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1 Geheb, Kim; Medard, M.; Kyangwa, M.; Lwenya, C. 2007. The future of change: Roles, dynamics and functions for fishing communities in the management of Lake Victoria’s fisheries. Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management, 10 (4):467–480.
Lakes ; Fisheries ; Fishery management ; Institutions / Africa / Tanzania / Uganda / Kenya / Lake Victoria
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 639.2 G100 GEH Record No: H040617)
This paper is based on five years of research around the shores of Lake Victoria carried out by the lake’s Fisheries Research Institutes in collaboration with the Lake Victoria Fisheries Research Project. Based on this experience, the authors identify a series of difficulties, which impedes the effective management of the lake’s fisheries. These relate to profound weaknesses in the current state-administered management of the lake along with difficulties transferring regulatory power to fishing communities, and problems establishing an adequate ‘co-managerial’ framework for the development and implementation of managerial action. The authors propose a management structure based on three levels of administration which have at their core ‘beach committees,’ and which serve as forums for negotiated managerial outcomes.
2 Geheb, Kim; Kalloch, S.; Medard, M.; Nyapendi, A. T.; Lwenya, C.; Kyangwa, M. 2008. Nile perch and the hungry of Lake Victoria: Gender, status and food in an East African fishery. Food Policy, 33(1):85-98.
Lakes ; Fisheries ; Fishery management ; Social aspects ; Malnutrition ; Income ; Fishermen ; Gender ; Labor ; Women ; Export ; Constraints ; Poverty ; Households / Africa / Tanzania / Uganda / Lake Victoria
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 639.2 G100 GEH Record No: H040618)
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Lake Victoria supports Africa’s largest inland fishery, and its most valuable product is the Nile perch, much of which is exported. This has given rise to arguments claiming a direct linear relationship between perch exports and disturbingly high rates of malnutrition along the lake’s shores. In this paper, we argue that this argument is seriously flawed for it is unable to explain how it is that the income from the Nile perch fishery fails to translate into a well-fed riparian population. We draw on field work carried out in 2001 that (a) set out to establish exactly how much malnutrition there was on the lake’s shores; and (b) sought to identify hat happened to the income the fishery generates. We argue that because men control much of the fishery, and women are held responsible for the upkeep of their families, little of this income makes its way back into the households of the region, giving rise to the levels of malnutrition we observed.
3 Bossio, Deborah; Geheb, Kim. (Eds.) 2008. Conserving land, protecting water. Wallingford, UK: CABI; Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI); Colombo, Sri Lanka: CGIAR Challenge Program on Water & Food. 235p. (Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture Series 6)
Water resource management ; Water productivity ; Water conservation ; Recycling ; Land management ; Soil conservation ; Ecosystems ; Ecology ; Evapotranspiration ; Food security ; Poverty ; River basins ; Irrigated farming
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7 G000 BOS Record No: H041588)
http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/Publications/CABI_Publications/CA_CABI_Series/Conserving_Land_Protecting_Water/protected/9781845933876.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H041588.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H041588.pdf
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4 Bossio, Deborah; Geheb, Kim. 2008. Conserving land, protecting water. Introduction. In Bossio, Deborah; Geheb, Kim (Eds.). Conserving land, protecting water. Wallingford, UK: CABI; Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI); Colombo, Sri Lanka: CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food. pp.xi-xviii. (Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture Series 6)
Land management ; Water management ; Land conservation ; Water conservation ; Land degradation ; Ecosystems ; Water productivity ; Social aspects
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7 G000 BOS Record No: H041589)
5 Geheb, Kim; Mapedza, Everisto. 2008. The political ecologies of bright spots. In Bossio, Deborah; Geheb, Kim (Eds.). Conserving land, protecting water. Wallingford, UK: CABI; Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI); Colombo, Sri Lanka: CGIAR Challenge Program on Water & Food. pp.51-68. (Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture Series 6)
Agricultural society ; Farmers ; Pastoral society ; Households ; Living conditions ; Poverty ; Income ; Gender ; Women ; Political aspects ; Social aspects ; Corruption ; Irrigation canals ; Water allocation / Ivory Coast
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7 G000 BOS Record No: H041593)
6 Mapedza, Everisto; Amede, Tilahun; Geheb, Kim; Peden, D.; Boelee, Eline; Demissie, T. S.; Van Hoeve, E.; Van Koppen, Barbara. 2008. Why gender matters: reflections from the Livestock-Water Productivity Research Project. In Humphreys, E.; Bayot, R. S.; van Brakel, M.; Gichuki, F.; Svendsen, M.; Wester, P.; Huber-Lee, A.; Cook, S. Douthwaite, B.; Hoanh, Chu Thai; Johnson, N.; Nguyen-Khoa, Sophie; Vidal, A.; MacIntyre, I.; MacIntyre, R. (Eds.). Fighting poverty through sustainable water use: proceedings of the CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food, 2nd International Forum on Water and Food, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 10-14 November 2008. Vol.2. Increasing rainwater productivity; Multi-purpose water systems. Colombo, Sri Lanka: CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food. pp.97-100.
