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1 Crow, B.; Lindquist, A.; Wilson, D.. 1995. Sharing the Ganges: The politics and technology of river development. New Delhi, India: Sage Publications. 272p.
Water resources development ; River basin development ; Resource allocation ; Conflict ; Political aspects ; History ; International cooperation ; Water transfer ; Groundwater ; Salt water intrusion / India / Pakistan / Bangladesh / Nepal / Ganges / Brahmaputra / Hooghley / Farakka Barrage
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 333.91 G635 CRO Record No: H021866)
2 Wade, R. J.; Rhoads, B. L.; Rodríguez, J.; Daniels, M.; Wilson, D.; Herricks, E. E.; Bombardelli, F.; Garcia, M.; Schwartz, J. 2002. Integrating science and technology to support stream naturalization near Chicago, Illinois. Journal of the American Water Resources Association, 38(4):931-944.
Watershed management ; Decision making ; Models ; Hydrology ; Ecology ; Geomorphology ; Hydraulics ; Engineering ; Fish / USA / Chicago / Illinois / Poplar Creek
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: PER Record No: H031352)
3 Zavale, H.; Matchaya, Greenwell; Vilissa, D.; Nhemachena, Charles; Nhlengethwa, Sibusiso; Wilson, D.. 2020. Dynamics of the fertilizer value chain in Mozambique. Sustainability, 12(11):4691. [doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/su12114691]
Fertilizer application ; Value chains ; Agricultural sector ; Farm inputs ; Agricultural productivity ; Costs ; Subsidies ; Maize ; Rice ; Crop yield ; Wholesale marketing ; Constraints ; Soil types ; Smallholders ; Farmers ; Households / Mozambique
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H049798)
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Mozambique is characterized by low agricultural productivity, which is associated with low use of yield-enhancing agricultural inputs. Fertilizer application rate averaged 5.7 kg ha-1 in Mozambique during the period 2006 to 2015, considerably low by regional targets, yet constraints that affect fertilizer use have not been thoroughly investigated. This study examined the constraints on fertilizer value chains in Mozambique to contribute to fertilizer supply chain strengthening. We used a combination of multivariate analysis and descriptive methods. Our findings indicate that fertilizer use has both demand and supply constraints. Key demand-side constraints include liquidity challenges, limited awareness about the benefits of using fertilizer, and low market participation, while the main supply-side constraints include high transaction costs, limited access to finance, and lack of soil testing results and corresponding fertilizer recommendations by soil type and crop uptake. These results suggest that scaling up the input subsidy program through vouchers (either paper-based vouchers or e-vouchers) with demonstration plots and effective targeting could drive up smallholders’ demand for fertilizer and fertilizer supply by strengthening a sustainable network of wholesalers and retailers. This would likely boost agricultural productivity.
4 Thomas, E.; Wilson, D.; Kathuni, S.; Libey, A.; Chintalapati, P.; Coyle, J. 2021. A contribution to drought resilience in East Africa through groundwater pump monitoring informed by in-situ instrumentation, remote sensing and ensemble machine learning. Science of the Total Environment, 780:146486. (Online first) [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.146486]
Groundwater ; Pumps ; Monitoring ; Drought ; Resilience ; Remote sensing ; Machine learning ; Surface water ; Water availability ; Forecasting / East Africa / Ethiopia / Kenya
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H050328)
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969721015540/pdfft?md5=240defd015d08aab87e7de512401a767&pid=1-s2.0-S0048969721015540-main.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H050328.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H050328.pdf
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The prevalence of drought in the Horn of Africa has continued to threaten access to safe and affordable water for millions of people. In order to improve monitoring of water pump functionality, telemetry-connected sensors have been installed on 480 electrical groundwater pumps in arid regions of Kenya and Ethiopia, designed to improve monitoring and support operation and maintenance of these water supplies. In this paper, we describe the development and validation of two classification systems designed to identify the functionality and non-functionality of these electrical pumps, one an expert-informed conditional classifier and the other leveraging machine learning. Given a known relationship between surface water availability and groundwater pump use, the classifiers combine in-situ sensor data with remote sensing indicators for rainfall and surface water. Our validation indicates a overall pump status sensitivity (true positive rate) of 82% for the expert classifier and 84% for the machine learner. When the pump is being used, both classifiers have a 100% true positive rate performance. When a pump is not being used, the specificity (true negative rate) is about 50% for the expert classifier and over 65% for the machine learner. If these detection capabilities were integrated into a repair service, the typical uptime of pumps during drought periods in this region could potentially, if budget resources and institutional incentives for pump repairs were provided, result in a drought-period uptime improvement from 60% to nearly of 85% - a 40% reduction in the relative risk of pump downtime.
