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1 Bolding, A.; Mollinga, P. P.; Van Straaten, K. 1995. Modules for modernization: Colonial irrigation in India and the technological dimension of agrarian change. Journal of Development Studies, 31(6):805-844.
Modernization ; Technology ; Agrarian reform ; Water distribution ; Water control ; Social aspects ; Policy ; Political aspects ; Large scale systems / India / Nira Left Bank Canal / Bombay
(Location: IWMI-HQ, IWMI-INDIA Call no: P 4336 Record No: H017615)
2 Mollinga, P. P.; Bolding, A.. 1996. Signposts of struggle: Pipe outlets as the material interface between water users and the state in a large-scale irrigation system in South India. In Diemer, G.; Huibers, F. P. (Eds.), Crops, people and irrigation: Water allocation practices of farmers and engineers. London, UK: Intermediate Technology Publications. pp.11-33.
Irrigation systems ; Pipes ; Irrigation canals ; Water distribution ; Flow discharge ; Farmer-agency interactions ; Irrigation practices / India
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 631.7.1 G000 DIE Record No: H06201)
3 Bolding, A.. 1996. Wielding water in unwilling works: Negotiated management of water scarcity in Nyanyadzi Irrigation Scheme, winter 1995. In Manzungu, E.; van der Zaag, P. (Eds.), The practice of smallholder irrigation: Case studies from Zimbabwe. Harare, Zimbabwe: University of Zimbabwe Publications. pp.69-101.
Irrigation programs ; Water scarcity ; Small scale systems ; Infrastructure ; History ; Irrigation scheduling ; Evaluation / Zimbabwe / Nyanyadzi Irrigation Scheme
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 631.7.3 G176 MAN Record No: H023369)
4 Bolding, A.; Manzungu, E.; van der Zaag, P. 1996. Farmer-initiated irrigation furrows: Observations from the eastern highlands. In Manzungu, E.; van der Zaag, P. (Eds.), The practice of smallholder irrigation: Case studies from Zimbabwe. Harare, Zimbabwe: University of Zimbabwe Publications. pp.191-218.
Furrow irrigation ; Farmer managed irrigation systems ; Irrigation practices ; Labor ; Catchment areas ; Rivers ; Legislation ; History / Zimbabwe / Nyanyadzi Catchment / Umvumvumvu Catchment / Chinzara
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 631.7.3 G176 MAN Record No: H023374)
5 Bolding, A.. 1999. Caught in the catchment: Past, present and future of Nyanyadzi water management. In Manzungu, E.; Senzanje, A.; van der Zaag, P. (Eds.), Water for agriculture in Zimbabwe: Policy and management options for the smallholder sector. Harare, Zimbabwe: University of Zimbabwe Publications. pp.123-152.
Catchment areas ; Water resource management ; River basin development ; Planning ; Irrigation programs ; Irrigated farming ; Furrow irrigation ; Institutions ; Water rights ; Conflict ; Legal aspects ; Extension / Zimbabwe / Nyanyadzi Catchment
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 631.7.8 G176 MAN Record No: H025872)
6 Bolding, A.; Manzungu, E.; van der Zaag, P. 1999. A realistic approach to water reform in Zimbabwe. In Manzungu, E.; Senzanje, A.; van der Zaag, P. (Eds.), Water for agriculture in Zimbabwe: Policy and management options for the smallholder sector. Harare, Zimbabwe: University of Zimbabwe Publications. pp.225-253.
Water resource management ; Water allocation ; Equity ; Water rights ; Water law ; Water use ; Colonialism ; Irrigation water ; Pricing ; Sustainability / Zimbabwe / Chile / Mexico
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 631.7.8 G176 MAN Record No: H025879)
7 Manzungu, E.; Bolding, A.; Senzanje, A. 1999. Towards integrated water resource management: A conceptual framework. In Manzungu, E.; Senzanje, A.; van der Zaag, P. (Eds.), Water for agriculture in Zimbabwe: Policy and management options for the smallholder sector. Harare, Zimbabwe: University of Zimbabwe Publications. pp.254-264.
Water resource management ; Hydrology ; Catchment areas ; Environmental degradation ; Leadership ; Research priorities / Zimbabwe
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 631.7.8 G176 MAN Record No: H025880)
8 Bolding, A.; Mutimba, J.; van der Zaag, P. (Eds.) 2003. Interventions in smallholder agriculture: Implications for extension in Zimbabwe. Harare, Zimbabwe: University of Zimbabwe Publications. vi, 345p.
Agricultural extension ; Irrigation programs ; Small scale systems ; Labor ; Technology transfer ; Forestry ; Political aspects ; Women ; Gender ; Farmers’ attitudes ; Farmer participation / Zimbabwe
(Location: IWMI-SA Call no: 630 G176 BOL Record No: H034336)
9 Mollinga, P. P.; Bolding, A.. (Eds.) 2004. The politics of irrigation reform: Contested policy formulation and implementation in Asia, Africa and Latin America. Aldershot, England: Ashgate. xix, 331p.
