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1 Hassan, R.; Faki, H.; Byerlee, D. 1994. Improved wheat production practices and the question of economic efficiency in the Gezira Irrigation Scheme. In Saunders, D. A.; Hettel, G. P. (Eds.), Wheat in heat-stressed environments: Irrigated, dry areas and rice-wheat farming systems: Proceedings of the International Conferences, Wheat in Hot, Dry, Irrigated Environments, Wad Medani, Sudan, 1-4 February 1993; Wheat in Warm Area, Rice-Wheat Farming Systems, Dinajpur, Bangladesh, 13-15 February 1993. Mexico, DF, Mexico: CIMMYT. pp.78-95.
Wheat ; Cotton ; Crop production ; Economic aspects ; Economic analysis ; Pricing ; Irrigation programs / Sudan
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 633.11 G000 SAU Record No: H014813)
2 Lange, G. M.; Hassan, R.; Alfieri, A. 2003. Using environmental accounts to promote sustainable development: Experience in Southern Africa. Natural Resources Forum, 27(1):19-31.
Environmental policy ; Economic impact ; Water allocation ; Price policy ; Natural resources ; Forests / Southern Africa / Botswana / Namibia
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: PER Record No: H032701)
3 Dinar, A.; Hassan, R.; Mendelsohn, R.; Benhin, J. 2008. Climate change and agriculture in Africa: impact assessment and adaptation strategies. London, UK: Earthscan. 189p.
Climate change ; Agroclimatology ; Agroecology ; Farming systems ; Farmers ; Models ; Agricultural policy ; Economic impact ; Economic analysis ; Crop production ; Water requirements ; Irrigated farming ; Livestock ; Maps ; Hydrology ; Stream flow ; Precipitation ; Evapotranspiration ; Surveys ; Households / Burkina Faso / Cameroon / Egypt / Ethiopia / Ghana / Kenya / Niger / Senegal / South Africa / Zambia / Zimbabwe
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 338.1 G100 DIN Record No: H042269)
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4 Perret, S.; Farolfi, S.; Hassan, R.. (Eds.) 2006. Water governance for sustainable development. London, UK: Earthscan. 295p.
Water governance ; Institutions ; Participatory management ; Stakeholders ; Farmer participation ; Privatization ; Legislation ; Water supply ; Domestic water ; Irrigation management ; Irrigation canals ; Groundwater irrigation / Africa / South Africa / Tanzania / Morocco / Mexico / Limpopo Province / Sekhukhune District / Mkoji Sub Catchment / Steelpoort Sub-Basin / Tadla Irrigation Scheme / Thabina Irrigation Scheme
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 333.91 G000 PER Record No: H042551)
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Good management of water resources - universally identified as a key aspect of poverty reduction, agriculture and food security - has proven, in practice, as difficult to achieve as it is eagerly sought. This book, edited and authored by leading authorities on water resource management, examines the recent changes in governance, institutions, economics and policies of water, covering developing, transitional and developed countries, with special emphasis on southern African case studies. The book examines how water policies, institutions and governance have shifted in recent years from supply-driven, quantitative, centrally controlled management to more demand-sensitive, decentralized, participatory approaches. Such a move often also implies cost recovery principles, resource allocation among competing sectors, and privatization. The case studies demonstrate that the new policies and legal frameworks have been difficult to implement and often fall short of initial expectations.
Using an accessible multidisciplinary approach that integrates economics, sociology, geography and policy analysis, the book untangles the issues and presents best practices for policy- and decision-makers, governments and regulators, NGOs and user groups, service providers, and researchers. The overall aim is to show how good water governance structures can be developed and implemented for the benefit of all.
Using an accessible multidisciplinary approach that integrates economics, sociology, geography and policy analysis, the book untangles the issues and presents best practices for policy- and decision-makers, governments and regulators, NGOs and user groups, service providers, and researchers. The overall aim is to show how good water governance structures can be developed and implemented for the benefit of all.
5 Kurukulasuriya, P.; Mendelsohn, R.; Hassan, R.; Benhin, J.; Deressa, T.; Diop, M.; Eid, H. M.; Fosu, K. Y.; Gbetibouo, G.; Jain, S.; Mahamadou, A.; Mano, R.; Kabubo-Mariara, J.; El-Marsafawy, S.; Molua, E.; Ouda, S.; Ouedraogo, M.; Sene, I.; Maddison, D.; Seo, S. N.; Dinar, A. 2006. Will African agriculture survive climate change? The World Bank Economic Review, 20(3):367-388.