Gender ; Women ; Female labor ; Households ; Livestock ; Water productivity / Ethiopia / Zimbabwe / Africa South of Sahara
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 333.91 G000 HUM Record No: H041725)
7 Woolley, Jonathan; Harrington, Larry; Huber-Lee, Annette; Douthwaite, Boru; Geheb, Kim; Vidal, Alain; George, Pamela; Nguyen Khoa, Sophie. 2009. Integrated food and water research for development. In Chartres, Colin (Ed.). Words into action: delegate publication for the 5th World Water Forum, Istanbul, Turkey, 16-22 March 2009. London, UK: Faircount Media Group. pp.84-88.
Water use ; Water security ; Water scarcity ; Water productivity ; River basins ; Reservoirs ; Cropping systems ; Livestock ; Research projects / Ethiopia / South Africa / Limpopo Basin / Nile Basin / Volta Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 333.9162 G635 SAL Record No: H042189)
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8 Amede, Tilahun; Geheb, Kim; Douthwaite, Boru. 2009. Enabling the uptake of livestock–water productivity interventions in the crop–livestock systems of sub-Saharan Africa. Rangeland Journal, 31(2):223-230. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1071/RJ09008]
Livestock ; Water use ; Crop production ; Water productivity ; Water conservation ; Institutions ; Gender ; Leadership ; Policy ; Furrow irrigation ; Case studies / Africa South of Sahara / Kenya / Zimbabwe / Tanzania
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 636 100 AME Record No: H042280)
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Livestock–water productivity (LWP) refers to a set of innovations that could contribute towards reducing the amount of water needed per unit of output generated. But what does it take to get these ideas adopted by livestock keepers in crop–livestock systems? In this paper, we treat LWP as an innovation, and consider in what ways it may be introduced and/or developed among the crop–livestock agricultural systems by drawing on successful examples of change. In the first part of this paper, we introduce relevant tenets of the innovation systems literature, and introduce a three-component conceptual framework for the adoption of LWP technologies. In the second part, we describe three successful cases of resources use change. In the final section,weidentify what we consider to be necessary components in successful change, and relate these to LWP. We argue that, in the under-regulated crop–livestock systems of eastern Africa, key areas for focus include social institutions, political systems, gender and leadership.
9 Bossio, Deborah A.; Geheb, Kim; Critchley, W. 2010. Managing water by managing land: addressing land degradation to improve water productivity and rural livelihoods. Agricultural Water Management, 97(4):536-542. Special issue with contributions by IWMI authors. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2008.12.001]
Water resource management ; Land management ; Land use ; Land degradation ; Erosion ; Water productivity
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H042487)
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The premise of this paper is that the key to effective water resources management is understanding that the water cycle and land management are inextricably linked: that every land use decision is a water use decision. Gains in agricultural water productivity, therefore, will only be obtained alongside improvements in land use management. Expected increases in food demands by 2050 insist that agricultural production – and agricultural water use – must increase. At the same time, competition for water between agricultural and urban sectors will also increase; and the problem is further compounded by land degradation. A global survey suggests that 40% of agricultural land is already degraded to the point that yields are greatly reduced, and a further 9% is degraded to the point that it cannot be reclaimed for productive use by farm level measures. Soil erosion, nutrient depletion and other forms of land degradation reduce water productivity and affect water availability, quality, and storage. Reversing these trends entails tackling the underlying social, economic, political and institutional drivers of unsustainable land use. This paper is based on a review of global experiences, and its recommendations for improving water management by addressing land degradation include focusing on small scale agriculture; investing in rehabilitating degraded land to increase water productivity; and enhancing the multifunctionality of agricultural landscapes. These options can improve water management and water productivity, while also improving the livelihoods of the rural poor.
