities ; Institutions ; Policies
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H051788)
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The United Nations calls for action to achieve 17 sustainable development goals (SDGs). We argue that the current development paradigm is an impediment to achieving several of these goals. We identify 14 agricultural research and development (R&D) needs, which ought to be addressed to achieve critical SDGs. We also identify the paradigm shifts required, particularly from global and international organizations, to facilitate this R&D and implement its outcomes. Importantly, the Global North2 would have to divert its focus from securing access to cheap land, water and labour that is primarily used to generate agricultural exports and business opportunities for Global North investors. Instead, the focus needs to be on creating opportunities for local farming communities to produce food for domestic markets, increase income and generate local jobs and business opportunities. Circular food systems can support a range of SDG goals, such as no hunger and zero poverty and slow migration, especially of youth, to big cities or foreign lands with insecure jobs.
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