Irrigation management ; Water policy ; Social aspects ; Irrigation programs ; Small scale systems ; Bureaucracy ; Water resource management ; Water law ; Privatization ; Credit ; Development aid ; Development banks ; Institutional development ; Communal irrigation systems ; Participatory management ; Operations ; Maintenance ; Water user associations ; Cost recovery ; Tube wells ; Public ownership ; Canals ; Rehabilitation ; Farmer-agency interactions / Asia / South Africa / Mexico / Philippines / Indonesia / Zimbabwe / Pakistan
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 631.7.3 G000 MOL Record No: H036973)
10 Bolding, A.; Manzungu, E.; Zawe, C. 2004. Irrigation policy discourse and practice: Two cases of irrigation management transfer in Zimbabwe. In Mollinga, P. P.; Bolding, A., The politics of irrigation reform: Contested policy formulation and implementation in Asia, Africa and Latin America. Aldershot, England: Ashgate. pp.166-206.
Irrigation management ; Small scale systems ; Policy ; Privatization ; Irrigation programs / Zimbabwe
(Location: IWMI-SA Call no: 631.7.3 G000 MOL Record No: H036978)
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11 Mollinga, P. P.; Bolding, A.. 2004. The politics of irrigation reform: Research for strategic action. In Mollinga, P. P.; Bolding, A., The politics of irrigation reform: Contested policy formulation and implementation in Asia, Africa and Latin America. Aldershot, England: Ashgate. pp.291-318.
(Location: IWMI-SA Call no: 631.7.3 G000 MOL Record No: H036982)
12 Bolding, A.. 2004. In hot water: a study on sociotechnical intervention models and practices of water use in smallholder agriculture, Nyanyadzi catchment, Zimbabwe. Thesis. Wageningen, Netherlands: Wageningen University. xii, 396p.
Irrigation management ; Social aspects ; History ; Technology transfer ; Water use ; Models ; Agricultural development ; Modernization ; Community development ; Farmers ; Training ; Agricultural extension ; Settlement ; Water scarcity ; Privatization ; Governance ; Catchment areas / Zimbabwe / Nyanyadzi Catchment / Chimanimani District
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: D 631.7.3 G176 BOL Record No: H035942)
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13 Mehta, L.; Alba, R.; Bolding, A.; Denby, K.; Derman, A.; Hove, T.; Manzungu, E.; Movik, S.; Prabhakaran, P.; van Koppen, Barbara. 2014. The politics of IWRM in southern Africa. International Journal of Water Resources Development, 30(3):528-542. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/07900627.2014.916200]
Water resources ; Water management ; Water policy ; Water allocation ; Water users ; Political aspects ; Economic aspects ; Gender ; Women ; Equity ; Corporate culture ; Case studies / South Africa / Zimbabwe / Mozambique
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H046840)
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/07900627.2014.916200
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H046840.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H046840.pdf
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This article offers an approach to the study of the evolution, spread and uptake of integrated water resources management (IWRM). Specifically, it looks at the flow of IWRM as an idea in international and national fora, its translation and adoption into national contexts, and the on-the-ground practices of IWRM. Research carried out in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Mozambique provides empirical insights into the politics of IWRM implementation in southern Africa, the interface between international and national interests in shaping water policies in specific country contexts, and the on-theground challenges of addressing equity, redress and the reallocation of water.
14 Alba, R.; Bolding, A.; Ducrot, R. 2016. The politics of water payments and stakeholder participation in the Limpopo River Basin, Mozambique. Water Alternatives, 9(3):569-587. (Special issue: Flows and Practices: The Politics of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) in southern Africa).
Integrated management ; Water resources ; Water management ; Water allocation ; Water users ; User charges ; Water rights ; Water policy ; Licences ; Stakeholders ; Participation ; Smallholders ; Financing ; Irrigation schemes ; River basins ; Private sector ; Agroindustry ; State intervention ; Political aspects ; Case studies / Mozambique / Limpopo River Basin / Chokwe Irrigation Scheme / Baixo-Limpopo Irrigation Scheme
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H047805)
http://www.water-alternatives.org/index.php/alldoc/articles/vol9/v9issue3/334-a9-3-5/file
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H047805.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H047805.pdf
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Drawing from the experience of the Limpopo River Basin in Mozambique, the paper analyses the articulation of a water rights framework in the context of decentralised river basin governance and IWRM-inspired reforms. The nexus between financial autonomy, service provision, stakeholder participation and the resultant allocation of water within the river basin is explored by scrutinising the newly instituted system of water permits and payments. Three cases are examined: (1) parastatal agencies managing large perimeters of irrigated land; (2) large-scale commercial companies irrigating land; and (3) so-called focal points representing groups of smallholder irrigators. The three presented cases show that structural challenges, local geographies and power relations shape the final outcome of water reforms in relation to decentralised river basin management, stakeholders' participation and accountability. Rather than improving accountability to users and securing the financial basis for sustainable infrastructure operation and maintenance, the permit system in place reinforces existing inequalities.