5 Vilissa, D.; Nhlengethwa, Sibusiso; Matchaya, Greenwell; Wilson, D.; Greffiths, Ikhothatseng; Fakudze, Bhekiwe. 2021. Africa Agriculture Transformation Scorecard: performance and lessons. Mozambique. Pretoria, South Africa: Regional Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support System for Southern Africa (ReSAKSS-SA); Kigali, Rwanda: AKADEMIYA2063. 10p. (2019 Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) Biennial Review Brief)
Agricultural development ; Declarations ; Indicators ; Agricultural trade ; Policies ; Accountability ; Investment ; SADC countries / Mozambique
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H050445)
https://www.resakss.org/sites/default/files/Biennial%20Review%20Brief_Mozambique.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H050445.pdf
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This brief highlights Mozambique’s performance in the second BR and assesses challenges faced and lessons learned by the country during the review. The brief also reviews policy and programmatic changes in Mozambique that can be attributed to the first (2017) and second BRs. It concludes by highlighting required policy actions for Mozambique to implement to meet the Malabo Commitments by 2025.
6 Mutondo, J.; Fakudze, Bhekiwe; Matchaya, Greenwell; Wilson, D.; Manussa, S.; Greffiths, Jacob Ikhothatseng. 2023. Africa Agriculture Transformation Scorecard: performance and lessons. Mozambique. Pretoria, South Africa: Regional Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support System for Eastern and Southern Africa (ReSAKSS-ESA); Kigali, Rwanda: AKADEMIYA2063. 10p. (2021 Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) Biennial Review Brief) [doi: https://doi.org/10.54067/caadptbr/moza]
Agricultural development ; Declarations ; Indicators ; Policies ; Finance ; Investment ; Hunger ; Poverty ; Accountability ; Resilience ; SADC countries ; Stakeholders ; Food security / Mozambique
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H052075)
https://www.resakss.org/sites/default/files/2021%20CAADP%20Biennial%20Review%20Brief_Mozambique.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H052075.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H052075.pdf
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The Malabo Declaration on accelerated agricultural growth and transformation for shared prosperity and improved livelihoods is a set of goals that were adopted by Heads of State and Government of the African Union in 2014 in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea (AUC 2014). To translate the seven Malabo commitments into results, a call for action was made by the Heads of State and Governments, by calling upon the AU Commission and the NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency, in collaboration with partners, to initiate a review process to be conducted on a biennial basis starting 2017, with an objective of tracking, measuring, and reporting progress towards achieving the Malabo Declaration commitments by 2025.
Three Biennial Reviews (BR) have been conducted—the inaugural BR in 2017, the second BR in 2019, and the third and most recent BR in 2021. Mozambique has participated in all three BRs, submitting a country report to the African Union in each BR cycle. This brief draws on the third BR report to summarize the performance of Mozambique in pursuit of the seven Malabo Declaration commitments, assessing the challenges faced and the lessons learned by the country, with policy and programmatic measures required for Mozambique to meet the Malabo Declaration commitment targets by 2025.
The third BR indicates that Mozambique underperformed and is not on track to meet all the Malabo Declaration commitments by 2025. Despite exceeding the overall performance benchmark in the first BR, the country remained off-track with very little improvement between the second and the third BRs.
One of the key recommendations of the analysis is for Mozambique should strengthen the resilience of its farmers, as the country's agricultural sector is particularly exposed to extreme weather events, which can wipe out anticipated harvests very quickly; appropriate mechanisms, such as agricultural insurance, should be made available to farmers.
Three Biennial Reviews (BR) have been conducted—the inaugural BR in 2017, the second BR in 2019, and the third and most recent BR in 2021. Mozambique has participated in all three BRs, submitting a country report to the African Union in each BR cycle. This brief draws on the third BR report to summarize the performance of Mozambique in pursuit of the seven Malabo Declaration commitments, assessing the challenges faced and the lessons learned by the country, with policy and programmatic measures required for Mozambique to meet the Malabo Declaration commitment targets by 2025.
The third BR indicates that Mozambique underperformed and is not on track to meet all the Malabo Declaration commitments by 2025. Despite exceeding the overall performance benchmark in the first BR, the country remained off-track with very little improvement between the second and the third BRs.
One of the key recommendations of the analysis is for Mozambique should strengthen the resilience of its farmers, as the country's agricultural sector is particularly exposed to extreme weather events, which can wipe out anticipated harvests very quickly; appropriate mechanisms, such as agricultural insurance, should be made available to farmers.
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