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1 Bahri, Akissa; Awulachew, Seleshi B.; Sally, Hilmy; Ul-Hassan, Mehmood. 2007. Opportunities for improving water and land management in Sub-Saharan Africa: research priorities of IWMI’s Africa Program. Paper presented at the Netherlands National Committee of the International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (NETHCID) Symposium, UNESCO-IHE, Delft, The Netherlands, 22 March 2007. 12p.
Water management ; Land management ; Research priorities ; Research institutes ; Agricultural research / Africa / Nile Basin / Limpopo
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 333.91 G100 BAH Record No: H040545)
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Africa, particularly Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is faced with deep rooted poverty, malnutrition and inadequate food production. Key factors that aggravate these problems include high population growth, low agricultural productivity, high natural and man-made tragedies such as climatic variability and change, conflicts and war. About 70% of SSA’s economy is dependent on agriculture and the majority of the population is engaged in agriculture. Given the low labor, land and water productivities in most parts of SSA, production growth in SSA has come primarily from extending agricultural land and not on intensifying agriculture. This also has substantial implication on the environment. There is however tremendous scope and opportunity to reverse these trends, improve livelihoods and create wealth. It is against this background that the programs and contributions of the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) towards improved water and land management in Africa for agricultural and other developments are presented in this paper. IWMI’s roles in terms of understanding the challenges and the importance of water and land management are emphasized. The functional arrangements of IWMI’s sub- regional offices and their respective research priorities, the current key research, capacity building and knowledge management activities of IWMI in Africa, and its research partnerships are discussed.
2 Girma, Michael M.; Awulachew, Seleshi B.. 2007. Irrigation practices in Ethiopia: characteristics of selected irrigation schemes. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 72p. (IWMI Working Paper 124) [doi: https://doi.org/10.3910/2009.306]
Irrigation practices ; Irrigation programs ; Irrigation management ; River basins ; Environmental effects ; Canals ; Reservoirs ; Dams ; Sugarcane / Ethiopia / Middle Awash Valley / Amibara Irrigation Project / Wedecha-Belbela Irrigation System / Awash River / Hare Irrigation Scheme / Kolla Shara Irrigation Scheme / Chano Dorga Irrigation Scheme / Chano Chalba Irrigation Scheme / Chano Mile Irrigation Scheme / Indris Irrigation Scheme / Golgota Irrigation Scheme / Bilate Irrigation Scheme / Meki-Ziway Irrigation Scheme
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7 G136 GIR Record No: H040632)
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3 McCornick, Peter G.; Awulachew, Seleshi B.; Abebe, M. 2008. Water-food-energy-environment synergies and tradeoffs: major issues and case studies. Water Policy, 10(Suppl.1):23-36. [doi: https://doi.org/10.2166/wp.2008.050]
Biofuels ; Energy ; Water power ; Conflict ; Case studies ; Irrigation water ; Environmental effects ; River basins ; Dams / India / Ethiopia / Jordan / USA
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: PER Record No: H040855)
4 Collick, A. S.; Easton, Z. M.; Adgo, E.; Awulachew, Seleshi B.; Zeleke, G.; Steenhuis, T. S. 2008. Application of a physically-based water balance model on four watersheds throughout the Upper Nile Basin in Ethiopia. In Abtew, W.; Melesse, A. M. (Eds.). Proceedings of the Workshop on Hydrology and Ecology of the Nile River Basin under Extreme Conditions, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 16-19 June 2008. Sandy, UT, USA: Aardvark Global Publishing. pp.93-113.
Water balance ; Models ; Watersheds ; River Basins ; Hydrology ; Soil conservation ; Evapotranspiration ; Runoff ; Rain ; Discharge ; Calibration ; Water content / Ethiopia / Blue Nile River Basin / Yeku Watershed / Maybar Watershed / Andit Tid Watershed / Anjeni Watershed
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 551.48 G136 ABT Record No: H044303)
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5 Steenhuis, T. S.; Collick, A. S.; Awulachew, Seleshi B.; Adgo, E.; Ahmed, A. A.; Easton, Z. M. 2008. Modelling erosion and sedimentation in the Upper Blue Nile. In Abtew, W.; Melesse, A. M. (Eds.). Proceedings of the Workshop on Hydrology and Ecology of the Nile River Basin under Extreme Conditions, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 16-19 June 2008. Sandy, UT, USA: Aardvark Global Publishing. pp.200-212.
Erosion ; Sedimentation ; Simulation models ; Rainfall-runoff relationships ; Rivers ; Flow discharge / Ethiopia / Upper Blue Nile / Abay Blue Nile
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 551.48 G136 ABT Record No: H044323)
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