15 Hofstetter, Moritz; Bolding, A.; van Koppen, Barbara. 2020. Addressing failed water infrastructure delivery through increased accountability and end-user agency: the case of the Sekhukhune District, South Africa. Water Alternatives, 13(3):843-863.
Water supply ; Infrastructure ; Water policy ; Public services ; Rural areas ; Local government ; Project planning ; Financing ; Investment ; Community involvement ; Political aspects ; Accountability ; Patronage / South Africa / Sekhukhune / Ga-Moela
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H049943)
http://www.water-alternatives.org/index.php/alldoc/articles/vol13/v13issue3/595-a13-3-13/file
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H049943.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H049943.pdf
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Despite progressive policies and a legal framework that includes the constitutional right to sufficient water, there are still enormous problems with water service delivery in low income rural South Africa. To understand the factors responsible for the observed discrepancy between ambitious policies and disappointing water service delivery, we undertook an analysis of the implementation of these policies in Sekhukhune District, South Africa; we scrutinised the public service water delivery in that district using an actor-oriented approach. We found that during the four phases of public water services delivery – identification, planning, construction and operation – practices often deviated from the stipulated policies; we also found that accountability relations between service delivery agencies and end users were undermined by gatekeeping and patronage. We argue that there is no need for major policy changes; we concluded from our research that by mobilising mechanisms that are based on existing policies, accountability relations can be strengthened and service delivery improved. We describe an experimental approach which focuses on budget transparency and end-user-driven development; it is an approach which aims at strengthening the agency of end users while limiting possibilities for rent-seeking and gatekeeping by councillors and contractors.
16 Hofstetter, Moritz; van Koppen, Barbara; Bolding, A.. 2021. The emergence of collectively owned self-supply water supply systems in rural South Africa – what can we learn from the Tshakhuma case in Limpopo? Water SA, 47(2):253-263. [doi: https://doi.org/10.17159/wsa/2021.v47.i2.10921]
Water supply ; Collective ownership ; Community involvement ; Rural areas ; Institutions ; Governance ; Investment ; Accountability ; Infrastructure ; Water users ; Water quality ; Households ; Case studies / South Africa / Limpopo / Tshakhuma
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H050441)
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Despite the rapid extension of public service delivery since the end of Apartheid, many rural citizens in South Africa still rely on their own initiatives and infrastructure to access water. They construct, improve, operate and maintain infrastructure of different complexities, from individual wells to complex collectively owned water schemes. While most of these schemes operate without legal recognition, they provide essential services to many households. In this article we will first provide an overview of the growing international body of literature describing self-supply as an alternative pathway for public service delivery. We then take a historical perspective on the role of communities and self-supply in South Africa and describe the emergence of six collectively owned, gravity-fed, piped schemes in Tshakhuma, Limpopo Province. We describe and compare these systems using key characteristics like resource access, investment, construction, operation, maintenance and institutional governance. We further assess their performance with regard to coverage, service level, reliability, governance structure, accountability and water quality. We do so because we are convinced that lessons learned from studying such schemes as locally adapted prototypes have the potential to improve public approaches to service delivery. The described cases show the willingness of community members to engage with service delivery and their ability to provide services in cases where the state has failed. The assessment also highlights problematic aspects of self-supply related to a lack of accountability, technical expertise and the exclusion of disadvantaged community members. By describing and assessing the performance of rural self-supply schemes, we aim to recognize, study and learn from such schemes. We consequently do not conclude this article by providing answers, but by raising some pertinent, policy-relevant questions.
17 Dessalegn, H. T.; Bolding, A.; de Fraiture, C.; Ayana, M. 2024. Livestock–irrigation interaction and its influence on the sustainability of small-scale irrigation schemes in Ethiopia. Irrigation and Drainage, 12p. (Online first) [doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/ird.2940]
Small-scale irrigation ; Irrigation schemes ; Irrigation systems ; Livestock ; Sustainability ; Governance ; Sedimentation ; Water user associations ; Infrastructure / Ethiopia
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H052716)
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirect/10.1002/ird.2940?download=true
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H052716.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H052716.pdf
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Small-scale irrigation (SSI) plays a large role in rural livelihoods and the economy in Ethiopia. Despite considerable investment, overall SSI performance is disappointingly poor. The sedimentation of canals and intakes leads to low performance and the abandonment of systems. Livestock roaming in the command area and around riverbanks are an important contributor to sedimentation. Commonly proposed solutions, including technocratic fixes, institutional arrangements between irrigators and livestock farmers, and collective action by irrigators, have not yielded satisfactory results. Based on three case studies from Ethiopia, we illustrate why existing solutions are not effective and why collective action is not straightforward. Using in-depth interviews and focus-group discussions, we examine the complex intertwined relationships between irrigators, livestock farmers and local government. Without understanding the interrelationship and accounting for the links between irrigation and livestock in the design and governance structures of SSI, the proposed technical and organizational fixes are unlikely to be successful. Addressing conflicting interests and building consensus and trust among irrigators and livestock farmers are prerequisites for solving the performance concerns of many Ethiopian SSIs.
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