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H044896)
http://wber.oxfordjournals.org/content/20/3/367.full.pdf+html
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H044896.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H044896.pdf
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Measurement of the likely magnitude of the economic impact of climate change on African agriculture has been a challenge. Using data from a survey of more than 9,000 farmers across 11 African countries, a cross-sectional approach estimates how farm net revenues are affected by climate change compared with current mean temperature. Revenues fall with warming for dryland crops (temperature elasticity of –1.9) and livestock (–5.4), whereas revenues rise for irrigated crops (elasticity of 0.5), which are located in relatively cool parts of Africa and are buffered by irrigation from the effects of warming. At first, warming has little net aggregate effect as the gains for irrigated crops offset the losses for dryland crops and livestock. Warming, however, will likely reduce dryland farm income immediately. The final effects will also depend on changes in precipitation, because revenues from all farmtypes increase with precipitation. Because irrigated farms are less sensitive to climate, where water is available, irrigation is a practical adaptation to climate change in Africa.
6 Hassan, R.; Thiam, D. R. 2015. Implications of water policy reforms for virtual water trade between South Africa and its trade partners: economy-wide approach. Water Policy, 17(4):649-663. [doi: https://doi.org/10.2166/wp.2014.242]
Virtual water ; Water policy ; Water market ; Reforms ; Partnerships ; Water allocation ; Agricultural production ; Water use efficiency ; Macroeconomics ; Economic policy ; International trade ; Exports ; Models / South Africa
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H047429)
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This paper employs an economy-wide framework to evaluate impacts of water and trade policy reforms in South Africa (SA) on virtual water flows. To pursue this analysis, the study derives net virtual water trade flows between SA and its partners to assess implications of recent trade agreements within the South African Development Community compared to economic cooperation with other major trading blocks (e.g. European Union, Asia, and Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC)). Recent trends in actual trade confirm model predictions that liberalization of water allocation would switch water from field crops to horticulture and promote growth in non-agricultural exports. The results suggest that it is necessary to introduce policies that enhance likely outcomes of liberalization promoting higher water use efficiency within irrigation agriculture such as increased adoption of more efficient irrigation methods (sprinkler, drip, etc.) as water becomes more expensive under wider open competition. Moreover, investment in higher water use efficiency and improved competitiveness of dryland agriculture therefore represent the sound economic options for strengthening the capacity to achieve food security objectives as the country strives to lower net water exports. Finally, careful coordination of trade and water policy reforms is another necessary challenge for SA’s strive to manage a water stressed economy.
7 Kyei, C.; Hassan, R.. 2019. Managing the trade-off between economic growth and protection of environmental quality: the case of taxing water pollution in the Olifants River Basin of South Africa. Water Policy, 21(2):277-290. [doi: https://doi.org/10.2166/wp.2019.190]
Water pollution ; Environmental protection ; Pollution control ; Water quality ; Economic growth ; Taxes ; Markets ; Incentives ; Water policy ; Environmental policies ; Evaluation ; Models ; Databases ; Case studies / South Africa / Olifants River Basin / Olifants Water Management Area
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H049239)
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A series of pollution control measures have been introduced to protect water quality in the Olifants river basin, the third most water-stressed and most polluted basin in South Africa. This paper employed an environmentally extended computable general equilibrium (CGE) model to analyse the economic and environmental implications of a tax on water pollution in the basin. Implications of increasing the pollution tax rate currently in place for the levels of economic activities and water quality have been simulated under alternative tax revenue recycling schemes. Results of our policy simulations suggest that internalising the cost of water pollution through the tax regime achieves its environmental goals of protecting the aquatic ecosystem, by shifting production away from pollution-intensive sectors. This, however, comes at some cost to the regional economy of the basin. Recycling the tax revenue through income transfers to households or a subsidy to pollution abatement mitigates the adverse economic impacts.
8 Tawfik, M. H.; Hassan, R.; Stephan, R. M.; Rezk, A. 2024. Towards effective cooperation dynamics in transboundary river basins: a case study of the Nile and Orontes rivers. Water International, 10p. (Online first) [doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/02508060.2024.2321792]
Transboundary waters ; Cooperation ; Water management ; Conflicts ; Stakeholders ; Decision making ; Political aspects ; Case studies / Egypt / Sudan / Ethiopia / Nile River / Orontes River
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H052728)
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/02508060.2024.2321792?download=true
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H052728.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H052728.pdf
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Currently the Nile and the Orontes River basins are in the international spotlight as tension escalates between Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia in the former and between Syria and Turkey in the latter. In this article we investigate the cooperation dynamics between nation states in the two basins. We analyze the obstacles to cooperation that prevent the improvement of these dynamics through a novel analytical framework that enables researchers and policymakers to understand the cooperation dynamics in these transboundary river basins through a common set of terminologies and definitions.
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