10 Mapedza, Everisto; Geheb, Kim. 2010. Power dynamics and water reform in the Zimbabwean context: implications for the poor. Water Policy, 12(4):517-527. [doi: https://doi.org/10.2166/wp.2010.141]
Water resource management ; Decentralization ; Equity ; Legislation ; Poverty / Africa / Zimbabwe / Southern African
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H042949)
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In Zimbabwe, the state has been reconfiguring the water sector since 1998, as has been happening more generally within the wider Southern African region. Within the water sector, as in broader environmental governance, decentralization is increasingly being proposed as an important step towards increased accountability, equity and positive social and environmental outcomes. Decentralization is defined as the devolution of powers to local level institutions which are downwardly accountable to their constituencies. This paper looks at the Zimbabwean case of decentralising water management and assesses whether or not this process has yielded positive social, economic and environmental outcomes. The paper views the reform process as a reflection of the power asymmetries that work against the interests of poor households in accessing water for both domestic and productive uses.
11 Mapedza, Everisto; Amede, Tilahun; Geheb, Kim; Peden, D.; Ayalneh, W.; Faki, H.; Mpairwe, D.; Alemayehu, M.; Boelee, Eline; van Hoeve, E.; van Koppen, Barbara; Tegegne, S. D.; Descheemaeker, Katrien. 2010. Gendered aspects of livestock-water interactions in the Nile River Basin. In Institute of Water and Sanitation Development. 11th WaterNet/WARFSA/GWP-SA Symposium, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, 27-29 October 2010. IWRM for national and regional integration: where science, policy and practice meet: water and society. Harare, Zimbabwe: Institute of Water and Sanitation Development (IWSD). pp.191-211.
Gender ; Livestock ; Water productivity ; Women ; Households ; Case studies / Ethiopia / Sudan / Uganda / Africa South of Sahara / Nile River Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H043403)
http://www.waternetonline.ihe.nl/11thSymposium/WaterandSocietyFullPapers2010.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H043403.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H043403.pdf
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Gender is central in understanding crop and livestock systems within the developing world. The different roles and responsibilities that society ascribes to both men, women, children and the different age groups will impact on the innovations within the Livestock Water Productivity in the Nile Basin. Livestock can be a mechanism for improving the livelihoods of the rural farmers in the Nile Basin. It is however important to understand who benefits from such livestock innovations and improvements. Using a gender disaggregated approach will shade more light on the costs and benefits from the improved livestock water interactions. This study focused on the costs and benefits for women and men but do appreciate that gender goes beyond women and men. The major findings were that for successful poverty alleviation, it is important to understand which types of livestock are benefitting women, men and children and under what circumstances they have improved the livelihoods of the poor. This paper attempts to make such an assessment for Ethiopia, Sudan and Uganda.
12 Mapedza, Everisto; Geheb, Kim; van Koppen, Barbara; Chisaka, J. 2012. Narratives from a wetland: sustainable management in Lukanga, Zambia. Development Southern Africa, 29(3):379-390. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/0376835X.2012.706036]
Wetlands ; Poverty ; Living conditions ; Households ; GIS ; Political aspects ; Ecology ; Investment ; Fisheries ; Biodiversity ; Wildlife / Zambia / Lukanga Wetlands
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H045436)
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Wetlands are a key livelihood resource in southern Africa. Historically they have been managed using local knowledge systems, but these systems have in many instances been undermined by colonial and postcolonial legal requirements. The IUCN’s Ramsar initiative, supported by organisations such as BirdLife International and the WWF, seeks to protect wetland resources. This qualitative study examined the political ecology of the Kapukupuku and Waya areas of the Lukanga wetlands in Zambia, designated a Ramsar site. This designation has given rise to competing ‘narratives’ by politicians and local community leaders over how Lukanga should be managed and used, and the resulting conflict is threatening its sustainability. The paper warns that the various parties’ arguments are value-laden and that power asymmetry threatens to exclude poor local communities. Policy must take power interests into account to ensure that developments in the name of the poor really do benefit the poor.
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